Huntsville gazette., 1891-03-28
ANOTHER HERO DEAD.
General ,oseph E. Johnston Passes
Away at the Capital.
The Deceased the Last, Save One, OF the
Six Full Generals of the Confederacy.
Life and Distinguished Services OF
the Great Old Chieftain.

WASHINGTON, Marcn 2l.-Uen. JOS.
E. Johnston died shortly after II o'clock
tonight at his residence on Connecticut
avenue. The General had been suffer-
ing for the past three weeks with an
cold he caught at the funeral of General
Sherman in New York. His physician
has been trying to keep his strength up
for some days, but his advanced age has
given little hope for his recovery from
the beginning of his illness. General
Johnston was the last, save General
Beauregard, of the six full generals of
the Confederates.
The General did not seem to suffer in
the least and was conscious to the last.
of Maryland, the Generals brother-in-
law, and wife. The immediate cause OF
death was heart failure, the result of
degeneration of the heart, due in a
measure to cold contracted some weeks
ago, but more particularly due to ex-
treme old age. At times for about two
years, General Johnston has shown un-
mistakable signs of general breaking
down.
Joseph Eccleston Johnston was born
in Prince Edward County, Va, February,
1907, and graduated at West Point in
1899. Until 1887 he served mainly on
garrison duty, being, however, actively
engaged for some two years in Florida
against Seminole Indians. In 1887 he
resigned his commission, but re-entered
the service July Z, 1888, as first lieu
tenant of Typographical engineers, and
for former gallantry was breyeted cap
tain. Until the outbreak of the war
with Mexico he was engaged upon river
and harbor Improvements, Surveys OF
Texas boundry line, and that between
the United States and the British prov
inces, etc. At the siege of Vera Cruz
March 1S47) he served on engineer
duty; was appointed April lieutenant
colonel of voltigeurs, and at Cerro
Gordon, on the 18th, received severe
wounds and was breveted major and
colonel. In the subsequent battles OF
Contrearas, Churubusco, Molino del
Rey, Chapultepec and the final assault Of
the city of Mexico, he participated, and
was wounded at the latter assault.
Upon the disbandonment of the
voltigeurs in 1S4S Johnston returned to
duty as captain of typographical en-
gineers; in 1855 he was appointed lieu
tenant colonel of cavalry and was ex-
gagged in frontier duty in the Utah Ok
pedition as inspector general. On June
29, 1860, he was appointed quartermaster
general, with the rank Of brigadier gen.
eral, which position he resigned April
%, 1861. He was appointed major gen.
eral in the Confederate army, and COM
manded the force which occupied Har-
per's Ferry, May, 1861, and subsequently
reinforced General Beauregard in his
position about Manassas. At the battle
of Bull Run Johnston waived his right
to command in favor of Beauregard.
In the Peninsula campaign he was in
command of the confederate army, and
at the close of the first days fighting
at Fair Oaks MAY 81, 1852 was
severely wounded, being succeeded by
General r. f. Lee. Upon his recovery
he was assigned to command the south
western department, with the rank OF
lieutenant general, and during the siege
of Vicksburg made several Intellectual
attempts to relieve that place. In De-
cember, 1868, Johnston, now general,
succeeded General Bragg in command
of the Confederate army of Tennessee;
but failing to prevent the invasion OF
Georgia by the Union forces of General
| Sherman, he was superseded July IL
1864, by General j. B. Hood. In 1867
| he was restored to duty in the Carolinas
to collect and command an army to op
pose the advance of General Sherman
but upon receiving intelligence of the
surrender of Lee, entered into CORE
| spondence with General Sherman, which
led to the surrender of his army at Dur
ham Station, N. c., April 26, 1865. In
1874 he wrote narrative of military
operations. He was member of the
Forty-sixth Congress.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The funeral
services over the remains of the late
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston took place in
this city this morning. BY special re.
quest of the deceased the ceremonies
were devoid of ostentation or unneces.
sary formality, and the simplicity of the
services was in keeping with the char
acter of the man. There was no dis
play of uniforms or battle-fags or mill
tary trappings, and as the family of the
deceased, carrying out the spirit Of mis-
| Injunction, had declined the request ot
a number of Confederate veteran asso
Citations to participate formally, there
was nothing to distinguish the tuneraI
from a private interment beyond tbs
large attendance of distinguished per
| sons.
BALTIMORE, March 24.-When the
| body of General Johnston arrived here
| his old soldiers were at tho railroad
station and barred their heads as tht
coffin was borne past them. They die
not form part of funeral procession
they obeyed his command. He was lait
at rest by the side Of his wife in Greer
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