[23][24] Johnston's appointment as a full general by his friend and admirer Jefferson Davis already had been confirmed by the Confederate Senate on August 31, 1861. [55] Tilghman failed to act decisively on these orders, which in any event were too late to be adequately carried out. Upon his passing General Johnston received the highest praise ever given by the Confederate government: accounts were published, on December 20, 1862, and thereafter, in the Los Angeles Star of his family's hometown. [14] In the summer of 1861, Davis appointed several generals to defend Confederate lines from the Mississippi River east to the Allegheny Mountains. After Johnston took command, Polk at first refused to comply with Johnston's order to send an engineer, Lt. Joseph K. Dixon, to inspect the forts. He received a brevet promotion to brigadier general in 1857 for his service in Utah. [43] Historians believe the assignment of Beauregard to the west stimulated Union commanders to attack the forts before Beauregard could make a difference in the theater. "[94] His army was finally in position within a mile or two of Grant's force, and undetected, by the evening of April 5, 1862. Johnston accepted his recommendations. Union officers heard that he was bringing 15 regiments with him, but this was an exaggeration of his forces. Three additional elementary schools named for confederate veterans were renamed at the same time. After graduating from West Point in 1826, he later moved to Texas and joined the Texas Army where he acted as aide … He became commander of the Confederacy's western armies in the area often called the Western Department or Western Military Department. Harris and others nearby lowered Albert Sidney Johnston from his horse. In 1846 he owned a family of four slaves in Texas. [104] Alonzo Ridley of Los Angeles commanded the bodyguard “the Guides” of Gen. A. S. Johnston, and was by his side when he fell. In 1916, the University of Texas at Austin recognized several confederate veterans (including Johnston) with statues on its South Mall. It was covered in the Confederate flag and lay in state for several hours. [29] Johnston's tactics had so annoyed and confused Union Brig. [1] In 1826,[2] Johnston graduated eighth of 41 cadets in his class from West Point with a commission as a brevet second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. [2] He served in that role for more than five years, making six tours, and traveling more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) annually on the Indian frontier of Texas. Here they raised Johnston's two children from his first marriage and the first three children born to Eliza and him. [95][96][97][98][99], Johnston launched a massive surprise attack with his concentrated forces against Grant at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. [15], The most sensitive, and in many ways the most crucial areas, along the Mississippi River and in western Tennessee along the Tennessee and the Cumberland rivers[16] were placed under the command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk and Brig. [64][65], Johnston also reinforced Fort Donelson with 12,000 more men, including those under Floyd and Pillow, a curious decision in view of his thought that the Union gunboats alone might be able to take the fort. [12] He participated in their trek across the southwestern deserts to Texas, crossing the Colorado River into the Confederate Territory of Arizona on July 4, 1861. Einer seiner Kommilitonen war der spätere Präsident der Konföderation, [87][83][89] On March 29, 1862, Johnston officially took command of this combined force, which continued to use the Army of the Mississippi name under which it had been organized by Beauregard on March 5. In 1829 he married Henrietta Preston, sister of Kentucky politician and future Civil War general William Preston. ', "CMH Remembers the Battle of Shiloh | CMH", "Los Angeles Star, vol. Seeing Johnston slumping in his saddle and his face turning deathly pale, Harris asked: "General, are you wounded?" Facebook gives people the power … In 1855, 14th president Franklin Pierce appointed him colonel of the new 2nd U.S. Cavalry (the unit that preceded the modern 5th U.S.), a new regiment, which he organized, his lieut.-colonel being Robert E. Lee, and his majors were Hardee and Thomas. [75] His passive defensive performance while positioning himself in a forward position at Bowling Green, spreading his forces too thinly, not concentrating his forces in the face of Union advances, and appointing or relying upon inadequate or incompetent subordinates subjected him to criticism at the time and by later historians. He took command at Fort Donelson as the senior general present just before Union Brig. [79][80][81], Johnston had various remaining military units scattered throughout his territory and retreating to the south to avoid being cut off. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman surrendered the 94 remaining officers and men of his approximately 3,000-man force which had not been sent to Fort Donelson before U.S. Grant's force could even take up their positions. As the Confederate army retreated back to Corinth, Johnston's body was taken to the home of Colonel William Inge, which had been his headquarters in Corinth. [28] Johnston did not quickly gain many recruits when he first requested them from the governors, but his more serious problem was lacking sufficient arms and ammunition for the troops he already had. However, in his Memoirs Sherman strongly refutes this account. [79][80][81], Johnston had various remaining military units scattered throughout his territory and retreating to the south to avoid being cut off. Gen. Buell on February 25, 1862, two days after Johnston had to pull his forces out in order to avoid having them captured as well. Johnston came to Texas in July 1836 and enlisted in the Republic army. A sixth child was born in the family home at Los Angeles, where his eldest son, Capt. Muir, p. 84. [28] Of these, 10,000 were in Missouri under Missouri State Guard Maj. Gen. Sterling Price. Johnston remained on his plantation after the war until he was appointed by President Taylor to the U.S. Army as a major and was made a paymaster in December 1849. