biography
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Johnston, Albert Sidney
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1803–62)
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| biography:
| Confederate general, born in Washington, Kentucky, USA. He trained at West Point, joined the Army of Texas, became its head, and in 1838 was appointed secretary of Texas. He served in the Mexican War, and commanded in Utah and on the Pacific (1857–9). In 1861 he resigned to fight for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Appointed to the command of Kentucky and Tennessee, he fortified Bowling Green, retreated to Corinth, and attacked Grant at Shiloh (1862). The Union army was surprised, and the advantage lay with the Confederates until he was mortally wounded. |
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