MAJOR GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON
Item #: CWB9657
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Born: 02/02/1803 in Washington, KY.
Died: 04/06/1862 in Shiloh, TN.
USMA: 1826, class rank: 08/41
General, C. S. A., May 30, 1861.
Commands.
September 10, 1861, assigned to the command of Department
No. 2, embracing the territory of the States of Tennessee and
Arkansas, all that part of the State of Mississippi west of
the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad and the
Great Northern and Central Railroad, and the military
operations in the States of Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas, and
the Indian Territory west of Missouri and Arkansas.
Commanding the Army of the Mississippi at the battle of
Shiloh, Tennessee, on the 6th of April, 1862, where he was
killed.
Johnston, Albert Sidney, born in Kentucky, appointed from
Louisiana cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1822;
graduated eighth in a class of forty-one.
Brevet second lieutenant, Second Infantry, July 1, 1826.
Second lieutenant, Sixth Infantry, July 1, 1826.
Regimental adjutant, September 14, 1828, to September 7,
1832;
resigned May 30, 1834.
Colonel, First Texas Rifles, July 8, to August 24, 1846.
Major and paymaster general, October 31, 1849.
Colonel, Second Cavalry, March 3, 1855.
Brevet brigadier general, November 18, 1857, for
meritorious conduct in the ability, zeal, and energy and
prudence displayed by him in command of the army in Utah.
Resigned May 3, 1861.
Source: General Officers of the Confederate States of America
Died: 04/06/1862 in Shiloh, TN.
USMA: 1826, class rank: 08/41
Promotions
| Date |
To Rank |
Full/Brevet |
Army/Vol |
Comments |
| 05/30/61 |
General |
Full |
Army |
|
General, C. S. A., May 30, 1861.
Commands.
September 10, 1861, assigned to the command of Department
No. 2, embracing the territory of the States of Tennessee and
Arkansas, all that part of the State of Mississippi west of
the New Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern Railroad and the
Great Northern and Central Railroad, and the military
operations in the States of Kentucky, Missouri and Kansas, and
the Indian Territory west of Missouri and Arkansas.
Commanding the Army of the Mississippi at the battle of
Shiloh, Tennessee, on the 6th of April, 1862, where he was
killed.
Johnston, Albert Sidney, born in Kentucky, appointed from
Louisiana cadet United States Military Academy, July 1, 1822;
graduated eighth in a class of forty-one.
Brevet second lieutenant, Second Infantry, July 1, 1826.
Second lieutenant, Sixth Infantry, July 1, 1826.
Regimental adjutant, September 14, 1828, to September 7,
1832;
resigned May 30, 1834.
Colonel, First Texas Rifles, July 8, to August 24, 1846.
Major and paymaster general, October 31, 1849.
Colonel, Second Cavalry, March 3, 1855.
Brevet brigadier general, November 18, 1857, for
meritorious conduct in the ability, zeal, and energy and
prudence displayed by him in command of the army in Utah.
Resigned May 3, 1861.
Source: General Officers of the Confederate States of America
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Item # CWB9657
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