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Johnston, Albert Sidney


Subject History

Place Northern America » United States of America

DOI: 10.1111/b.9781577180999.1997.x


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(b. Washington, Ky., 2 February 1803; d. Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., 6 April 1862) In 1826 Johnston graduated from West Point with Jefferson D avis . He resigned from the army after duty in the B lack H awk W ar and joined the T exas R evolt , as both brigadier general and secretary of war. He commanded Texans in the M exican W ar , reentered the US Army in 1849, and led US forces in the U tah W ar as brigadier general. He refused a Union command and held CSA lines in Ky.-Tenn. until 1862. When killed at S hiloh , he was considered the most experienced and promising CSA general. ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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A Dictionary of American History



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