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It's Albert Sydney JOHNSTON. He was Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas. He also led a US Army expedition to Salt Lake City to confront the Mormons.
-- He is my great-great-great granduncle. His wife was a Luxich. He was wounded not killed at Shiloh and died later.
He is my great-great-great-great grandfather. Wow so we're related. email me at happyface92@sbcglobal.net
I am a direct descendant of his as well. He is some nth great grandfather of mine. My mother's maiden name is Johnston and is part of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). To be a member of the DAR you have to prove through extensive research of your ancestry that you are in fact a DAR. When we did this research we are actually able to draw a direct relation for General Johnston to Lord Baltimore, the founder of the Maryland Colony. Oddly enough, General Albert Johnston is not the first General Johnston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuperSonicFlow ( talk • contribs) 07:02, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
He is my great grandfather. He married a lady named Martha and had 6 children, 5 boys and 1 girl. There is no mention of this in his biography. They were very wealthy, he was the Notary Republic of Navarro County, had a large farm. My grandfather, his son, married my grandmother Selia Files who was part Cherokee Indian. Albert did not agree with that and took all of my grandfather's royalties away from the oil and gas wells he had in Eureka, TX. They lived very well. It's amazing that Albert was such a strong, intelligent person. Wish I could have met him.. Betty DeMoss McCrory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.69.112.10 ( talk) 19:43, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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I am in possession of the Civil War diary of C.R. Allen, Company A, Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. He was at the Battle of Shiloh and was one of the 15 or 20 soldiers who were sent to find Lew Wallace and direct him to the battlefield.
I have transcribed his diary. The words, spelling and punctuation are Allen's. Anything that is italicized and in [ ] are my words.
Apr 7th 1862 – Monday – Shiloh While the South seems well supplied the Rebel Gen’ls Forrest and [then Capt. John] Morgan were dashing between the two lines. We beg our commanders to lead us to the front but it seems the Gen’ls were afraid that the Rebs had an ambush prepared for us. I believe had we been allowed to charge the already demoralized Rebel army would have been completely routed. We saw signs enough that the Confederates were in a bad plight and only needed pushing to have caused them to throw down their arms and many of them to surrender. While we were following their retreating lines, I opened a large wall tent and there lay a tall handsome dead Rebel, a Gen’l I was satisfied. I asked a wounded Confederate who it was. He said “Maj. Gen’l Sidney Johnston”. I had heard he was in command of the Rebel army on Sunday. I called to the Lieut. in command of our skirmish line. He came up and soon placed a guard over the tent. Well we now had the saddest part of all to do. Look up friends and bury the dead. I went as soon as we got back to our camp that night to a different Reg’t that my old schoolmates belonged to 52nd Ill, 46th Ill, 12th Ill &c. Captain Guy Ward of the 12th was killed. Saw R.F. Chandler of 52nd. He was all right but found that John Baird had lost a leg but was still alive. Rained all night which made it terrible for the wounded.
-- RussianBlueLvr ( talk) 18:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Above in another comment it is claimed by somebody that Johnston did not die at Shiloh; I believe this poster's intent was an attempt at providing evidence he had. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.232.53.40 ( talk) 08:34, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Moved from main article by Hal Jespersen ( talk) 22:48, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
User Wrad pointed on out the Talk Page of the Utah War article that the photograph of General Johnston in this article was fabricated, probably using Photoshop or a similar program. It is General Johnston's head pasted on the body of another officer, a copy of which can be seen here. Anyone have any good ideas for a remedy? -- AzureCitizen ( talk) 16:47, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
The oral claim was made a United States National Park Service guide in CSPAN American History program on the Battle of Shiloh that Johnston was the highest-ranking American general to die in battle in any war. I spent a little time looking for verification and the best I could find at the moment is some discussion forums on this. Someone else might be able to find a RS for it. patsw ( talk) 16:44, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
