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SHORT TIME L| 000002B0: 41 54 45 52 0D 48 45 20 57 41 53 20 53 55 4D 4D |ATER.HE WAS SUMM| 000002C0: 4F 4E 45 44 20 54 4F 20 CD 4F 4E 54 47 4F 4D 45 |ONED TO .ONTGOME| 000002D0: 52 59 20 28 54 48 45 4E 0D 54 48 45 20 C3 4F 4E |RY (THEN.THE .ON| 000002E0: 46 45 44 45 52 41 54 45 20 43 41 50 49 54 41 4C |FEDERATE CAPITAL| 000002F0: 29 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 57 41 53 0D 41 50 50 4F 49 |), AND WAS.APPOI| 00000300: 4E 54 45 44 20 42 59 20 D0 52 45 53 49 44 45 4E |NTED BY .RESIDEN| 00000310: 54 20 CA 45 46 46 45 52 53 4F 4E 0D C4 41 56 49 |T .EFFERSON..AVI| 00000320: 53 20 41 53 20 4F 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 46 4F 55 52 |S AS ONE OF FOUR| 00000330: 20 42 52 49 47 41 44 49 45 52 0D 47 45 4E 45 52 | BRIGADIER.GENER| 00000340: 41 4C 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 C3 4F 4E 46 45 |ALS IN THE .ONFE| 00000350: 44 45 52 41 54 45 20 C1 52 4D 59 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D |DERATE .RMY.....| 00000360: 20 20 20 CA 4F 48 4E 53 54 4F 4E 20 57 41 53 20 | .OHNSTON WAS | 00000370: 41 53 53 49 47 4E 45 44 20 54 4F 20 54 48 45 0D |ASSIGNED TO THE.| 00000380: 43 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 C1 |COMMAND OF THE .| 00000390: 52 4D 59 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 D3 48 45 4E 41 |RMY OF THE .HENA| 000003A0: 4E 44 4F 41 48 0D 57 49 54 48 20 48 45 41 44 51 |NDOAH.WITH HEADQ| 000003B0: 55 41 52 54 45 52 53 20 41 54 20 C8 41 52 50 45 |UARTERS AT .ARPE| 000003C0: 52 27 53 20 C6 45 52 52 59 2C 0D D6 49 52 47 49 |R'S .ERRY,..IRGI| 000003D0: 4E 49 41 2E 20 20 C9 54 20 57 41 53 20 57 48 49 |NIA. .T WAS WHI| 000003E0: 4C 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 49 53 0D 43 4F 4D 4D 41 |LE IN THIS.COMMA| 000003F0: 4E 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 CA 4F 48 4E 53 54 4F 4E |ND THAT .OHNSTON| 00000400: 20 4C 45 44 20 54 48 45 0D C3 4F 4E 46 45 44 45 | LED THE..ONFEDE| 00000410: 52 41 54 45 20 56 49 43 54 4F 52 59 20 41 54 20 |RATE VICTORY AT | 00000420: 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 0D C2 41 54 54 4C 45 |THE FIRST..ATTLE| 00000430: 20 4F 46 20 C2 55 4C 4C 20 D2 55 4E 2C 20 4F 52 | OF .ULL .UN, OR| 00000440: 20 CD 41 4E 41 53 53 41 53 2E 0D 0D 20 20 C1 20 | .ANASSAS... . | 00000450: 46 45 57 20 4D 4F 4E 54 48 53 20 4C 41 54 45 52 |FEW MONTHS LATER| 00000460: 20 28 C1 55 47 55 53 54 20 31 38 36 31 29 2C 20 | (.UGUST 1861), | 00000470: 48 45 0D 57 41 53 20 41 50 50 4F 49 4E 54 45 44 |HE.WAS APPOINTED| 00000480: 20 46 55 4C 4C 20 47 45 4E 45 52 41 4C 20 41 4C | FULL GENERAL