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Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography
"Riveting. . . . A thoughtful biography." —New York Times Book Review General Joseph E. Johnston was in command of Confederate forces at the South's first victory—Manassas in July 1861—and at its last—Bentonville in April 1965. Many of his contemporaries considered him the greatest southern field commander of the war; others ranked him second only to Robert E. Lee. But Johnston was an enigmatic man. His battlefield victories were never decisive. He failed to save Confederate forces under siege by Grant at Vicksburg, and he retreated into Georgia in the face of Sherman's march. His intense feud with Jefferson Davis ensured the collapse of the Confederacy's western campaign in 1864 and made Johnston the focus of a political schism within the government. Now in this rousing narrative of Johnston's dramatic career, Craig L. Symonds gives us the first rounded portrait of the general as a public and private man.
The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full Confederate generals. He graduated West Point in the same 1829 class as Robert E. Lee and served in the War with Mexico, the Seminole Wars in Florida, and in Texas and Kansas. By 1860 Johnston was widely looked upon as one of America’s finest military officers. During the Civil War he commanded armies in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas and served as commander of the entire Western Theater during a critical period of the war. Johnston’s contributions to the war effort, however, remain a lightning rod of controversy. In The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston, Richard M. McMurry argues persuasively that the Confederacyâ€...
A Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Joseph E. Johnston
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1891 Edition.
Joseph Eggleston Johnston to the Assistant Adjutant General Regarding Troops Marching Towards Utah, 27 May 1858
A report for the general commanding. Describes the numbers, condition and discipline of the troops preparing to march towards Utah. Docket reads: marched on the 28th. [illegible]. Signed as Lieutenant Colonel and Acting Inspector General.
The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston
"Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full generals of the Confederacy. This title unlocks Johnston the general and represents a lifetime of study and thinking about the officer, his military career, and his simultaneous battles with the government in Richmond in general, and with President Jefferson Davis in particular. McMurry also sheds fresh light on old controversies and examines Johnston's relationships and their impact on the course of the war"--
Joseph E. Johnston and the Defense of Richmond
"Focusing on the period between mid-February and late May 1862, Newton examines in detail the high-level conferences in Richmond to set strategy and the relationship of the Peninsula campaign to operations in the Shenandoah Valley and the western Confederacy. By examining what [Joseph E.] Johnston actually accomplished rather than speculating on what he might have done, Newton shows that his overall conduct of the campaign holds up well under scrutiny". -- Jacket.
