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	Joseph E. Johnston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Johnston was born in Farmville, Virginia, and named for Major Joseph Eggleston under whom his father served in the American Revolutionary War.
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was a career U.S. Army officer and one of the most senior generals in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
		Johnston was placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia and led it in the start of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Johnston (1113 words)

	AllRefer.com - Joseph Eggleston Johnston (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Johnston opposed General McClellan in the Peninsular campaign until he was wounded at Fair Oaks in May, 1862.
		Johnston was quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general when he resigned (Apr., 1861) to fight for the Confederacy.
		Johnston, placed in command of the Army of the Tennessee (Dec., 1863), adopted the policy of strategic retreat against William Tecumseh Sherman in the Atlanta campaign : a policy that did not suit Davis, who appointed John Bell Hood to succeed him.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/J/JohnstonJE.html (439 words)

	JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON, CSA
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born on February 3, 1807, on Farmville, Virginia.
		Johnston was not happy with the situation, since he was placed fourth among the Confederacy's full generals (Samuel Cooper, Albert Sidney Johnston and Robert E. Lee had greater seniority.), and did not retain the seniority he had enjoyed in the US Army.
		Johnston preferred to allow his opponents to fight on the offensive and expend their strength, after which he would be able to counterattack his now-weakened enemy.
	www.multied.com /Bio/CWcGENS/CSAJohnston.html (560 words)

	General Joseph Johnston
		Johnston himself was wounded in the fighting and was compelled to relinquish command of the army.
		Johnston was, however, blamed for the precipitous nature of the Southern withdrawal which forced the destruction of a large percentage of the supplies accumulated in the Manassas area.
		Johnston was one of five men advanced to the rank of full general in the Confederate Army, but an acrimonious dispute between himself and the Confederate president over seniority within the five further poisoned their mutual relationship.
	www.swcivilwar.com /jjohnston.html (1295 words)

	JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON - LoveToKnow Article on JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON
		His father, Peter Johnston (1763-1841), a Virginian of Scottish descent, served in the War of Independence, and afterwards became a distinguished jurist; his mother was a niece of Patrick Henry.
		His son, WILLIAM PRESTON JOHNSTON (1831-1899), who served on the staff of General Johnston and subsequently on that of President Davis, was a distinguished professor and president of Tulane University.
		Later in 1863, when the battle of Chattanooga brought the Federals to the borders of Georgia, Johnston was assigned to command the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, and in the early days of May 1864 the combined armies of the North under Sherman advanced against his lines.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHNSTON_JOSEPH_EGGLESTON.htm (790 words)

	Joeseph Johnston Biography
		The next month Johnston became one of five men advanced to the grade of full general-all Confederate generals wore the same insignia of rank, three stars in a wreath-but was not pleased with the relative ranking of the five.
		Johnston was basically engaged in forwarding freshly arrived Valley troops to the threatened sectors.
		During the battle of lst Bull Run, Johnston, although senior to Beauregard, left the general direction of the battle to the junior officer due to a lack of familiarity with the terrain.
	www.civilwarhome.com /joejohnston.htm (1053 words)

	Joseph F. Johnston - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Joseph Forney Johnston (March 23, 1843–August 8, 1913) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alabama from 1896 to 1900.
		He later served in the U.S. Senate from August 6, 1907 to his death on August 8, 1913.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_F._Johnston (75 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston
		Joseph E Johnston was a capable field commander.
		Johnston was put in command of all the Confedederate forces in Virginia as a result of his share in the stunning victory by the Confederate forces ath the Battle of First Manasses (Bull Run).
		During the battle Johnston was wounded in the shoulder, with shell chunks buried in his chest and thigh.
	www.fortunecity.com /victorian/museum/63/profiles/csa/johnston.html (1095 words)

	Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
		Johnston was elected to congress in 1877 and in 1885 he was appointed the U.S. Commissioner of railroads by President Grover Cleveland.
		Johnston fought in the Seminole and Mexican Wars and he was made Quartermaster-General in 1860.
		Johnston took command of the Army of Tennessee when his command was passed to Robert E. Lee.
	tennessee-scv.org /camp28/johnstonbio.html (222 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		Joseph Johnston was the highest ranking officer in the U.S. Army to resign and 'go South.' He attained the rank of full General almost immediately.
		Johnston could be cautious in his execution of battle plans and overly sensitive to criticism of his leadership and the strategic use of his army.
		Johnston was blamed for not being able to stop Sherman in Northern Georgia when all facts show that he had done an incredible job of holding his army together against a superior force and perhaps the best general in the Union Army.
	www.mysqlwebhosting.biz /stuff-039303058X.html (1930 words)