AL| 00000490: 4F 4E 47 20 57 49 54 48 0D 46 4F 55 52 20 4F 54 |ONG WITH.FOUR OT| 000004A0: 48 45 52 20 53 45 4E 49 4F 52 20 C3 4F 4E 46 45 |HER SENIOR .ONFE| 000004B0: 44 45 52 41 54 45 0D 43 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 45 52 |DERATE.COMMANDER| 000004C0: 53 2E 20 20 C9 54 20 57 41 53 20 41 42 4F 55 54 |S. .T WAS ABOUT| 000004D0: 20 54 48 49 53 20 54 49 4D 45 0D 54 48 41 54 20 | THIS TIME.THAT | 000004E0: CA 4F 48 4E 53 54 4F 4E 20 42 45 43 41 4D 45 20 |.OHNSTON BECAME | 000004F0: 45 4E 47 41 47 45 44 20 49 4E 20 41 0D 52 41 54 |ENGAGED IN A.RAT| 00000500: 48 45 52 20 42 49 54 54 45 52 20 41 52 47 55 4D |HER BITTER ARGUM| 00000510: 45 4E 54 20 57 49 54 48 20 CA 45 46 46 45 52 53 |ENT WITH .EFFERS| 00000520: 4F 4E 0D C4 41 56 49 53 20 4F 56 45 52 20 57 48 |ON..AVIS OVER WH| 00000530: 45 54 48 45 52 20 48 45 20 53 48 4F 55 4C 44 20 |ETHER HE SHOULD | 00000540: 42 45 20 54 48 45 0D 53 45 4E 49 4F 52 20 52 41 |BE THE.SENIOR RA| 00000550: 4E 4B 49 4E 47 20 47 45 4E 45 52 41 4C 20 4F 46 |NKING GENERAL OF| 00000560: 20 54 48 45 0D C3 4F 4E 46 45 44 45 52 41 54 45 | THE..ONFEDERATE| 00000570: 20 41 52 4D 59 2E 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 CA 4F 48 4E | ARMY.... .OHN| 00000580: 53 54 4F 4E 20 41 4C 53 4F 20 43 41 52 52 49 45 |STON ALSO CARRIE| 00000590: 44 20 4F 4E 20 41 20 52 55 4E 4E 49 4E 47 0D 42 |D ON A RUNNING.B| 000005A0: 41 54 54 4C 45 20 57 49 54 48 20 C3 4F 4E 46 45 |ATTLE WITH .ONFE| 000005B0: 44 45 52 41 54 45 20 D3 45 43 52 45 54 41 52 59 |DERATE .ECRETARY| 000005C0: 20 4F 46 0D D7 41 52 2C 20 CA 55 44 41 48 20 D0 | OF..AR, .UDAH .| 000005D0: 2E 20 C2 45 4E 4A 41 4D 49 4E 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 |. .ENJAMIN... | 000005E0: D3 45 56 45 52 45 4C 59 20 57 4F 55 4E 44 45 44 |.EVERELY WOUNDED| 000005F0: 20 44 55 52 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 42 41 54 54 | DURING THE BATT| 00000600: 4C 45 0D 4F 46 20 D3 45 56 45 4E 20 D0 49 4E 45 |LE.OF .EVEN .INE| 00000610: 53 20 28 41 4C 53 4F 20 43 41 4C 4C 45 44 20 C6 |S (ALSO CALLED .| 00000620: 41 49 52 20 CF 41 4B 53 29 0D 49 4E 20 CD 41 59 |AIR .AKS).IN .AY| 00000630: 20 31 38 36 32 2C 20 CA 4F 48 4E 53 54 4F 4E 20 | 1862, .OHNSTON | 00000640: 57 41 53 0D 49 4E 43 41 50 41 43 49 54 41 54 45 |WAS.INCAPACITATE| 00000650: 44 20 46 4F 52 20 44 55 54 59 20 55 4E 54 49 4C |D FOR DUTY UNTIL| 00000660: 20 54 48 45 0D 46 4F 4C 4C 4F 57 49 4E 47 20 41 | THE.FOLLOWING A| 00000670: 55 54 55 4D 4E 20 57 48 45 4E 20 49 4E 20 CE 4F |UTUMN WHEN IN .O| 00000680: 56 45 4D 42 45 52 0D 31 38 36 32 20 48 45 20 57 |VEMBER.1862 HE W| 00000690: 41 53 20 50 4C 41 43 45 44 20 49 