The Life of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston
Author : William Preston Johnston
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Page : 812 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Generals
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Author : William Preston Johnston
Publisher :
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 23,46 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Generals
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Author : William Preston Johnston
Publisher :
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 1878
Category : Generals
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A comprehensive biography by his son, who served on his staff & later with Jeff Davis. Johnston served as a private in the Republic of Texas army, an officer in the U.S. Infantry, and a general in the Confederate Army, Johnston was killed at Shiloh.
Author : William Preston Johnston
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Page : 784 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2018-10-04
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ISBN : 9783337661960
Author : William Johnston
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Page : 776 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 2015-11-24
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ISBN : 9781519504067
One ordinarily thinks of General Albert Sidney Johnston merely as the Confederate general who lost his life at the Battle of Shiloh April 6, 1862. In reality, Johnston was a general in three different armies: the United States Army, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States Army. Compared to his service in these armies, his time in the Confederate Army was relatively short, and he died too soon in the war to have established a martial standing along with a Lee or a Jackson. Johnston had participated in a wide range of fighting, seeing action in the Black Hawk War, the War for Texas Independence, the Mexican War, the Mormon War in Utah, and finally the War Between the States, commonly called the "American Civil War." Highly regarded as one of the best generals in the Confederate army by President Jefferson Davis, he has the distinction of being the highest-ranking Union or Confederate officer killed during "Civil War." Who better to write the biography of this exemplary soldier than his son, William Preston Johnston? The younger Johnson's biography of his father, published in 1878, is unrivaled to this day. It is the "go to" book for anyone wishing to study the life of this remarkable man and those like him who did so much to forge the nation into one that would stretch entirely across the continent. This is a long book, but still one that will hold the reader's interest. It is also a "keeper" as a reference book to the student of American history, particularly of the 19th century wars. Foreign phrases have been translated by the editor and explanatory notes have been added as an aid for the contemporary reader. Anyone interested in history or adventure will enjoy this book.
Author : Charles Pierce Roland
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 10,82 MB
Release : 2001-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0813190002
" With a new foreword by Gary W. Gallagher Selected as one of the best one hundred books ever written on the Civil War by Civil War Times Illustrated and by Civil War: The Magazine of the Civil War Society A new, revised edition of the only full-scale biography of the Confederacy's top-ranking field general during the opening campaigns of the Civil War.
Author : Charles Pierce Roland
Publisher : Civil War Campaigns and Comman
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 32,41 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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The author of "Lee: A Historian's Assessment" turns the spotlight on Albert Sidney Johnston, considered the Confederacy's greatest general before he was cut down in battle at Shiloh in 1862. Photos & maps.
Author : William Preston Johnston
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 794 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2014-03-29
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ISBN : 9781497928862
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1878 Edition. Embracing His Services In The Armies Of The United States, The Republic Of Texas, And The Confederate States.
Author : Donald Pfanz
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 12,20 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780807823897
Biography.
Author : William Johnston
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Page : 532 pages
File Size : 23,56 MB
Release : 2014-06-15
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ISBN : 9781500200879
Today Albert Sidney Johnston (1803- 1862) is one of the most overlooked generals of the Civil War, but in April 1862 he was widely considered the Confederacy's best general. After graduating from West Point, where he befriended classmates Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, Johnston had a distinguished military career that ensured he would play a principal role in the Civil War. The fact that he was friends with Davis didn't hurt either, and near the beginning of the war Johnston was given command of the Western Department, which basically comprised the entire Western theater at the time. The Confederates were served poorly in that theater by incompetent officers who Johnston and the South had been saddled with, and from the beginning of the Civil War the Confederates struggled to gain traction in the battlegrounds of Kentucky and Missouri. After critical Confederate setbacks at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in early 1862, Johnston concentrated his forces in northern Georgia and prepared for a major offensive that culminated with the biggest battle of the war to that point, the Battle of Shiloh. On the morning of April 6, Johnston directed an all out attack on Grant's army around Shiloh Church, and though Grant's men had been encamped there, they had failed to create defensive fortifications or earthworks. They were also badly caught by surprise. With nearly 45,000 Confederates attacking, Johnston's army began to steadily push Grant's men back toward the river. As fate would have it, the Confederates may have been undone by friendly fire at Shiloh. Johnston advanced out ahead of his men on horseback while directing a charge near a peach orchard when he was hit in the lower leg by a bullet that historians now widely believe was fired by his own men. Nobody thought the wound was serious, including Johnston, who continued to aggressively lead his men and even sent his personal physician to treat wounded Union soldiers taken captive. But the bullet had clipped an artery, and shortly after being wounded Johnston began to feel faint in the saddle. With blood filling up his boot, Johnston unwittingly bled to death. The delay caused by his death, and the transfer of command to subordinate P.G.T. Beauregard, bought the Union defenders critical time on April 6, and the following day Grant's reinforced army struck back and pushed the Confederate army off the field.
Author : Steven H. Newton
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Page : 304 pages
File Size : 25,25 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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"Focusing on the period between mid-February and late May 1862, Newton examines in detail the high-level conferences in Richmond to set strategy and the relationship of the Peninsula campaign to operations in the Shenandoah Valley and the western Confederacy. By examining what [Joseph E.] Johnston actually accomplished rather than speculating on what he might have done, Newton shows that his overall conduct of the campaign holds up well under scrutiny". -- Jacket.