	Brigadier General Joseph Johnston - Quartermaster General 1860-1861
		Joseph Eggelston Johnston was born at the family estate of "Cherry Grove" in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on February 3, 1807.
		General Joseph Johnston, who succeeded Jesup, was the first West Point graduate to become head of the Quartermaster Department, but he served only ten months and left virtually no imprint upon it.
		At the end of his term in office, Johnston continued to reside in Washington, and was appointed Commissioner of Railroads in 1885 by President Grover Cleveland.
	www.qmfound.com /BG_Joseph_Johnston.htm (931 words)

	Joseph Johnston
		Joseph Forney Johnston was born on March 23, 1843, in Lincoln County, North Carolina, where he was educated in public schools.
		Johnston enlisted in the 11th Alabama Infantry Regiment but was serving as captain of 12th NC Infantry at the close of the war.
		Johnston attained political, office again in 1907 when he was elected to complete the U.S. Senate term of Edmund Pettus upon the latter's death in August, 1907.
	www.archives.state.al.us /govs_list/g_johnst.html (636 words)

	George Glazer Gallery - Bust of General Joseph E. Johnston
		Johnston was the subject of a biography by military historian Craig L. Symonds (Joseph E. Johnston.
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) attended West Point (Class of 1829) and served with distinction in the Mexican War.
		Plaster bust, painted black, of General Joseph E. Johnston, who served with distinction in the U.S. and the Confederate Armies.
	www.georgeglazer.com /archives/prints/portraits/genjohn.html (401 words)

	Joseph Eggleston Johnston
		Johnston was left in charge of the troops in northern Virginia over the winter of 1861-62 and trained them into an army while feuding with Davis over petty details.
		Johnston took command of the forces John Magruder withdrew, but he was on the outskirts of Richmond.
		Johnston made sure reinforcements arrived, playing a role that nobody on the Union side was doing.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=46 (926 words)

	Joseph Eggleston Johnston Biography / Biography of Joseph Eggleston Johnston Biography Biography
		Joseph E. Johnston was born into a prominent family of Prince Edward County, Va. He enrolled at West Point in 1825 and, except for a brief interlude as a civil engineer, remained in military service until 1865.
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		Johnston's first assignment after his recovery was to coordinate the movements of Confederate forces in Mississippi and Tennessee.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-joseph-eggleston-johnston/index.html (536 words)

	Huguenot Historical Society The Joseph Hoag Johnston Civil War Papers (1855-1936)
		Joseph Hoag Johnston was born to David Johnston and Lettita Clark in the town of Plattekill, Ulster County, New York in 1844.
		Biographical information excerpted from The Civil War Letters of Joseph Johnston, edited by, and with an introduction by Albert E. Langlitz.
		The Joseph Hoag Johnston Civil War Papers (1855-1936)
	www.hhs-newpaltz.org /library_archives/collections/finding_aids/johnston_joseph_h.html (564 words)

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		Johnston also argues that the “Petition to Modify Divorce Decree” that was filed by his former wife, appellee-petitioner Terry Johnston, failed to meet the statutory criteria regarding a request for the payment of child support.
		Joseph also alleged that D.J. has been “in and out of college since age 18,” was not currently in college, and had a child of her own.
		In response to Terry’s petition to modify, Joseph moved to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction on the grounds that he: (1) never lived in Indiana; (2) never lived in a marital relationship in Indiana; (3) was never married in Indiana; and (4) never waived jurisdiction in favor of Indiana.
	www.state.in.us /judiciary/opinions/archive/04220503.jgb.html (2914 words)

	Johnston (Joseph E.) Papers, 1861-c.1866
		Johnston died in 1891 of a cold caught while attending the funeral of former opponent William T. Sherman.
		After serving in the Seminole Wars in Florida and in the Mexican War, Johnston was appointed quartermaster general in the United States Army in 1860 with the rank of brigadier general.
		After recovering from his injuries, Johnston was assigned to the Department of the West a largely supervisory command that included Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi.
	www.nav.cc.tx.us /library/civilwar/finding_aids/g_l/johnston.htm (501 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: JOHNSTON, JOSEPH EGGLESTON
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston, Confederate general, legislator, and author, son of Peter and Mary (Wood) Johnston, was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on February 3, 1807.
		From 1879 to 1881 Johnston represented Virginia in the House of the Forty-sixth Congress.
		Johnston was engineer on the Texas-United States boundary survey in 1841 and was chief topographical engineer of the Department of Texas from 1848 to 1853.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/JJ/fjo36.html (518 words)