The section where it states "Albert Sidney Johnston raised the Army of Mississippi" is both incorrect in army name and misleading in the origins of the army that Johnston would lead at the Battle of Shiloh. The Army itself was called the Army of the Mississippi indicating that the army was named for either the Mississippi River or it's valley and not the state (See Daniel's book Shiloh, Battle that changed the Civil War p. 64, Cunningham's Shiloh and the Western Campaign Page 119). It was by this name that it's commanders referred to it in the official records. In fact, here is Beauregard's official report stating the army name at the top: http://www.civilwarhome.com/beau.htm, as well as Bragg's official report http://www.civilwarhome.com/braggshi.htm . Additionally, the Army was not raised under Johnston, but was rather was the result of the concentration of several Confederate commands into one (Cunningham pp. 46, 47, 91-98, Daniels pp. 54, 90, 346, 382). I don't mean to seem hostile or petty when it comes to the name (I mean one word), but the connotation associated with the word (operations near a river or it's valley as opposed to a state) are very important. I would cite the references to the change in the article, but I am too uncomfortable with properly editing to do so. Semperpietas ( talk) 01:57, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately, this error in name is also present at the Battle of Shiloh article. I went digging into additional records, and it would appear that the Army of the Mississippi was never referred to "Army of Mississippi" by it's commanders but rather had it's name changed directly to Army of Tennessee, based on this Official report and correspondence by Bragg about Perryville (the last battle that army used it's Mississippi moniker): http://www.aotc.net/perryv-rep.htm#Bragg It should be in the first paragraph). I also have Timothy Smith's Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation on hand. The first major book on the seige of Corinth I know, Smith calls it the Army of the Mississippi and covers it until Bragg takes the army to Kentucky. He doesn't mention a change in name or reference until page 172, where he mentions that the army and department change name to the Army of Tennessee. Smith also includes a great deal about the concentration of the Army in the opening chapters. This would mean that "Army of Mississippi" would solely refer to the army that Pemberton inherited from Van Dorn and led during the Vicksburg Campaign and those forces reconstituted under Polk during the Tupelo and Atlanta Campaigns. When it comes to the traditional naming conventions, it would appear that Confederates also had an "Army of the Rappahannock" referring to the Rappahannock river during the Peninsula Campaign, but it only consisted of two brigades and a cavalry troop stationed at Fredericksburg (Newton, Joseph Johnston and the Defense of Richmond, P. 127) Semperpietas ( talk) 15:48, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I have gone through a few published sources about this, including ORs, Cunningham, Smith, Daniels, Sword, and the NPS. All seem to agree the name was the "Army of the Mississippi". Further research into Corinth and Perryville does not suggest that Army name was changed (with Bragg referring to it as Army of the Mississippi in his reports about Perryville) until the Department was renamed to Tennessee. It would appear that the Eichners made an error, or just used shorthand. If you need a new article written for Confederate Army of the Mississippi, then I volunteer to contribute since we have an article on the Confederate Army of the Potomac. The clincher for me is Timothy Smith's new book on the siege of Corinth, which took place after battles of Shiloh. He mentions no name change except for the change to Army of Tennessee. In the Index of Smith's book (for short reference), he lists the Confederate Army of the Mississippi, Confederate Army of the West, Confederate Army of Tennessee, and the Confederate Army of West Tennessee. He does not mention a Confederate Army of Mississippi at all, despite including the Army of West Tennessee (which was renaming of the Army of the West). I apologize if raising the issue would cause such a problem. I just want to ensure that the right name is included. Semperpietas ( talk) 01:51, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Johnston's career in Texas prior to 1838, as well as his leadership of the Utah Expedition 1857-1859, deserve significant enhancement. — Preceding
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Is there a particular reason that not only this unassailable and widely-available fact is not only excluded from this article, but even the words "slave" and "slavery" are banished from an article about a slave-owning general of an army which (ostensibly) fought for the sake of keeping slavery? What the actual fuck???
Can you point to any specific edits where these terms were removed? Otherwise, maybe calm down and realize that wikipedia articles aren't always complete or comprehensive. User2635 ( talk) 16:15, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
I see the lead photo is dated as "1860-1862". If that's a Confederate uniform (& pardon my ignorance for not being sure) then it cannot be earlier than May 6, 1861 when he resigned his U.S. Army commission. If it is a U.S. Army uniform, it cannot be later than that date. (This came up because I was working on categories, etc. for File:General Albert Sidney Johnston, carte-de-visite photograph, circa 1860-1867 (PORTRAITS 2260).jpg, the same photo as a carte-de-visite.) - Jmabel | Talk 06:08, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
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It's Albert Sydney JOHNSTON. He was Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas. He also led a US Army expedition to Salt Lake City to confront the Mormons.
