The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-03-27
GEN. JOSEPH f. JOHNSTON Is
DEAD.
A Brief Sketch of his Eventual Life.

Speci i telegram Ia the daily papers
announced the death of the famous
ex-COnfed crate General, Joseph r.
Johnston. He died at his residence IN
Washington, Saturday night, the 2lst.
The immediate cause of death was
heart failure, the results OF degenera-
ton of the heart, due i'll measure 10
cold CONTRACTED sQne weeks ago, DuI
more particularly due to PxtF9me OLD
ACE. While his friends and attendants
knew that he might pass away at any
time, vet they had no warning that the
end was so near. Gov. MoLape enIere9
the room at little after IL O'Clock, ana
as he approached the GeneraPs Deoslue
he heard an almost inaudlble sign anu
the General was dead.
Gen. johnston was the last, save Gen;
Besursgard, OF the 81 tgH Gen harn al al
Cherry Grove, Yan ~ 4sufl aHH go "G in
The same class with Gen. H0ht, E. Lee.
lie was appointed Second Lieutenant
of the Fourth Artillery, and hrst sa"
active service in the field In lS32 IN tht
Blackhawk Indian expedition. he was
proiao ted in 1886 and was an alue-ue-
eamp OF I,eE. MiHtield SCOTS staff in
the Seminole Watt ,.,,
He participated in all ta5 important
| battles connected with zen. ScoIt
campaign in Mexico from the taking o!
| I
Mexico. He was thrice breveted foI
Gailautry during this war, and in 1878
was mustered out of the service as
Lieutenant GOiaBei st yniHlteers, oniy
To be reinstated by EoggFeSS &ith NE
original rank, Captain of gppographica'
| lie was commissioned QnaFtermaste1
General of the United States army III
/ June, 1860, but resigned the following
ApPii to enter the Confederate service.
| in which aa a Major General of Nolun-
! teers, he assisted Gen. Lee i'll the work
| of organizing the men who wore pour
| ing into Richmond. subsequently ne
was commissioned Brigadier General
| in the Confederate service ana was
placed in command of Harper's Ferry.
| e @ Joined forces with Beauregard and
remained in cOmnand of the consoll-
/ dated troops until 1862. At the battle OF
capacitated for duty for sab0ut SIN
| months. His next service was as com
mander of the army of the Tennessee
| and he employed the winter OF 1868 Il
! organize his command, which had pc
| come demCralizeL by the defeat OF MIS-
| SiOnary Ridge. He was relieved of this
command in July, lstas by order or tht
authorities at Richmond. Den. HOOD
! succeeded him.
EarIy ina 1856 Gen. Lee again assigned
| him to the command from which he had
! been relieved, and ordered him to drive
back sherman. Gen. Johnston urged
! Lee to abandon Richmond, join forces
| with hin. ans fight Sherman before
| Grant could come up, but Lee replleo
| that 1t was impossible for him TO leave
! Virginia. AS his force was small, zen
! Johnston, declining decisive engage
! ment, hung on Sherman's hanks, an
moving the latter and impeding his
! march from Atlanta towards RichmOno
I as much as possible. Lee surrendered
| at Among ttoX, and Johnston, obtain
! ing the consent % President Jefferson
! Davis that the war should not be furth
| err prolonged, entered into negotiations
! with sherman. The first agreement
! framed was disapproved by the Fedora
/ Government, and on April 70 SECOND
agPe5Iaant was concluded.
! Gen. Johnston after the war became
! successively PPesid6j.s Of railroad
/ company in Arkansas, on AN express
company in Virginia and an insurance e
| agent in Georgia. He was elected tt
| Congress from the Richmond district
| in 1877, and next saw public life as Com
! missioner OF Railroads, which once ne
| held under President Cleyeland,S al
ninistration. He had lived in Wash
inpton since he lost his office under the
present administration.
| In person Gen. Johnston was man
of slender build, of not more than me-
dunn height, and with kindly pleas
ant face. He was unObtrusive in man
ner and invariably courteous to all per
sons with whom he was brought in con
tact.
| Gen. Johnston's nearest living rela
! tive is a sister, Mrs. Mitchell, who lives
in Washington City. The funeral ser
vices were held in Washington. Th'
interment was in Greenmount GENE
| tery in Baltimore.