	Missouri Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, General Joseph E. Johnston
		Johnston was born in Cherry Grove, Va., February 3, 1807, and died in Washington City, D. C., March 21, 1891, in the eighty-fifth year of his age.
		Johnston thereupon assumed the responsibility of advising Mr.
		Collecting such troops as could be gotten together, Johnston threw himself before Sherman, and on the 19th and 21st of March attacked the head of his column at Bentonville and captured four pieces of artillery and nine hundred prisoners.
	www.missouridivision-scv.org /johnston.htm (2321 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston Stamp
		After Sherman had completed his March to the Sea, Johnston was again given command of the remnants of the Confederate forces in the Carolinas and Georgia.
		After the war Johnston penned a notable analysis of the war in his memoirs.
		Because Georgia was under Johnston's jurisdiction, his surrender marked the end of the Civil War for Georgia -- a date that would become Confederate Memorial Day in Georgia.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/johnston2.htm (344 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia in 1807 but fought for the state of Georgia during the Civil War.
		Johnston had attained the rank of Brigadier General and was Quatermaster General of the Union by 1861, when he left the Union to join the seceding states and the Confederate Army.
		Johnston decided to fight a defensive campaign against Sherman because he knew he was outnumbered and was trying to pick off Sherman's men one at a time until the numbers were equal.
	www.msu.edu /~reesmane (548 words)

	The Papers of Jefferson Davis
		One of the most controversial generals of the Civil War, Joseph E. Johnston was born and raised in Virginia, the son of a soldier who had served under Lee's father in the Revolution.
		Johnston became involved in the railroad business after the war, wrote a memoir in which he was highly critical of Davis, and served one term in the House (1879-81).
		Johnston returned to service that December and was placed in overall command of Confederate forces in Tennessee and Mississippi, an assignment that he never completely comprehended.
	jeffersondavis.rice.edu /resources.cfm?doc_id=1545 (402 words)

	Catherine Barnes Historical Autographs > Joseph E. Johnston autograph, letters, documents, manuscripts, signatures
		A controversial Confederate general, Joseph E. Johnston held key posts in northern Virginia, on the Mississippi, and in Georgia during the Civil War, despite his ongoing quarrel with Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
		Johnston wrote this letter, evidently to an old acquaintance, just three months before his death.
		After the war, Johnston worked in the insurance business, became involved in politics, and published a number of works defending his wartime service.
	www.barnesautographs.com /pages/inventory/johnston.htm (259 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born at Farmville in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and was graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1829.
		Johnston was given command of the Army of Northern Virginia and faced the forces of George B. McClellan during the Peninsular Campaign in the spring of 1862.
		Johnston was given command of the Army of Tennessee in late 1863 and he did an excellent job of training his disorganized force.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h187.html (347 words)

	General Joseph Eggleston Johnston
		Johnston may have been the only officer of top rank on either side to comment on the phenomenon of acoustic shadow in an official report.
		Johnston seems to have responded, rather casually, that Lee must have mistaken an exchange of cannon fire for volleys from small arms.
		Having been put in command as a result of Johnston's wounds at Fair Oaks or Seven Pines, Robert E. Lee renamed his forces and immediately led the Army of Northern Virginia on the offensive.
	www.angelfire.com /ga3/southernrebels/gen7.html (625 words)

	Joseph E
		Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond is certainly a viable contribution to Civil War literature.
		Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond.
		Johnston’s handling of the retreat has often been criticized by historians as wasteful and clumsy in light of the amount of supplies lost to the Federals in the process.
	personal.tcu.edu /~SWOODWORTH/Newton-JEJ.htm (956 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston Statue, Dalton, Georgia
		One of the first challenges Johnston faced when he relieved Braxton Bragg of the command of the Army of Tennessee was a high rate of desertion.
		At the end of the war Johnston was tapped to fight a defensive action against Sherman after the March to the Sea.
		Johnston is seen holding his hat and sword (point down).
	roadsidegeorgia.com /site/johnstonstatue.html (420 words)

	Joseph Eggleston Johnston by Benjamin Franklin Reinhart
		Joseph E. Johnston’s Civil War career was a little like the Confederate experiment itself in that it was begun with high hopes, riddled with missed opportunities, and ultimately met with disappointment.
		The problem hurting Johnston most, however, was his overcautiousness, which was interpreted by his superiors as passivity.
		Johnston joined the rebel army as a leading contender for high command.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /leaders_johnston.html (171 words)

	General Joseph E
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born near Farmville, Virginia in 1807.
		Joseph Johnston graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1829.
		Late in the war, General Johnston was again given command of the Army of Tennessee as it retreated across the Carolinas.
	www.civilwarfamilyhistory.com /new_page_113.htm (529 words)

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