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4 days ago · Georgia: Johnston Compacts His Line. By this time in northern Georgia, General Joseph E. Johnston’s Confederate Army of Tennessee had formed a line facing north, with the left (west) on Lost Mountain, the center bisecting the Western & Atlantic Railroad (in front of Kennesaw Mountain), and the right at Brush Mountain, north of Marietta.
5 days ago · BATTLE SUMMARY. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's line covered the roads leading from Dallas to Acworth, Marietta and Atlanta, his center being near New Hope Church, 4 miles northeast of Dallas. It occupied the wooded summits of a number of ridges, with open valleys in front, over which the Union forces would have to advance to attack.
5 days ago · The Battle of Adairsville was a Confederate delaying action that allowed Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to bait a trap for the Union army at Cassville. Following the Battle of Resaca, May 13–15, Johnston's army retreated southward while Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman pursued.
5 days ago · Despite their numerical disadvantage, General Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces successfully ambushed one wing of Sherman's army on March 19, 1865 but were soon repulsed. For the Confederates, it was a heroic but futile effort to delay the inevitable: within a month, both Richmond and Raleigh had fallen, and Lee had surrendered.
- Chris Ellis
- 2020
5 days ago · The plan was to get behind Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and attack his wagon trains as they withdrew. Johnston ordered a resumption of the withdrawal on the 6th, except for Maj. Gen. Gustavus W. Smith's wing covering the army's flank along the York River.
23 hours ago · Banks reacted by crossing the Potomac in late February and moving south to protect the canal and railroad from Ashby. Jackson's command was operating as the left wing of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's army, and when Johnston moved from Manassas to Culpeper in March, Jackson's position at Winchester was isolated. On March 12, Banks continued his ...
2 days ago · Between 5 and 6 in the evening, Longstreet received an order from Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston instructing him to take part in the pursuit of the Federal troops, who had been defeated and were fleeing the battlefield.
