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3.9K views 2 years ago. The first video in a series chronicles the life (with the focus on military career) of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston. This video takes us from his ...
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- Joseph E. Johnston: Early Life and Military Career
- Joseph E. Johnston: Early Civil War Service
- Joseph E. Johnston: Western Theater
- Joseph E. Johnston: Later Life
Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born on February 3, 1807, near Farmville, Virginia. His father was a respected judge and Revolutionary War veteran, and his mother was the niece of Patrick Henry. With the help of his father’s political connections, Johnston secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1825. He graduate...
Although he opposed secession, Johnston resigned his commission in April 1861 after his home state of Virginia joined the Confederacy. He was appointed a brigadier general in the Confederate Army and took command of forces garrisoned at Harpers Ferry. Johnston would achieve the first major victory of the war in July 1861, when he reinforced General...
Johnston returned to the field in November 1862 and was placed in command of Confederate forces in the war’s Western Theater. In May 1863 he was ordered to take charge of operations in Mississippi, which was threatened by forces under the command of Union General Ulysses S. Grant. After abandoning the state capital of Jackson, Johnston attempted to...
After the Civil War, Johnston moved to Savannah, Georgia, where he worked as a railroad president and insurance agent. He spent the early 1870s writing a memoir of his wartime service before relocating to Richmond in 1877. In 1878 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, but retired from politics after only one term. He was later appoin...
Dec 9, 2021 · Major Everything. 292 subscribers. Subscribed. 16 views 2 years ago #nodes. A list of all important battles fought by Joseph E. Johnston. This battles list includes any Joseph E....
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Civil War historians Doug Crenshaw and Robert Dunkerly talked about Confederate General Joseph Johnston. He served with honors in the United States military during the Mexican-American War, but...
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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 the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secession from the United States, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior ...
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. Cornered, Johnston finally attacked in the Battle of Seven Pines on May 31, 1862.
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Apr 12, 2014 · Author and historian Richard McMurry talked about the U.S. Civil War career of Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, up to and through his command of the Army of Tennessee and the Atlanta…
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