Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-03-23
GEN. JOE JOHNSTON DEAD.
THE END CAME TO HIM SATUR-
DAY NIGHT.
The Last, Save Beauregard, OfSix
Full Generals of the COnfeder-
acy Gen. Johnston Was 81
Years .Old-A Telegram From
Gen. Sherman's Family.

acy - Gen. Johnston Was 81
Years .Old-A Telegram From
Gen. Sherman's Family.
WASHINGTON, March 21.-Gen. Joseph
+. Johnston died shortly after II o'clock
last night at his residence on Connecticut
avenue. The general has been suffering
for the past three weeks with an affection
of the heart, aggravated by a cold caught
soon after General Sherman's funeral in
New York. His advanced age gave little
hope for his recovery from the beginning
of his illness.
The general did not seem to suffer in
the least and was conscious to the last.
At his bedside were Ex-Governor Mclean,
of Maryland, the generals brother-in-
law and the nurse. The immediate cause of
death was heart failure, the result of fatty
degeneration of the heart coupled with
severe cold, but more particularly due to
extreme old age.
At times for about two years General
ohnston has shown unmistakable signs
of general breaking down. His mind
often became bewildered so that he
could not tell where he was or how he
came there. Some days after Shcrman's
funeral the general one night got up out
of bed while in state of protuse pers-
piration which greatly aggravated the
slight cold with which he was then suf-
ferng. This brought on severe attack
of his old heart trouble which completely
Frustrated him. His physician, DR..
Lincoln, succeeded, however, with much
difficulty in arresting the disease for a
time, and for day or two prior to a
week yesterday he seemed to be improv-
ing. On that day he went down
stairs without assistance as he had
done before, but it proved too much for
his strength, and only with the aid OF
Governor Mclean he again reached his
he'd or even rise from the sofa where he
was sitting. From that time he con-
tinued to grow worse till about six
O'Clock last evening, when DR.. Lincoln
found him perfectly comfortable and ap-
parentlv little better. While his friends
and attendants knew that he might
pass away at any time, yet they had no
warning that the end was SO near. Gov
ernor Mclean entered the room at a
little after II O'Clock, and as he APP
preached the Generals bedside he heard
an almost inaudble sigh and the General
was dead.
THE FUNERAL.
The funeral services over the remains
of General Johnston will be held at st.
Johns Episcopal church in this city,
Tuesday at II o'clock a. m., Rev. Dr..
Douglass conducting the ceremonies,
after which the body will be removed to
Baltimore for nterment at Greenmount
cemetery the same day. Only simple
burial service tor the dead will he read at
the grave. All the ceremonies will be
simple and devoid of any display, this
being the expressed wish of the dead man
and his relatives.
The honorary pallbearers will be Sena'
tor John T. Morgan, of Alabama; Sena'
tor John W. Daniel, of Virginia; Rev. J.
l.. NJ. Curry. Gen. John G. Parker, United
States army Gen. Charles W. Field, Gen
Harry Heth, Rear Admiral c. X. p
Rodgers. Real Admiral W, G. Temple
Gen. H. G. Wright, Gen. Benjamin W
Brlcc, Col. Archer Anderson, Of Balti
more; Col. Edwin c. Harris, Hon. ]. c
Bancroft Davis and Pay Director James
Watmugh, of the navy. The active pail
bearers will be taken from the members
of the ex-Conicderate association, of this
city.
There were great many callers at the
residence of the late general, including
Gems. Schofed and Rosccrans and Ad
miral Rodgers. A large number Of tele
grams of coincidence were received. p
T. Sherman on behalf of the late Gen
Sherman sent the following from New
York: "The family of Gen. Sherman de
sires to tender to the relatives of Gen
Johnston assurances Of their profound
sorrow and sympathy"