4E 20 43 4F 4D |AS PLACED IN COM| 000006A0: 4D 41 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 C3 4F 4E 2D 0D 46 45 44 |MAND OF .ON-.FED| 000006B0: 45 52 41 54 45 20 46 4F 52 43 45 53 20 49 4E 20 |ERATE FORCES IN | 000006C0: D4 45 4E 4E 45 53 53 45 45 20 41 4E 44 0D CD 49 |.ENNESSEE AND..I| 000006D0: 53 53 49 53 53 49 50 50 49 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D |SSISSIPPI.......| 000006E0: 0D 0D 20 20 20 C1 46 54 45 52 20 54 48 45 20 46 |.. .FTER THE F| 000006F0: 41 4C 4C 20 4F 46 20 D6 49 43 4B 53 42 55 52 47 |ALL OF .ICKSBURG| 00000700: 0D 28 CD 49 53 53 49 53 53 49 50 50 49 29 20 54 |.(.ISSISSIPPI) T| 00000710: 4F 20 D5 4E 49 4F 4E 20 46 4F 52 43 45 53 20 55 |O .NION FORCES U| 00000720: 4E 44 45 52 0D C7 52 41 4E 54 2C 20 CA 4F 48 4E |NDER..RANT, .OHN| 00000730: 53 54 4F 4E 27 53 20 52 45 4C 41 54 49 4F 4E 53 |STON'S RELATIONS| 00000740: 20 57 49 54 48 0D CA 45 46 46 45 52 53 4F 4E 20 | WITH..EFFERSON | 00000750: C4 41 56 49 53 20 57 4F 52 53 45 4E 45 44 2C 20 |.AVIS WORSENED, | 00000760: 41 4E 44 20 41 46 54 45 52 0D 46 41 4C 4C 49 4E |AND AFTER.FALLIN| 00000770: 47 20 42 41 43 4B 20 42 45 46 4F 52 45 20 D3 48 |G BACK BEFORE .H| 00000780: 45 52 4D 41 4E 27 53 20 41 53 53 41 55 4C 54 0D |ERMAN'S ASSAULT.| 00000790: 41 54 20 C3 48 41 54 54 41 4E 4F 4F 47 41 2C 20 |AT .HATTANOOGA, | 000007A0: 48 45 20 57 41 53 20 52 45 4C 49 45 56 45 44 20 |HE WAS RELIEVED | 000007B0: 4F 46 0D 43 4F 4D 4D 41 4E 44 20 28 CA 55 4C 59 |OF.COMMAND (.ULY| 000007C0: 20 31 38 36 34 29 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 D2 45 49 4E | 1864)... .EIN| 000007D0: 53 54 41 54 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 46 4F 4C 4C 4F |STATED THE FOLLO| 000007E0: 57 49 4E 47 20 59 45 41 52 0D 28 C6 45 42 52 55 |WING YEAR.(.EBRU| 000007F0: 41 52 59 29 20 42 59 20 41 20 53 50 45 43 49 41 |ARY) BY A SPECIA| 00000800: 4C 20 52 45 53 4F 4C 55 54 49 4F 4E 20 4F 46 0D |L RESOLUTION OF.| 00000810: 54 48 45 20 C3 4F 4E 46 45 44 45 52 41 54 45 20 |THE .ONFEDERATE | 00000820: C3 4F 4E 47 52 45 53 53 2C 20 CA 4F 48 4E 53 54 |.ONGRESS, .OHNST| 00000830: 4F 4E 27 53 0D 46 49 4E 41 4C 20 43 41 4D 50 41 |ON'S.FINAL CAMPA| 00000840: 49 47 4E 20 57 41 53 20 54 48 45 20 49 4C 4C 2D |IGN WAS THE ILL-| 00000850: 46 41 54 45 44 0D 44 45 46 45 4E 53 45 20 4F 46 |FATED.DEFENSE OF| 00000860: 20 C1 54 4C 41 4E 54 41 20 55 4E 44 45 52 20 41 | .TLANTA UNDER A| 00000870: 53 53 41 55 4C 54 20 42 59 0D D5 4E 49 4F 4E 20 |SSAULT BY..NION | 00000880: C7 45 4E 45 52 41 4C 20 D3 48 45 52 4D 41 4E 2E |.ENERAL .HERMAN.