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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.
		Johnston was placed in command of the Army of Northern Virginia and led it in the start of the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
		After the war Johnston served a term as Congressman from Virginia and was a commissioner of railroads in the administration of United States President Grover Cleveland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Joseph_Johnston (1113 words)

	AllRefer.com - Joseph Eggleston Johnston (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Johnston was quartermaster general with the rank of brigadier general when he resigned (Apr., 1861) to fight for the Confederacy.
		Johnston opposed General McClellan in the Peninsular campaign until he was wounded at Fair Oaks in May, 1862.
		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 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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.
		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 himself was wounded in the fighting and was compelled to relinquish command of the army.
	www.swcivilwar.com /jjohnston.html (1295 words)

	JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON - LoveToKnow Article on JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOHNSTON_JOSEPH_EGGLESTON.htm (790 words)

	Johnston, Joseph Eggleston. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		He evaded the Union army under Gen. Robert Patterson and marched to the aid of General Beauregard at Bull Run, where his part in the Confederate victory won him a generalcy and the command of the Army of Northern Virginia (July).
		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.
		After the war Johnston served (1879–81) in the House of Representatives from Richmond, Va., and by appointment of President Cleveland, was (1885–91) federal commissioner of railroads.
	www.bartleby.com /65/jo/JohnstonJE.html (376 words)

	Joeseph Johnston Biography
		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.
		Johnston was basically engaged in forwarding freshly arrived Valley troops to the threatened sectors.
		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.
	www.civilwarhome.com /joejohnston.htm (1053 words)

	Joseph Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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)

	Brigadier General Joseph Johnston - Quartermaster General 1860-1861
		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.
		Joseph Eggelston Johnston was born at the family estate of "Cherry Grove" in Prince Edward County, Virginia, on February 3, 1807.
		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)

	George Glazer Gallery - Bust of General Joseph E. Johnston
		Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) attended West Point (Class of 1829) and served with distinction in the Mexican War.
		After the war, Johnston served two years as a U.S. congressman from Richmond and as the federal commissioner of railroads (1885-91) and wrote a highly regarded memoir about the Civil War that was highly critical of Davis.
		Johnston was the subject of a biography by military historian Craig L. Symonds (Joseph E. Johnston.
	www.georgeglazer.com /archives/prints/portraits/genjohn.html (401 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography: Current Amazon U.S.A. One-Edition Data
		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.
		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 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.
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	Joseph Eggleston Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Johnston made sure reinforcements arrived, playing a role that nobody on the Union side was doing.
		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.
	ehistory.osu.edu /uscw/features/people/bio.cfm?PID=46 (926 words)

	Brig. Gen. Joseph E. Johnston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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.
		Johnston was elected to congress in 1877 and in 1885 he was appointed the U.S. Commissioner of railroads by President Grover Cleveland.
	tennessee-scv.org /camp28/johnstonbio.html (222 words)

	Joseph E. Johnston
		Johnston felt that saving the city was hopeless and Davis wanted an all-out assault, at the very least a desperate struggle for it.
		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)

	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 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.
		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).
	jeffersondavis.rice.edu /resources.cfm?doc_id=1545 (402 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.
		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.
		Johnston thereupon assumed the responsibility of advising Mr.
	www.missouridivision-scv.org /johnston.htm (2321 words)

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		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.
		Johnston, Lee and Davis were all convinced that a Federal landing was now possible, and Johnston pulled his army closer into Richmond so that they could oppose any landing and work on improving the defenses at Drewrey’s Bluff.
		Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond is certainly a viable contribution to Civil War literature.
	personal.tcu.edu /~SWOODWORTH/Newton-JEJ.htm (956 words)

	General Joseph Eggleston Johnston
		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.
		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.
	www.angelfire.com /ga3/southernrebels/gen7.html (625 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)

	Joseph E. Johnston, Confederate General
		Johnston ordered the evacuation of the Mississippi state capital and once informed that federal forces were attacking in number, he told Brig.
		Johnston had learned to rely on his railroads, so when word reached the Confederate commander that a large force of Union soldiers was to his rear he withdrew, forming a line at Resaca to absorb the federal attack.
		Johnston scrambled to form a line in the rolling hills west of Atlanta, but form a line he did, and it was strong enough to withstand three major attacks - the battles of New Hope (Church), Pickett's Mill and Dallas.
	ngeorgia.com /people/johnston.html (1296 words)

	Johnston (Joseph E.) Papers, 1861-c.1866 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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.
		Johnston died in 1891 of a cold caught while attending the funeral of former opponent William T. Sherman.
	www.nav.cc.tx.us /library/civilwar/finding_aids/g_l/johnston.htm (501 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.
		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.
		After the war Johnston penned a notable analysis of the war in his memoirs.
	www.cviog.uga.edu /Projects/gainfo/johnston2.htm (344 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.
		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.
		From 1879 to 1881 Johnston represented Virginia in the House of the Forty-sixth Congress.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/JJ/fjo36.html (518 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.
		Johnston was a member of Gen. Winfield Scott's expedition against Mexico City during the Mexican War and was made brevet colonel in 1848.
		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)

	Joseph E. Johnston -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This led to much bad blood between Johnston and (IAmerican statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War (1808-1889)) Jefferson Davis, which would last throughout the war.
		Johnston was placed in command of the (Click link for more info and facts about Army of Northern Virginia) Army of Northern Virginia and led it in the start of the 1862 (Click link for more info and facts about Peninsula Campaign) Peninsula Campaign.
		Finally cornered, Johnston attacked on May 31, 1862, south of the (Click link for more info and facts about Chickahominy River) Chickahominy River, in the (Click link for more info and facts about Battle of Seven Pines) Battle of Seven Pines.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joseph_e._johnston.htm (855 words)

	Converted file jgb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.state.in.us /judiciary/opinions/archive/04220503.jgb.html (2914 words)

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