Life span: 02/02/1803 to 04/06/1862TabsLife SummaryFull name: Albert Sidney JohnstonPlace of Birth: Washington, KYBirth Date Certainty: ExactDeath Date Certainty: ExactGender: MaleRace: WhiteSectional choice: SouthOrigins: Slave StateNo. of Spouses: 2No. of Children: 9Family: John Johnston (father), Abigail Harris (mother), Henrietta Preston (first wife), Eliza Griffin (second wife), William Preston Johnston (son)Education: West Point (US Military Academy)TransylvaniaOccupation: PoliticianMilitaryFarmer or PlanterMilitary: US military (Pre-Civil War)Confederate ArmyForeign military Note Cards Albert Sidney Johnston (American National Biography) ScholarshipIn mid-1857 Johnston commanded an expedition against insurgent Mormons in Utah. His campaign began that fall but was delayed until the following spring by severe weather. Following a series of negotiations, Johnston's army marched unopposed into Salt Lake City in June 1858. Promoted to brevet brigadier general that year, he remained in Utah until February 1860. Following his reassignment as commander of the department of California, Johnston reluctantly decided to resign from the U.S. Army in April 1861 when he learned that Texas had seceded. After a difficult three-month overland journey from Los Angeles to Richmond, Virginia, Johnston was appointed a full Confederate general, with rank second only to Adjutant General Samuel Cooper, and placed in command of the vast territory stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to Indian territory.Wiley Sword, "Johnston, Albert Sidney," American National Biography Online, February 2000,http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00574.html. Events Date span begin Life span End Event 03/27/1859 03/27/1859 Territorial Governor Cumming of Utah protests U.S. Army troops aiding the federal court sitting in Provo 03/30/1859 03/30/1859 Federal Judge Cradlebaugh protests the Governor's order to remove U.S. troops aiding his court in Provo, Utah 08/14/1859 08/14/1859 U.S. Army in action against hostile Indians in Utah Territory 02/11/1862 02/11/1862 In Warren County, Kentucky, Confederate forces begin the evacuation of Bowling Green 02/15/1862 02/15/1862 In Warren County, Kentucky, Confederate forces complete the evacuation of Bowling Green 02/23/1862 02/23/1862 In Tennessee, Confederate forces evacuate Nashville, the state capital 02/25/1862 02/25/1862 In Tennessee, Nashville becomes the first Confederate capital to fall to the Union 04/03/1862 04/03/1862 Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston reorganizes the Army of the Mississippi into three corps 04/06/1862 04/06/1862 Albert Sidney Johnston becomes the war's highest ranking casualty when he bleeds to death at Shiloh 04/06/1862 04/06/1862 Massed Confederate forces attack the Union's Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Landing 04/07/1862 04/07/1862 At Pittsburg Landing, Union reinforcements turn the tide on the second day of the Battle of Shiloh Major TopicsMexican War Documents Author Docs Date Title 04/03/1862 Major General Albert Sidney Johnston to the Army of the Mississippi, April 3, 1862 Subject Docs Date Title 07/05/1858 Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, "More Fighting and More Drains upon the Treasury," July 5, 1858 07/15/1858 New York Herald, "The Mormons Brought to Terms," July 15, 1858 08/08/1858 New York Herald, “Mormonism and the Mormon,” August 8, 1858 11/19/1861 Governor Isham Green Harris, Proclamation calling the Tennessee militia to the field, November 19, 1861 Images Albert Sidney Johnston, 1860 Albert Sidney Johnston, 1860, detail Bibliography
Albert Sidney Johnston (American National Biography) ScholarshipIn mid-1857 Johnston commanded an expedition against insurgent Mormons in Utah. His campaign began that fall but was delayed until the following spring by severe weather. Following a series of negotiations, Johnston's army marched unopposed into Salt Lake City in June 1858. Promoted to brevet brigadier general that year, he remained in Utah until February 1860. Following his reassignment as commander of the department of California, Johnston reluctantly decided to resign from the U.S. Army in April 1861 when he learned that Texas had seceded. After a difficult three-month overland journey from Los Angeles to Richmond, Virginia, Johnston was appointed a full Confederate general, with rank second only to Adjutant General Samuel Cooper, and placed in command of the vast territory stretching from the Appalachian Mountains to Indian territory.Wiley Sword, "Johnston, Albert Sidney," American National Biography Online, February 2000,http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00574.html.