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant an excuse to take control of the strategically located town of Paducah, Kentucky, without raising the ire of most Kentuckians and the pro-Union majority in the State legislature. He resigned from the U.S. army in 1834 after his wife died. [58][59] On February 6, 1862, Union Navy gunboats quickly reduced the defenses of ill-sited Fort Henry, inflicting 21 casualties on the small remaining Confederate force. [102], Harris and the other officers wrapped General Johnston's body in a blanket so as not to damage the troops' morale with the sight of the dead general. ', "CMH Remembers the Battle of Shiloh | CMH", "Los Angeles Star, vol. Johnston was assigned to posts in New York and Missouri and served in the brief Black Hawk War in 1832 as chief of staff to Bvt. Albert Sidney Johnston, the son of John and Abigail (Harris) Johnston, was born at Washington, Kentucky, on February 2, 1803. He was named Adjutant General as a colonel in the Republic of Texas Army on August 5, 1836. [34] While Crittenden was away in Richmond, Zollicoffer moved his forces to the north bank of the upper Cumberland River near Mill Springs (now Nancy, Kentucky), putting the river to his back and his forces into a trap. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in Kentucky that he became paranoid and mentally unstable. Both were appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, Davis two years behind Johnston. Gen. Don Carlos Buell on November 9, 1861. Sherman overestimated Johnston's forces, and had to be relieved by Brig. [103], It is possible that a Confederate soldier fired the fatal round, as many Confederates were firing at the Union lines while Johnston charged well in advance of his soldiers. Gen. Don Carlos Buell on November 9, 1861. Plans were announced to add it to the Briscoe Center for American History on the east side of the university campus. "[7] In 1856, he called abolitionism "fanatical, idolotrous, negro worshipping" in a letter to his son. There were no medical personnel on scene at the time, since Johnston had sent his personal surgeon to care for the wounded Confederate troops and Union prisoners earlier in the battle. Gen. John B. Floyd, considered incompetent. [28] Johnston did not quickly gain many recruits when he first requested them from the governors, but his more serious problem was lacking sufficient arms and ammunition for the troops he already had. [17] Their impolitic occupation of Columbus, Kentucky, on September 3, 1861, two days before Johnston arrived in the Confederacy's capital of Richmond, Virginia, after his cross-country journey, drove Kentucky from its stated neutrality. Although Albert Johnston was born in Kentucky, he lived much of his life in Texas, which he considered his home. After that is when he married Eliza Griffin and they moved to Texas on a plantation. He was able to quickly move up the ranks because of his prior military experience. On December 22, 1838, Mirabeau B. Lamar, the second president of the Republic of Texas, appointed Johnston as Secretary of War. [92][93] Due to the delays, as well as several contacts with the enemy, Johnston's second in command, P. G. T. Beauregard, felt the element of surprise had been lost and recommended calling off the attack. Johnston was assigned to posts in New York and Missouri and served in the brief Black Hawk War in 1832 as chief of staff to Bvt. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, fighting actions in the Black Hawk War, the Texas War of Independence, the Mexican–American War, the Utah War, and the American Civil War. Albert Sidney Johnston was born in Kentucky in 1803, the son of a practicing doctor who originally hailed from New England. [114], In the fall of 2018, A.S. Johnston Elementary School in Dallas, Texas, was renamed Cedar Crest Elementary. After serving as Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas from 1838 to 1840, Johnston resigned and returned to Kentucky. In 1855 President Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman in Kentucky that he became paranoid and mentally unstable. Occupation during Civil War: Confederate General; Commander of Confederate Western Department. Long, p. 171. On February 5, 1837, he fought in a duel with Texas Brig. [14] In the summer of 1861, Davis appointed several generals to defend Confederate lines from the Mississippi River east to the Allegheny Mountains. Johnston is the only four-star (full) American general ever killed in battle. The re-interment occurred in 1867. [13], Early in the Civil War, Confederate President Jefferson Davis decided that the Confederacy would attempt to hold as much of its territory as possible, and therefore distributed military forces around its borders and coasts. On September 14, 1861, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, the newly appointed commander of an expanded Department No. Long, p. 178. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow. He provided for the defense of the Texas border against Mexican invasion, and in 1839 conducted a campaign against Indians in northern Texas. His father was a native of Salisbury, Connecticut. He was born in 1803 in Tennessee. And yet the general slipped rapidly away. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, fighting actions in the Black Hawk War, the Texas War of Independence, the Mexican–American War, the Utah War, and the American Civil War. However, in his Memoirs Sherman strongly refutes this account. Johnston returned to Texas during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848), under General Zachary Taylor as a colonel of the 1st Texas Rifle Volunteers. Gen. Buell on February 25, 1862, two days after Johnston had to pull his forces out in order to avoid having them captured as well. [47], Maj. Gen. Polk ignored the problems of the forts when he took command. Gen. Felix Zollicoffer with 4,000 men to occupy Cumberland Gap in Kentucky in order to block Union troops from coming into eastern Tennessee. In 1836 Johnston moved to Texas. Sword, pp. [8] Upon moving to California, Johnston sold one slave to his son and freed another on the condition of a $12/month contract for five more years of servitude. Johnston initially enrolled at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky, and he later attended West Point. While there he befriended the future president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis. Floyd was able to ferry his four Virginia regiments out of the fort with him but left his Mississippi regiment behind to surrender with the rest of the garrison. He was named Adjutant General as a colonel in the Republic of Texas Army on August 5, 1836. plantation owner. The enlistments of his volunteers ran out just before the Battle of Monterrey. Davis believed the loss of General Johnston "was the turning point of our fate.". 33, December 20, 1862", "See ya, Stonewall: Dallas ISD begins to remove Confederate leaders' names from 4 schools", Harper Encyclopedia of Military Biography, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries Special Collections, Secretaries of War, Navy and War and Marine of the Republic of Texas, List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials, List of memorials to the Grand Army of the Republic, Confederate artworks in the United States Capitol, Removal of Confederate monuments and memorials. [35][36] Zollicoffer decided it was impossible to obey orders to return to the other side of the river because of scarcity of transport and proximity of Union troops. [34] While Crittenden was away in Richmond, Zollicoffer moved his forces to the north bank of the upper Cumberland River near Mill Springs (now Nancy, Kentucky), putting the river to his back and his forces into a trap. [113], Johnston was inducted to the Texas Military Hall of Honor in 1980. [53][54] Alerted by a Union reconnaissance on January 14, 1862, Johnston ordered Tilghman to fortify the high ground opposite Fort Henry, which Polk had failed to do despite Johnston's orders. 270–73, 443–46; Cunningham, pp. At the time, Davis considered him the best general in the country. [51] After Johnston asserted his authority, Polk had to allow Dixon to proceed. Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) served as a general in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. It is believed that Johnston may have lived for as long as one hour after receiving his fatal wound. Johnston is the only four-star (full) American general ever killed in battle. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman as commander. Despite these Yankee roots, Johnston would become a thoroughly southern man. He remained on his plantation after the war until he was appointed by later 12th president Zachary Taylor to the U.S. Army as a major and was made a paymaster in December 1849. [108] Johnston's eldest son, Albert Sidney Jr. (born in Texas), had already followed him into the Confederate States Army. He provided for the defense of the Texas border against Mexican invasion, and in 1839 conducted a campaign against Indians in northern Texas. It was accepted by the War Department on May 6, 1861, effective May 3. It was covered in the Confederate flag and lay in state for several hours. Considering staying in California with his wife and five children, Johnston remained there until May. Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) served as a general in three different armies: the Texian Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. [102], Within a few minutes, Johnston was observed by his staff to be nearly fainting. He served on the Texas frontier at Fort Mason and elsewhere in the West. His wife and five younger children, including one born after he went to war, chose to live out their days at home in Los Angeles with Eliza's brother, Dr. John Strother Griffin. Johnston was unrelated to Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston. [4] The senior Johnston resigned his commission in 1834 in order to care for his dying wife in Kentucky, who succumbed two years later to tuberculosis.