The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-03-28
EE WAS THE LAST.
Gen. Joe Johnston Passes Away at Wash
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Gen. Joe Johnston Passes Away at Wash
ington.
y Washington dispatch of the 2lst
says: Gen. Joseph F. Johnston died
shortly after II o'clock tonight. at his
residence on Connecticut Avenue He
hal been suffering for the past three
weeks with an affection of the heart
aggravated by cold he caught soon
after Gen. Sherman'S funeral in New
York His physician has been trying to
keep his sire cngth p for some days. but
his advanced age has given ljtt!e hope
for his recovery from the beginning of
his illness
The General was conscious to the last.
and did not suffer. Ex-Gov Nclane.
of Maryland, his brothcr-in-law. and
nurse We're 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 bewildercd. He had been suf-
terlng from a severe cold, and
week ago came down stairs,
but had 10 be carried back To bis bed
Early this evening he was thought to
be a little better. Coy. McIanc en-
tered the room at Il little after q clock.
and as lie approached the Generals
bedside he heard an almost inaudIhlc
sigh and the General was dead, teen.
Johnston's nearest living relative is a
sister, Mrs. Mitchell, who lives in this
city. The funeral services will hr held
here. The intcrment Will be made III
Green Mount Cemetery, in Baltimore.
Gen. Joseph +. Johnston was horn IN
Prince Edward a n al,
1907. He graduated at West Point in lN29.
being Il rlaSSmatc of Gen. Robert T.. Lee.
served mainly on garrison duty till 1854.
and was AID Ia Gen. Scott in the Seminole
war. He resigned in May. lh31. and re-
entered the army in 1893 as a first iirutcn-
ant of Typographical engineers IN
1873 he served on the survey of
the boundaries between the states and the
British provinces. During the Mexican
war ne served as captain uf Typographical
engineers under Gen. Scott III all the I'M
portant actions, was twice wounded. and
successfully bTeycttcd aS major, lruten-
aut-cOloncI and colonel His regiment
OF NoltigUrrcs was diSbanded III 1918.
but he was replaced III his for
mer rank as captain in the army.
His work till June, 1850. WaS chiefly of
an engineering nature IN Western states,
but at that time he bee me QuartcTmaSter-
general. lie resigned his commission
April -. lNtil. entered the Confederate
service and commanded at Bull Kun. and
Yorktown. and Richmond. vt FAIR oaks
May. Ist.l he WAS severely wounded. and
for some months disabled tor service.
In November lSt2. he had command OF
the department of the Tennessee and
Mississippi. He attempted to relieve
PcmbertOn at NickShUrg. but was repHl>ed
at Jackson and rrtrrated To canton; After
Bragg defeat at Chattanooga. III NoVcm-
bcr. lhti3, he took command nt his army.
was turned Ivy sherman from his position
at Dalton. Ca. i'll May, 1861. and fell back
by STAGES To Atlanta. ON july l. ne was
ordered To turn over his command to
Gcn. Hood. On February. lH'i5. he
was ordered to drive back Shcr-
concentrate, but he was unable 10 check
sherman victorious march. He surrcn-
dcred 10 sherman April, 1868. AZ Durham 5
Station. near Greensboro. y. {. Since tine
war he has been actively engaged III the
industrial reconstruction of the south,
with headquarters at Savannah. Ga. He
is the author OF ~ Narrative Of Military
Operations. chiefly of his own cam
pai@nS.
Gen. Johnston. after the war. be came
sue, rSSiVcly president of railroad com
uany IN Arkansas, of an express company
in Virginia. and an insurance agent In
Georgia. He was elected 10 Congress
from the Richmond district in 1874. and
next saw public life a. commissioned rail
roads. which Office he held under President
Cleveland administration. lie had lived
in that city since lac lost his Office under
the present administration. In person.
Gen Johnston was Il man Of slender build.
of not more than medium height and with
a kindly. pleasant face. He was unob-
struSiyr in manner and invariably cOur-
teouS to all persons with whom he was
brought III contact.