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Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was an American military officer who served as a general in three different armies: the Texian Army, the ...
English: This is a line drawing by Henry Mosler of the death of Albert Sidney Johnston at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. The paper has been pieced together. There are smaller pieces of paper that have been glued to the sides to extend the width of the paper.The scene shows Johnston in the center of the picture leaning on his left elbow facing the viewer.
Albert Sidney Johnston is a memorial statue of General Albert Sidney Johnston by German American sculptor Elisabet Ney. The piece is a life-size recumbent male figure rendered in marble sculpture. It depicts the General at the time of his death in the Battle of Shiloh during the American Civil War.
Braxton Bragg was appointed a general in the ACSA with a date of rank of April 6, 1862, the day his commanding officer Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died in combat at Shiloh/Pittsburg Landing. [ 19 ] The Confederate Congress passed legislation in May 1864 to allow for "temporary" general officers in the PACS, to be appointed by Davis and ...
Major General Ulysses S. Grant was the Union commander, while General Albert Sidney Johnston was the Confederate commander until his battlefield death, when he was replaced by his second-in-command, General P. G. T. Beauregard. The Confederate army hoped to defeat Grant's Army of the Tennessee before it could be reinforced and resupplied ...
Because of Harney's unavailability, Col. Edmund Alexander was charged with the first detachment of troops headed for Utah. However, the overall command was assigned to Col. Albert Sidney Johnston, who did not leave Kansas until much later. As it was, July was already far into the campaigning season, and the army and their supply train were ...
Commanded Confederate troops at Fort Sumter, First Bull Run and at Shiloh after Albert Sidney Johnston death. Abandoned Corinth, Mississippi, to large Union force. Defended Charleston, South Carolina in 1863 and 1864. Discerned and blocked U.S. Grant's move against Petersburg at end of Overland Campaign so Lee could catch up. Bee, Barnard E. Jr ...
Albert Sidney Johnston: April 6, 1862 59 Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas (1838–40) Confederacy: Military officer Killed at the Battle of Shiloh [5] William High Keim: May 18, 1862 48 Surveyor General of Pennsylvania (1860–61) Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district (1858–59)