[1]. With his army exhausted and daylight almost gone, Beauregard called off the final Confederate attack around 1900 hours, figuring he could finish off the Union army the following morning. He took command at Fort Donelson as the senior general present just before Union Brig. [44], Based on the assumption that Kentucky neutrality would act as a shield against a direct invasion from the north, circumstances that no longer applied in September 1861, Tennessee initially had sent men to Virginia and concentrated defenses in the Mississippi Valley. Republic of Texas) Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. [70][71][72] The Confederates suffered about 1,500 casualties with an estimated 12,000 to 14,000 taken prisoner. With the outbreak of the Mexican War, he reenlisted in the United States Army, and was commissioned as Colonel of the 1st Texas Rifle Volunteers and served in Monterrey, Mexico as inspector general. The Kentucky legislature had voted to side with the Union after the occupation of Columbus by Polk. P. G. T. Beauregard assumed command of the army and resumed leading the Confederate assault, which continued advancing and pushed the Union force back to a final defensive line near the Tennessee river. Long, p. 171. [2] In 1843, he married Eliza Griffin, his late wife's first cousin. In 1829 he married Henrietta Preston, sister of Kentucky politician and future Civil War general William Preston. However, Grant was reinforced by 20,000 fresh troops from Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio during the night, and led a successful counter-attack the following day, driving the Confederates from the field and winning the battle. His wife and five younger children, including one born after he went to war, chose to live out their days at home in Los Angeles with Eliza's brother, Dr. John Strother Griffin. On August 21, 2017, as part of the wave of confederate monument removals in America, Johnston's statue was taken down. [38] As the battle progressed, Zollicoffer was killed, Crittenden was unable to lead the Confederate force (he may have been intoxicated), and the Confederates were turned back and routed by a Union bayonet charge, suffering 533 casualties from their force of 4,000. [48][51], To prevent Polk from dissipating his forces by allowing some men to join a partisan group, Johnston ordered him to send Brig. [101], At about 2:30 pm, while leading one of those charges against a Union camp near the "Peach Orchard," he was wounded, taking a bullet behind his right knee. 26–34. An adjacent marker was erected by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of The Republic of Texas and the Lee, Roberts, and Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederate States of America. Albert Sidney Johnston was born on February 2, 1803, in Washington, Kentucky, to John Johnston and Abigail (Harris) Johnston. [1] In 1826,[2] Johnston graduated eighth of 41 cadets in his class from West Point with a commission as a brevet second lieutenant in the 2nd U.S. [86] Bragg at least calmed the nerves of Beauregard and Polk, who had become agitated by their apparent dire situation in the face of numerically superior forces, before Johnston's arrival on March 24, 1862. [41], After the Confederate defeat at the Mill Springs, Davis sent Johnston a brigade and a few other scattered reinforcements. McPherson, p. 394 says Johnston had 70,000 troops to defend his territory between the Appalachians and the Ozarks by the end of 1861. He attended Transylvania University before he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, from which he graduated in June 1826. Albert Sidney Johnston. Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was a career United States Army officer, a Texas Army general, and a Confederate States general. "[7] In 1856, he called abolitionism "fanatical, idolotrous, negro worshipping" in a letter to his son. A sixth child was born later when the family lived in Los Angeles, where they had permanently settled. Believing that Kentuckians would rally to the cause, Johnston chose … The bullet clipped a part of his popliteal artery and his boot filled up with blood. On January 31, 1837, he became senior brigadier general in command of the Texas Army. [25] After his appointment, Johnston immediately headed for his new territory. In February 1840, he resigned and returned to Kentucky. [17] Their impolitic occupation of Columbus, Kentucky, on September 3, 1861, two days before Johnston arrived in the Confederacy's capital of Richmond, Virginia, after his cross-country journey, drove Kentucky from its stated neutrality. [55][56][57], Gen. Beauregard arrived at Johnston's headquarters at Bowling Green on February 4, 1862, and was given overall command of Polk's force at the western end of Johnston's line at Columbus, Kentucky. Among his staff was Isham G. Harris, the Governor of Tennessee, who had ceased to make any real effort to function as governor after learning that Abraham Lincoln had appointed Andrew Johnson as military governor of Tennessee. An adjacent marker was erected by the San Jacinto Chapter of the Daughters of The Republic of Texas and the Lee, Roberts, and Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederate States of America. Pillow escaped only with his chief of staff. Weigley, p. 111. Utah War (1857–1858)American Civil War (1861–1862). [95][96][97][98][99], Johnston launched a massive surprise attack with his concentrated forces against Grant at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. Johnston was born in Washington, Kentucky, the youngest son of Dr. John and Abigail (Harris) Johnston. General Albert Sidney Johnston Texas Patriot - Confederate Hero Erected By San Jacinto Chapter Daughters of the Republic Of Texas And Robert E. Lee, Oran M. Roberts And Jefferson Davis Chapters United Daughters of the Confederacy . Ironically, it was later discovered that Johnston had a tourniquet in his pocket when he died. Considering staying in California with his wife and five children, Johnston remained there until May. [104] Alonzo Ridley of Los Angeles commanded the bodyguard “the Guides” of Gen. A. S. Johnston, and was by his side when he fell. One of his most famous moments in the battle occurred when he witnessed some of his soldiers breaking from the ranks to pillage and loot the Union camps, and was outraged to see a young lieutenant among them. [111] Forty years later, the state appointed Elisabet Ney to design a monument and sculpture of him to be erected at the grave site, installed in 1905.