-- He is my great-great-great granduncle. His wife was a Luxich. He was wounded not killed at Shiloh and died later.
He is my great-great-great-great grandfather. Wow so we're related. email me at happyface92@sbcglobal.net
I am a direct descendant of his as well. He is some nth great grandfather of mine. My mother's maiden name is Johnston and is part of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). To be a member of the DAR you have to prove through extensive research of your ancestry that you are in fact a DAR. When we did this research we are actually able to draw a direct relation for General Johnston to Lord Baltimore, the founder of the Maryland Colony. Oddly enough, General Albert Johnston is not the first General Johnston. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SuperSonicFlow ( talk • contribs) 07:02, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
He is my great grandfather. He married a lady named Martha and had 6 children, 5 boys and 1 girl. There is no mention of this in his biography. They were very wealthy, he was the Notary Republic of Navarro County, had a large farm. My grandfather, his son, married my grandmother Selia Files who was part Cherokee Indian. Albert did not agree with that and took all of my grandfather's royalties away from the oil and gas wells he had in Eureka, TX. They lived very well. It's amazing that Albert was such a strong, intelligent person. Wish I could have met him.. Betty DeMoss McCrory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.69.112.10 ( talk) 19:43, 14 May 2018 (UTC)
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I am in possession of the Civil War diary of C.R. Allen, Company A, Second Regiment Illinois Volunteer Cavalry. He was at the Battle of Shiloh and was one of the 15 or 20 soldiers who were sent to find Lew Wallace and direct him to the battlefield.
I have transcribed his diary. The words, spelling and punctuation are Allen's. Anything that is italicized and in [ ] are my words.
Apr 7th 1862 – Monday – Shiloh While the South seems well supplied the Rebel Gen’ls Forrest and [then Capt. John] Morgan were dashing between the two lines. We beg our commanders to lead us to the front but it seems the Gen’ls were afraid that the Rebs had an ambush prepared for us. I believe had we been allowed to charge the already demoralized Rebel army would have been completely routed. We saw signs enough that the Confederates were in a bad plight and only needed pushing to have caused them to throw down their arms and many of them to surrender. While we were following their retreating lines, I opened a large wall tent and there lay a tall handsome dead Rebel, a Gen’l I was satisfied. I asked a wounded Confederate who it was. He said “Maj. Gen’l Sidney Johnston”. I had heard he was in command of the Rebel army on Sunday. I called to the Lieut. in command of our skirmish line. He came up and soon placed a guard over the tent. Well we now had the saddest part of all to do. Look up friends and bury the dead. I went as soon as we got back to our camp that night to a different Reg’t that my old schoolmates belonged to 52nd Ill, 46th Ill, 12th Ill &c. Captain Guy Ward of the 12th was killed. Saw R.F. Chandler of 52nd. He was all right but found that John Baird had lost a leg but was still alive. Rained all night which made it terrible for the wounded.
-- RussianBlueLvr ( talk) 18:48, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
Above in another comment it is claimed by somebody that Johnston did not die at Shiloh; I believe this poster's intent was an attempt at providing evidence he had. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.232.53.40 ( talk) 08:34, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
Moved from main article by Hal Jespersen ( talk) 22:48, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
User Wrad pointed on out the Talk Page of the Utah War article that the photograph of General Johnston in this article was fabricated, probably using Photoshop or a similar program. It is General Johnston's head pasted on the body of another officer, a copy of which can be seen here. Anyone have any good ideas for a remedy? -- AzureCitizen ( talk) 16:47, 15 July 2010 (UTC)
The oral claim was made a United States National Park Service guide in CSPAN American History program on the Battle of Shiloh that Johnston was the highest-ranking American general to die in battle in any war. I spent a little time looking for verification and the best I could find at the moment is some discussion forums on this. Someone else might be able to find a RS for it. patsw ( talk) 16:44, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
