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Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891)

Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891). Joseph E. Johnston was a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), A GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891)

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  1. Joseph E. Johnston (1807–1891) Joseph E. Johnston was a veteran of the Mexican War (1846–1848), A GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

  2. The highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to resign his commission at the start of the Civil War, Johnston helped lead Confederates to victory at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861; a month later, however, when Confederate president Jefferson Davis appointed five men to the rank of full general, he was only fourth on the list, igniting a bitter feud with the president that would last the war and even spill into his postwar memoir, Narrative of Military Operations (1874).

  3. This is JOSEPH.E.johnston

  4. Early Years • was born on February 3, 1807, at Longwood House near Farmville, Virginia. His father, Judge Peter Johnston, was a veteran of the Revolutionary War (1775–1783) who named his son after Joseph Eggleston, his commander during the war and later a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1798–1801).

  5. Manassas and the Peninsula • Virginia's secession on April 17, 1861, led Johnston to resign from the U.S. Army and accept a commission as a Confederate brigadier general in charge of the garrison at Harpers Ferry. • July 21, 1861 - Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston transports his troops by rail from Winchester to Manassas in time to help decisively defeat Union troops at the First Battle of Manassas.

  6. This is Joseph. E.johnston • Joseph E. Johnston and Robert E. Lee in 1869-70

  7. Why did Joseph serve in the war? He served in the war to really serve his country. He served in 31 war or campaigns why we will never know • He was a very lucky soldier he survived all of those wars he did get shot in the leg 15 times that would hurt.

  8. In memoriam • A monument of joseph. E. johnston was built in 2010, march,20 a bronze statue was dedicated to joseph johnston • A public monument to Johnston was erected in Dalton, Georgia, in 1912. On March 20, 2010, a bronze statue of Johnston was dedicated at the site of the Battle of Bentonville in North Carolina. During World War II, the United States Navy named a Liberty Ship in honor of Johnston. • Johnston statue in Dalton, Georgia, where he took command of the Army of Tennessee

  9. THE END • WRITER: JAYWON • RESOUCES:wikipedia.org. • For any questions

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