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    Albert Sidney Johnston

    General in the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army

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  1. Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was an American military officer who served as a general in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army.

  2. Oct 27, 2009 · Albert Sidney Johnston (1803-1862) was a U.S. and Texas military officer who served as a Confederate general during the Civil War (1861-65). A veteran of the Black Hawk War...

  3. Albert Sidney Johnston was the commander of the Confederate forces in the Western theatre during the early stages of the American Civil War (1861–65). His battlefield death was considered an irreparable loss by the South.

  4. Albert Sidney Johnston. Date of Birth - Death February 2, 1803April 6, 1862. In 1837, Albert Sidney Johnston survived a duel against Texas Brigadier General Felix Huston. Unfortunately, the effects of his wound probably contributed to his death at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.

  5. One of the many lasting impacts of the Battle of Shiloh was the death of Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, the highest ranking officer — on either side — killed during the war.

  6. Dec 3, 2022 · There he died from loss of blood a few minutes later, ironically with an unused tourniquet in his pocket. Johnston was the highest ranking officer killed in combat during the Civil War and remains the highest ranking American military officer ever to be killed in action.

  7. Albert Sidney Johnston. Quick Facts. Significance: Confederate commander at the Battle of Shiloh, kille in action. Place Of Birth: Washington, KY. Date Of Birth: February 2, 1803. Place Of Death: Hardin County, TN. Date Of Death: April 6, 1862. Place Of Burial: Austin, TX. Cemetery Name: Texas State Cemetery.

  8. Feb 2, 2024 · Albert Sidney Johnston, a Confederate commander of the Western Department, became the highest ranking officer on either the Confederate or Union side to die in combat, when he was killed at the Battle of Shiloh, during the American Civil War.

  9. Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–1862) At the age of 59, Albert Sidney Johnston was one of the Confederacys senior commanders at the start of the Civil War. Johnston’s military career began at West Point in 1822, just a few months after the birth of another and future West Pointer, Ulysses S. Grant.

  10. THE telegraph announces that ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON, late Colonel United States Army, and commander-in-chief of the army of Utah, has been appointed by Jeff Davis to command the rebel forces on the Mississippi. We publish his portrait herewith.

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