Joseph E. Johnston, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Joseph E. Johnston

Confederate States Army general

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1807

Place of Birth: Farmville, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 21-Mar-1891

Profession: military personnel, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Joseph E. Johnston

  • Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was an American career army officer, serving with distinction in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), and Seminole Wars.
  • After Virginia seceded from the Union, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers. Johnston was trained as a civil engineer at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating in the same class as Robert E.
  • Lee.
  • He served in Florida, Texas, and Kansas.
  • By 1860 he achieved the rank of brigadier general as Quartermaster General of the U.S.
  • Army. Johnston's effectiveness in the American Civil War was undercut by tensions with Confederate president Jefferson Davis.
  • Victory eluded him in most campaigns he personally commanded.
  • He was the senior Confederate commander at the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, but the victory is usually credited to his subordinate, P.G.T.
  • Beauregard.
  • Johnston defended the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign, withdrawing under the pressure of Union Maj.
  • Gen.
  • George B.
  • McClellan's superior force.
  • He suffered a severe wound at the Battle of Seven Pines, and was replaced by Robert E.
  • Lee. In 1863, Johnston was placed in command of the Department of the West.
  • In 1864, he commanded the Army of Tennessee against Union Maj.
  • Gen.
  • William Tecumseh Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign.
  • In the final days of the war, Johnston was returned to command of the few remaining forces in the Carolinas Campaign.
  • Union generals Ulysses S.
  • Grant and Sherman both praised his actions in the war, and became friends with Johnston afterward. After the war, Johnston served as an executive in the railroad and insurance businesses.
  • He was elected as a Democrat in the United States House of Representatives, serving a single term.
  • He was appointed as commissioner of railroads under Grover Cleveland.
  • He died of pneumonia 10 days after attending Sherman's funeral in the pouring rain.

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