The section where it states "Albert Sidney Johnston raised the Army of Mississippi" is both incorrect in army name and misleading in the origins of the army that Johnston would lead at the Battle of Shiloh. The Army itself was called the Army of the Mississippi indicating that the army was named for either the Mississippi River or it's valley and not the state (See Daniel's book Shiloh, Battle that changed the Civil War p. 64, Cunningham's Shiloh and the Western Campaign Page 119). It was by this name that it's commanders referred to it in the official records. In fact, here is Beauregard's official report stating the army name at the top: http://www.civilwarhome.com/beau.htm, as well as Bragg's official report http://www.civilwarhome.com/braggshi.htm . Additionally, the Army was not raised under Johnston, but was rather was the result of the concentration of several Confederate commands into one (Cunningham pp. 46, 47, 91-98, Daniels pp. 54, 90, 346, 382). I don't mean to seem hostile or petty when it comes to the name (I mean one word), but the connotation associated with the word (operations near a river or it's valley as opposed to a state) are very important. I would cite the references to the change in the article, but I am too uncomfortable with properly editing to do so. Semperpietas ( talk) 01:57, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Unfortunately, this error in name is also present at the Battle of Shiloh article. I went digging into additional records, and it would appear that the Army of the Mississippi was never referred to "Army of Mississippi" by it's commanders but rather had it's name changed directly to Army of Tennessee, based on this Official report and correspondence by Bragg about Perryville (the last battle that army used it's Mississippi moniker): http://www.aotc.net/perryv-rep.htm#Bragg It should be in the first paragraph). I also have Timothy Smith's Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation on hand. The first major book on the seige of Corinth I know, Smith calls it the Army of the Mississippi and covers it until Bragg takes the army to Kentucky. He doesn't mention a change in name or reference until page 172, where he mentions that the army and department change name to the Army of Tennessee. Smith also includes a great deal about the concentration of the Army in the opening chapters. This would mean that "Army of Mississippi" would solely refer to the army that Pemberton inherited from Van Dorn and led during the Vicksburg Campaign and those forces reconstituted under Polk during the Tupelo and Atlanta Campaigns. When it comes to the traditional naming conventions, it would appear that Confederates also had an "Army of the Rappahannock" referring to the Rappahannock river during the Peninsula Campaign, but it only consisted of two brigades and a cavalry troop stationed at Fredericksburg (Newton, Joseph Johnston and the Defense of Richmond, P. 127) Semperpietas ( talk) 15:48, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
I have gone through a few published sources about this, including ORs, Cunningham, Smith, Daniels, Sword, and the NPS. All seem to agree the name was the "Army of the Mississippi". Further research into Corinth and Perryville does not suggest that Army name was changed (with Bragg referring to it as Army of the Mississippi in his reports about Perryville) until the Department was renamed to Tennessee. It would appear that the Eichners made an error, or just used shorthand. If you need a new article written for Confederate Army of the Mississippi, then I volunteer to contribute since we have an article on the Confederate Army of the Potomac. The clincher for me is Timothy Smith's new book on the siege of Corinth, which took place after battles of Shiloh. He mentions no name change except for the change to Army of Tennessee. In the Index of Smith's book (for short reference), he lists the Confederate Army of the Mississippi, Confederate Army of the West, Confederate Army of Tennessee, and the Confederate Army of West Tennessee. He does not mention a Confederate Army of Mississippi at all, despite including the Army of West Tennessee (which was renaming of the Army of the West). I apologize if raising the issue would cause such a problem. I just want to ensure that the right name is included. Semperpietas ( talk) 01:51, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Johnston's career in Texas prior to 1838, as well as his leadership of the Utah Expedition 1857-1859, deserve significant enhancement. — Preceding
unsigned comment added by
173.172.54.115 (
talk) 17:22, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
Is there a particular reason that not only this unassailable and widely-available fact is not only excluded from this article, but even the words "slave" and "slavery" are banished from an article about a slave-owning general of an army which (ostensibly) fought for the sake of keeping slavery? What the actual fuck???
Can you point to any specific edits where these terms were removed? Otherwise, maybe calm down and realize that wikipedia articles aren't always complete or comprehensive. User2635 ( talk) 16:15, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
I see the lead photo is dated as "1860-1862". If that's a Confederate uniform (& pardon my ignorance for not being sure) then it cannot be earlier than May 6, 1861 when he resigned his U.S. Army commission. If it is a U.S. Army uniform, it cannot be later than that date. (This came up because I was working on categories, etc. for File:General Albert Sidney Johnston, carte-de-visite photograph, circa 1860-1867 (PORTRAITS 2260).jpg, the same photo as a carte-de-visite.) - Jmabel | Talk 06:08, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
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