Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-04-23

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General Albert Sidney Johnssons Who
who waa ksllsa during ths aghs on Sum
day, was tho seaisr Gaaaral of the Goa
fedsfase army, and regarded BY j.. Da-
via, - the best general IN the whole seb-
ii ssTwiss. He waa bern In Aaesa soan-
=. Ksasasky, in 1908, and consequently
afsy-eighs years Of age. After the usual
school training, young Johnston was
adopted by shs unitea ss&tsa, and sdosas-
ed 1t ito axpsnas II the Military Aeadany
40 West Poina. On graduating he enter
ID ths Oh iafnasy assa wAs wawsd to the
Wss&. During shs Black Hawk wsg be
acted adjatAat gsaeral, psssidsns Lincoln
being as the time capsaia Of volunteers.
AT the close Of the war be reaignsd has
eommiazion, and resided hrss In Missouri,
nsxt In Texaa- Wax breaking oas In the
latter st&ss, be entered she Texan army -
= pEivass, and rosa 10 high diasiactioa.--
He afterwards fIled the post 81 Secretary
Of War. On the annexation OF Texas to
the United States, Johnston raised par
tis&a troop, which he commanded, and
accompanied General Taylor to Montgom-
cry. At the close of the Aaxisaa war he
res~raaea a~ his plauEation, but, being In
embarrassed circumstances, hs was glad
to soosps from the q. s. the pest Of pay
master, which Was generously bestowed
upon him by the Government. Under
Piesse, Mr.. Jefferson Davis, then Secsssa-
~ Of War, made Johnston Colonel of the
Second cavalry, end hs subsequently re-
esived the command of toe Southwestern
military district. Al the outbreak OF the
war with Utah be vas chosen to command
the expedition across the Piains. He con
tinasd 70 al thai post~-being, in fac&,
dictator in the country which be occupied
until the rebellion took place. Last
fall, General Johnston was put in com
mand OF the rebel soldiers in the depart
msnt Of Kentucky and Missouri, and ia-
vested with pleniposentiary authority to
control all the nihs&sy operations Of the
West His Kentucky nativity, aad his
thoroagh knowledge Of the Western eoun-
try, coupled with his great ability, rem
dsred him Git especially appropFiaEs Sc
lection to the important position which be
held at the time Of his capture. General
Johnston Is six feet one inch high, of large
behy, tiaswy fraaas, quiet and snassana
ing manners, all eonapiring TO form per-
son Of remarkably imposing and attrac
tive address. After the battle OF Fort
Dopelson, he vas greatly csnsured BY a
number Of persons in the South for not
that fort; but his friends con-
teadsd thai he offered to do so, bas Piliow
and Floyd said that they did not want any
more troops. General Bsauregard and
Bragg wars Immediately seat 70 the Vest
to cooperate With Johnston in trying 10
retrievs the fortunes Of the rebel cause in
thai quarter. No doubt General john
ston had chief eonsrol Of the army that
attacked General Grant, but after his fall
the command fell On Bsauregard. Gen
eral Johnston's brother, Joseph Stedd&rt
Johnston, was blown up several years ago,
on a steamboat on the Red river, Loaiai-
ana. lie Vas at that time United States
Senator frou Louisi&ua, and, some time
previously, acted rs second for Atr. Clay,
la bis duel with ME. Randolph.