| 00000890: 0D 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 20 C6 4F 4C 4C 4F 57 49 4E |..... .OLLOWIN| 000008A0: 47 20 CC 45 45 27 53 20 53 55 52 52 45 4E 44 45 |G .EE'S SURRENDE| 000008B0: 52 20 41 54 0D C1 50 50 4F 4D 41 54 54 4F 58 2C |R AT..PPOMATTOX,| 000008C0: 20 CA 4F 48 4E 53 54 4F 4E 20 57 41 53 20 4F 52 | .OHNSTON WAS OR| 000008D0: 44 45 52 45 44 20 42 59 0D CA 45 46 46 45 52 53 |DERED BY..EFFERS| 000008E0: 4F 4E 20 C4 41 56 49 53 20 54 4F 20 43 4F 4E 54 |ON .AVIS TO CONT| 000008F0: 49 4E 55 45 20 54 48 45 20 57 41 52 0D 49 4E 20 |INUE THE WAR.IN | 00000900: 54 48 45 20 49 4E 54 45 52 49 4F 52 2C 20 42 55 |THE INTERIOR, BU| 00000910: 54 20 52 45 46 55 53 45 44 20 41 4E 44 0D 53 55 |T REFUSED AND.SU| 00000920: 52 52 45 4E 44 45 52 45 44 20 48 49 53 20 46 4F |RRENDERED HIS FO| 00000930: 52 43 45 20 54 4F 20 D3 48 45 52 4D 41 4E 20 49 |RCE TO .HERMAN I| 00000940: 4E 0D CE 4F 52 54 48 20 C3 41 52 4F 4C 49 4E 41 |N..ORTH .AROLINA| 00000950: 20 4F 4E 20 C1 50 52 49 4C 20 32 36 2C 20 31 38 | ON .PRIL 26, 18| 00000960: 36 35 20 2D 2D 0D 53 4F 4D 45 20 54 57 4F 20 57 |65 --.SOME TWO W| 00000970: 45 45 4B 53 20 41 46 54 45 52 20 CC 45 45 27 53 |EEKS AFTER .EE'S| 00000980: 20 53 55 52 52 45 4E 44 45 52 2E 0D 0D 20 20 20 | SURRENDER... | 00000990: D0 41 52 41 44 4F 58 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 2C 20 CA |.ARADOXICALLY, .| 000009A0: 4F 48 4E 53 54 4F 4E 20 57 41 53 20 48 45 4C 44 |OHNSTON WAS HELD| 000009B0: 0D 49 4E 20 48 49 47 48 45 52 20 52 45 47 41 52 |.IN HIGHER REGAR| 000009C0: 44 20 42 59 20 D5 4E 49 4F 4E 20 47 45 4E 45 52 |D BY .NION GENER| 000009D0: 41 4C 53 0D 57 48 4F 20 46 4F 55 47 48 54 20 41 |ALS.WHO FOUGHT A| 000009E0: 47 41 49 4E 53 54 20 48 49 4D 20 54 48 41 4E 20 |GAINST HIM THAN | 000009F0: 48 45 20 57 41 53 20 42 59 0D 48 49 53 20 4F 57 |HE WAS BY.HIS OW| 00000A00: 4E 20 50 45 45 52 53 20 41 4E 44 20 53 45 4E 49 |N PEERS AND SENI| 00000A10: 4F 52 20 47 4F 56 45 52 4E 4D 45 4E 54 0D 4F 46 |OR GOVERNMENT.OF| 00000A20: 46 49 43 49 41 4C 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 C3 |FICIALS IN THE .| 00000A30: 4F 4E 46 45 44 45 52 41 43 59 2E 20 20 C1 46 54 |ONFEDERACY. .FT| 00000A40: 45 52 0D 54 48 45 20 57 41 52 20 48 45 20 53 45 |ER.THE WAR HE SE| 00000A50: 52 56 45 44 20 49 4E 20 C3 4F 4E 47 52 45 53 53 |RVED IN .ONGRESS| 00000A60: 20 41 4E 44 20 41 53 0D 41 20 C6 45 44 45 52 41 | AND AS.A .EDERA| 00000A70: 4C 20 C3 4F 4D 4D 49 53 53 49 4F 4E 45 52 20 4F |L .OMMISSIONER O| 00000A80: 46 20 52 41 49 4C 52 4F 41 44 53 2E 0D 0D 20 20 |F RAILROADS... | 00000A90: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 2A 20 20 | * | 00000AA0: 2A 20 20 2A 0D |* *. |
..... JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON..
