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Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was an American career army officer, who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) and the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secession from the United States, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers.
Nov 9, 2009 · General Joseph E. Johnston was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to join the Confederacy during the Civil War, and was the only Confederate general to command both the Eastern and Western...
Jan 12, 2024 · Biography of Joseph Johnston, a Confederate military leader during the American Civil War, who received both criticism and praise for his defensive tactics during the Peninsula and Atlanta Campaigns.
Joseph E. Johnston (born February 3, 1807, near Farmville, Virginia, U.S.—died March 21, 1891, Washington, D.C.) was a Confederate general who never suffered a direct defeat during the American Civil War (1861–65). His military effectiveness, though, was hindered by a long-standing feud with Jefferson Davis.
Johnston was the original commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, then known as Army of the Potomac. From this position he would defend Richmond from invading Union general George B. McClellan in the Peninsula Campaign.
Joseph E. Johnston. Born February 3, 1807 Cherry Grove, Virginia Died March 21, 1891 District of Columbia. Confederate general. Led Army of Tennessee against Union general William T. Sherman's forces during Atlanta campaign. Joseph Johnston's reputation as a Civil War general is a mixed one. On the one hand, he became known as one of the ...
Dec 22, 2021 · Joseph E. Johnston was a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), quartermaster general of the United States Army, a Confederate general during the American Civil War (1861–1865), a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1879–1881), and a U.S. railroad commissioner in the first administration of U.S. president Grover Cleveland (1885 ...
Johnston, Joseph E. (1807–1891), Confederate army general.Born near Farmville, Virginia, Johnston attended Abingdon Academy and graduated from West Point in 1829. Source for information on Johnston, Joseph E.: The Oxford Companion to American Military History dictionary.
Jul 3, 2019 · General Joseph E. Johnston was a key Confederate leader during the Civil War who commanded armies in both the Eastern and Western Theaters.
Oct 8, 2017 · Joseph E. Johnston, the most underrated Confederate commander in either theater of the Civil War and the only man to command armies in both, was born at Farmville, Virginia, in 1807.
