Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-03-25
HE WAS THE LAST.
Gen. Joe Johnston Passes Away at Wash
ingtOn.

Gen. Joe Johnston Passes Away at Wash
ington.
A Washington dispatch of the 2lst
says: Gen. Joseph E. Johnston died
shortly after II o'clock tonight, at his
residence on Connecticut Avenue. He
had been suffering for the past three
weeks with an affection Of the heart
aggravated by a cold he caught soon
after Gen. Sherman's funeral in New
York. His physician has been trying to
keep his strength u for some days, but
his advanced age has given little hope
for his recovery from the beginning of
his illness.
The General was conscious to the last,
and did not suffer. Ex-Gov. McLane,
of MARYLAND, his brother-in-law, and
nurse were with him. Heart failure
was the Immediate cause of death. For
two years past he has shown signs of
breaking down. and his mind at times
was bewildered. He had been suf-
fering from severe cold, and
a week ago came down stairs,
but had to be carried back to his bed
Early this evening he was thought to
be a little better. Gov. McLane en-
tered the room at little after II O. clock,
and as he approached the General s
bedside he heard an almost inaudible
sigh and the General was dead, Gen.
sister, Mrs. Mitchell, who lives in this
city. The funeral services will be held
here. The interment will be made in
Green Mount Cemetery, in Baltimore.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston was born IN
Prince Edward County, Va, in February,
1907. He graduated at West Point in 1929,
being claSSmate of Gen. Robert E. Lee,
served mainly on garrison duty till 1884
and was aid to Gen. Scott in the Seminole
war. He resigned in May, 1887, and re-
entered the army in 1888 as a first Heuten-
ant of Typographical engineers. In
1913 he served on the survey of
British provinces. During the Mexican
war he served as captain of Typographical
engineers under Gen. Scott in all the I'M
pOrtant actions was twice wounded, and
successfully brevetted as major, heuten-
ant-cOlonel, and colonel: His regiment
but he was replaced in his for
mer rank as captain in the army:
His work till June, 1860, was chiefly of
an engineering nature in " aSteIn states,
but at that time he became quartermaster-
general. He resigned his commission
April o. 1861, entered the Confederate
service, and commanded at Bull Run. and
Yorktown. and Richmond. At Fair Oaks
May, 1862 he was severely wounded and
for some months disabled tor service.
In November, 1862, he had command of
the department of the Tennessee and
Mississippi. He attempted to relieve
Pemberton at Vicksburg, but was repulsed
at Jackson and retreated to Canton. After
Bragg'S defeat at Chattanooga, IN NOvem-
Der. 1868. he took command of his army,
was turned by Sherman from his position
at Dalton, Ga, in May, 1864, and fell back
by stages to Atlanta. On July II he was
ordered to turn over his command to
Gen. Hood On February, 1865, he
was ordered to drive back Sher-
man with all the forces he could
concentrate. but he was unable to check
Sherman'S victorious march. He Surren-
dered to Sherman Al ril, 1865, at Durham s
Station, near Greensboro, n. G.. Since the
war he has been actively engaged in the
with headquarters at Savannah, Ga. He
is the author of ga Narrative of Military
Operations" chiefly Of his own cam
paignS.
Gen. Johnston, after the war, became
successfully president of railroad COM
pany in Arkansas. of an express company
in Virginia, and an insurance agent in
Georgia. He was elected to Congress
from the Richmond district in 1877. and
next saw public life as commissioner of rail-
roads, which Office he held under President
Cleveland's administration. He had lived
in that citJ- since he lost his office under
the present administration. In person,
Gen. Johnston was a man of slender build.
of not more than medium height and with
q kindly. pleasant face. He was unOb-
strUSiVe in manner and invariably cOur-
teOus to all persons with whom he was
brought in contact.