Jan 3, 2010
Article abstract: Military significance: In 1861, Confederate president Jefferson Davis appointed Johnston to command Confederate Department No. 2, encompassing the entire region west of the Appalachian Mountains.
In the fall of 1821, Albert Sidney Johnston became a cadet at the United States Military Academy. After graduating in 1826, he fought in the Black Hawk War (1832) with the Sixth U.S. infantry and in the Texan War of Independence (1835-1836). In 1837, he served as brigadier general in the Army of the Republic of Texas. In 1838, he became the secretary of...
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