Joseph E. Johnston

Joseph E. Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was a Confederate army general. He fought in the American Civil War. He was born in Virginia in 1807. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1829. He fought in the Second Seminole War and Mexican-American War.

Joseph E. Johnston
Johnston in uniform, c. 1862
Birth name	Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Nickname	Joe
Born	(1807-02-03)February 3, 1807 Farmville, Virginia, U.S.
Died	March 21, 1891(1891-03-21) (aged 84) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Buried at	Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Allegiance	United States Confederate States
Service/branch	United States Army Confederate States Army
Years of service	1829–1861 (USA) 1861–1865 (CSA)
Rank	Brigadier General (USA) General (CSA)
Commands held	Army of the Shenandoah (1861) Army of Northern Virginia (1861–1862) Department of the West (1862–1863) Army of Tennessee (1863–1864) Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida (1865) Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia (1865)
Battles/wars	Mexican–American War Battle of Cerro Gordo Battle of Chapultepec Seminole Wars American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Peninsula Campaign Siege of Yorktown Battle of Seven Pines Vicksburg Campaign Atlanta Campaign Battle of Bentonville
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When the Civil War started, Johnston resigned from the U.S. army and joined the Confederate army. He was the second commander of the Army of Northern Virginia.^[1] He was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. He commanded the Army of Tennessee during the Atlanta Campaign. He was fired in July 1864. He was then placed back in command of the Army of Tennessee in March 1865. He commanded the army during the Battle of Benonville. He surrendered his army in April 1865. He died in 1891 in Washington, D.C.