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Show CENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON DEAD. Only On ofth 81 rt O.n.ruli of ths i'oufettvrtey Now Lrft. Washington, March 23. General Joseph K. Johnston died shortly after 11 o'eloek Saturday night. The general had been suffering for tho past three weeks with an affection of tho heart, aggravated by a cold caught soon after General Sherman's funeral. General Johnson was the last, save General Beauregard, of the six full generals gen-erals of the confederrcy. lie was born at Cherry Grove. Va., in 1N07, graduated gradu-ated at West Point in 1N2U, was up-pointed up-pointed second lieutenant of the Fourth artillery, and saw activo service in the Black Hawk Indian expedition. Ho was promoted iu 1MJ aide-de camp on General Scott's htafT iu the Seminole waf. He participated in all the important im-portant battles connected with Scott's campaign in Mexico, was thrice breveted for gallantry dunng this war and w.T. mustered out of service as a lieutenant-colonel of volunteers. lie w as reinstated by congress in the army with the rank of captain of geographical engineers. Ho was commissioned quarterruasler-genural of tho army in June, ISiO, but resigned the following April to enter the confederate service, in which, as major-general of volunteers, he assisted Lee in organizing tho men in pouring into Richmond, His subsequent service serv-ice throughout the war is well known. After tho war he became successively Iiresident of a railroad eompnnv in Ar-lansns, Ar-lansns, an express company in Virginia and an insurance agent in Georgia. Ho was elected to congress from the Richmond Rich-mond district in 1N77 and next saw public pub-lic life as commissioner of railroads during Cleveland's administration. Funeral services over the remains of General Johnston will lie held at St. John's Kpiseopal church Tuesday morning morn-ing at 11 o'clock. Tho interment will bo in Green Mount cemetery, Baltimore. |