[112]. Since Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk’s Corps was already in Columbus, Ky., he either had to withdraw Polk or advance his center into Kentucky. Johnston was born in Washington, Kentucky, the youngest son of Dr. John and Abigail (Harris) Johnston. Archibald Johnston Husband of Abigail Johnston Father of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, (CSA) Occupation: Doctor: Managed by: Private User Last Updated: today: View Complete Profile. The Kentucky legislature had voted to side with the Union after the occupation of Columbus by Polk. [103], It is possible that a Confederate soldier fired the fatal round, as many Confederates were firing at the Union lines while Johnston charged well in advance of his soldiers. In 1860 he took command of the … [108] Johnston's eldest son, Albert Sidney Jr. (born in Texas), had already followed him into the Confederate States Army. Johnston named the property "China Grove". [69] Colonel Nathan Bedford Forrest escaped with his cavalry force of about 700 men before the surrender. Gen. Gideon Pillow and 5,000 men to Fort Donelson. On January 31, 1837, he became senior brigadier general in command of the Texas Army. He spent 1860 in Kentucky until December 21, when he sailed for California to take command of the Department of the Pacific. [23] On September 13, 1861, Johnston ordered Brig. Johnston's eldest son, Albert Sidney Jr. (born in Texas), had already followed him into the Confederate States Army. [29] Johnston's tactics had so annoyed and confused Union Brig. A few minutes later, before a doctor could be found, Johnston died from blood loss. [66] The senior generals sent to the fort to command the enlarged garrison, Gideon J. Pillow and John B. Floyd, squandered their chance to avoid having to surrender most of the garrison[67] and on February 16, 1862, Brig. Davis defended Johnston, saying: "If Sidney Johnston is not a general, we had better give up the war, for we have no general." Johnston and his wounded horse, Fire Eater, were taken to his field headquarters on the Corinth road, where his body remained in his tent for the remainder of the battle. [21][22], On September 10, 1861, Johnston was assigned to command the huge area of the Confederacy west of the Allegheny Mountains, except for coastal areas. [15], The most sensitive, and in many ways the most crucial areas, along the Mississippi River and in western Tennessee along the Tennessee and the Cumberland rivers[16] were placed under the command of Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk and Brig. [47] Both forts were located in Tennessee in order to respect Kentucky neutrality, but these were not in ideal locations. Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 -April 6, 1862) B R A Z O R I A C O U N T Y. Marker No: 9568. The appointment had been backdated to rank from May 30, 1861, making him the second highest ranking general in the Confederate States Army. [23][24] Johnston's appointment as a full general by his friend and admirer Jefferson Davis already had been confirmed by the Confederate Senate on August 31, 1861. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner with another 4,000 men blocking the railroad route to Tennessee at Bowling Green, Kentucky. The appointment had been backdated to rank from May 30, 1861, making him the second highest ranking general in the Confederate States Army. He was educated in Transylvania University of Lexington, where he met friend and future war colleague Jefferson Davis. They had one son, William Preston Johnston, who became a colonel in the Confederate States Army. Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 - April 6, 1862) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general during the American Civil War. [2] On August 19, 1856, Gen. Persifor Smith, at the request of Kansas Territorial Governor Wilson Shannon, sent Col. Johnston with 1300 men composed of the 2d Cavalry Dragoons from Fort Riley, a battalion of the 6th Infantry and Capt. McPherson, p. 495. 13, no. [114], In the fall of 2018, A.S. Johnston Elementary School in Dallas, Texas, was renamed Cedar Crest Elementary. Albert Sidney Johnston was born in Kentucky in 1803, the son of a practicing doctor who originally hailed from New England. [44], Based on the assumption that Kentucky neutrality would act as a shield against a direct invasion from the north, circumstances that no longer applied in September 1861, Tennessee initially had sent men to Virginia and concentrated defenses in the Mississippi Valley. In 1857, he was promoted to Brigadier-General after crushing the Mormons in Utah, and he commanded the Department of the Pacific in late 1860 and early 1861. Dixon recommended that the forts be maintained and strengthened, although they were not in ideal locations, because much work had been done on them and the Confederates might not have time to build new ones. Johnston Middle School in Houston, Texas was also renamed to Meyerland Middle School. [73][74] Union casualties were 500 killed, 2,108 wounded, 224 missing. 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