(1807-1891)... AFTER GRADUA
TING FROM THE U.S..MILITARY ACADEMY AT W
EST POINT IN.1829 (THE SAME CLASS AS ROB
ERT E..LEE), JOSEPH JOHNSTON SERVED AS A
N.ARTILLERY OFFICER. HE PARTICIPATED.IN
THE WAR AGAINST THE SEMINOLE.INDIANS (1
836-38) DURING WHICH HE WAS.BREVETED TO
CAPTAIN FOR GALLANTRY....... AFTERWARD
S HE TOOK PART IN THE.MEXICAN WAR (1846-
48) AND THERE SO.DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF T
HAT HE WAS.FURTHER BREVETED TO MAJOR, LI
EUTENANT.COLONEL, AND COLONEL... JOHNS
TON RESIGNED HIS COMMISSION.WHEN VIRGINI
A SECEDED FROM THE UNION.IN APRIL 1861 A
ND WAS COMMISSIONED.MAJOR GENERAL OF VOL
UNTEERS IN THE.ARMY OF VIRGINIA. A SHOR
T TIME LATER.HE WAS SUMMONED TO MONTGOME
RY (THEN.THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL), AND W
AS.APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON.DAVI
S AS ONE OF FOUR BRIGADIER.GENERALS IN T
HE CONFEDERATE ARMY..... JOHNSTON WAS
ASSIGNED TO THE.COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF T
HE SHENANDOAH.WITH HEADQUARTERS AT HARPE
R'S FERRY,.VIRGINIA. IT WAS WHILE IN TH
IS.COMMAND THAT JOHNSTON LED THE.CONFEDE
RATE VICTORY AT THE FIRST.BATTLE OF BULL
RUN, OR MANASSAS... A FEW MONTHS LATER
(AUGUST 1861), HE.WAS APPOINTED FULL GE
NERAL ALONG WITH.FOUR OTHER SENIOR CONFE
DERATE.COMMANDERS. IT WAS ABOUT THIS TI
ME.THAT JOHNSTON BECAME ENGAGED IN A.RAT
HER BITTER ARGUMENT WITH JEFFERSON.DAVIS
OVER WHETHER HE SHOULD BE THE.SENIOR RA
NKING GENERAL OF THE.CONFEDERATE ARMY...
. JOHNSTON ALSO CARRIED ON A RUNNING.B
ATTLE WITH CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF.WAR,
JUDAH P. BENJAMIN... SEVERELY WOUNDED
DURING THE BATTLE.OF SEVEN PINES (ALSO
CALLED FAIR OAKS).IN MAY 1862, JOHNSTON
WAS.INCAPACITATED FOR DUTY UNTIL THE.FOL
LOWING AUTUMN WHEN IN NOVEMBER.1862 HE W
AS PLACED IN COMMAND OF CON-.FEDERATE FO
RCES IN TENNESSEE AND.MISSISSIPPI.......
.. AFTER THE FALL OF VICKSBURG.(MISSIS
SIPPI) TO UNION FORCES UNDER.GRANT, JOHN
STON'S RELATIONS WITH.JEFFERSON DAVIS WO
RSENED, AND AFTER.FALLING BACK BEFORE SH
ERMAN'S ASSAULT.AT CHATTANOOGA, HE WAS R
ELIEVED OF.COMMAND (JULY 1864)... REIN
STATED THE FOLLOWING YEAR.(FEBRUARY) BY
A SPECIAL RESOLUTION OF.THE CONFEDERATE
CONGRESS, JOHNSTON'S.FINAL CAMPAIGN WAS
THE ILL-FATED.DEFENSE OF ATLANTA UNDER A
SSAULT BY.UNION GENERAL SHERMAN......
FOLLOWING LEE'S SURRENDER AT.APPOMATTOX,
JOHNSTON WAS ORDERED BY.JEFFERSON DAVIS
TO CONTINUE THE WAR.IN THE INTERIOR, BU
T REFUSED AND.SURRENDERED HIS FORCE TO S
HERMAN IN.NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 26, 18
65 --.SOME TWO WEEKS AFTER LEE'S SURREND
ER... PARADOXICALLY, JOHNSTON WAS HELD
.IN HIGHER REGARD BY UNION GENERALS.WHO
FOUGHT AGAINST HIM THAN HE WAS BY.HIS OW
N PEERS AND SENIOR GOVERNMENT.OFFICIALS
IN THE CONFEDERACY. AFTER.THE WAR HE SE
RVED IN CONGRESS AND AS.A FEDERAL COMMIS
SIONER OF RAILROADS... *
* *.
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