| Show A FAMOUS confederate GENERAL THE pale horseman has been unusually busy of ute late especially so go among distinguished men the latest victim of his keen edged blade was joseph Eggle biggleston Bg gleston johnston the hereof hero of a hundred battlefields on the night of the dinst at 11 he died of heart failure re he caught cold at general shermans Sher mans funeral and he be had not been able to shake it off it was waa abia cold which brought on the trouble that culminated in his death next to Beauregard beau regard Johnson Joh noon was the last of the six full generals of the confederacy he was born in verginia in 1807 on feb 3rd ard so that he had turned his year at the time of his bis death he fie graduated from west point in 1829 and in the same class with robert E lee As a second lieutenant in the fourth artillery he served in the black hawk indian war of 1882 he was promoted to ald aid de camp on general scotts staff in 1836 white while serving in the seminole Bem Sem enole war in the mexican war he participated in all the he principal battles and was present at the assault on the city of mexico on april the 1847 he be was breveted major lieutenant colonel aud and colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct at cerro gordo where he was severely wounded he was mustered out as colonel of volunteers in 1848 but was again reinstated as captain of topographical engineers by act of congress in the utah expedition of 1858 he be was acting inspector general on the of april 1861 he resigned his commission in the 17 S army and entered the confederate service his record in that army is well known he was wounded at the battle of seven pines may 31 81 1862 it is said that jefferson davis da vis and he did not understand each other in military matters there were several very serious disagreements when he asked for general holmes Holt nes army of stationed at little bock to assist him in meeting grant randolph the confederate secretary of war complied but jefferson davis countermanded the order this caused randolph to resign his bis place it is said that it was owing to pern pem bertous berto Bs disobedience that grant was waa enabled to capture vicksburg vie josburg johnston did his best to avert the disaster his retreat to atlanta before sherman to is well known he was relieved of his command on july and john B hood was put in his bis place from this to the close of the war mis and jealousies among the rebel chiefs helped considerably to hasten the end on april 18 1866 1865 he and sherman entered into a military convention the terms of which the national government subsequently repudiated another agreement was made which was accepted at washington after the war johnston entered into business pursuits in 1886 1685 he was appointed a U S commissioner of railroads he bebas has been a great favorite with the northern soldiers ever since the war gen grant always maintained that johnston was the most competent soldier in the southern armies it was the opinion of the northern gene generals rials that mat he was by far the most skilled of the southern officers he was never a favorite with jeff davis da vis and it is said that if and davis had changed pla places icell the civil war would have terminated differently it was better as it was and johnston Joh naton so accepted it during the latter part of his life johnston job naton was respected by soldiers of both armies and the wearers bearers of the blue as well as of the grey will mourn the departure of a gallant soldier a good citizen and a man of talent and renown |
