The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-19
POPE BARROW ON JOHNSTON.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL SUBJECT
OF SKETCH READ BEFORE
VETERANS.

Meeting of the Association Was
Largely Attended Last Night-Be-
sides Veterans, There Were
Daughters of the COnfederncy,
sons of Veterans and Children of
the COnfederacy in Attendance.
Judge Bnrrow's Sketch Gave n
Military History of Gen. John
ston's Career I'm the United states
Army and. After the SOuth's Seces-
sion, in the Confederate Army.
The melting of the Confederate Veter-
ans Association, in Veterans Hall last
night. was rendered of unusual interest
through the sketch that was read by
Judge Pope Barrow, whose subject was
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston-a pleasing
one for the Veterans, many of whom
had served under the able general.
Taking advantage of the invitation
extended by the Veterans Association,
many attended the meeting, among
them being Daughters of the Confeder-
acy, Sons of Veterans and Children of
the Confederacy. For historical facts
of the sketch. which follow, Judge Bar
row was indebted to Maj. Sidney Her
bert of Maitland, Fla:
Joseph Eggleston Johnston was born
near Farmville, Va, Feb. 3, 1907. He
was appointed cadet at West Point,
July l. 1925, from Virginia, and was
graduated from the United States
Military Academy there July l, 1929.
No Is in a class of 46 members, as
second lieutenant. He was assigned to
the Fourth Artillery and was on gar
rison duty until 1882, and was then
in the Black Hawk expedition, and
then was again on garrison duty until
1886, when he was promoted to first
lieutenant and sent to Florida and
was, until 1888, in the Seminole Indian
War. For several months he was
a.de-de-camp to Maj. Gen. Scott. He
resigned May 81, 1887, and became a
civil engineer, but re-entered the army
July, 1898, as first lieutenant of Topo-
graphical Engineers. He was made
captain by brevet for gallantry on
several occasions in the war against
thef Florida Indians. He was then on
river and boundary duty, and in 1872
and 1S43 was again in the Florida
war.
Sept. q, 1916, he received his COM
mission as captain. He was then in
the Mexican War. He was twice Sc
verelv wounded in this war, once at
Cerro Gordo, and again at the City of
Mexico. He was in the battles of Con-
treras, Cherubusco, Molino del Rey and
ChaDultepec, besides Cerro Gordo and
the City of Mexico. He was brevetted
major lieutenant colonel and colonel in
rapid succession in this war for gall
lantry in the field of battle. He served
as lieutenant colonel of volunteers from
April 8, 1647 to August rs, 184S. On
March 3, 1855, he was made lieutenant
colonel of cavalry, serving on many i'm
Dortant detached missions.
He was made quartermaster gen.
eral of the United States Army, June
IS, 1860, and resigned April p, 1861.
During his period of service in the
United States Army from 1929 to 1861,
he was in many different departments,
in the Engineer Corps, in the Artil-
lery, then in the Cavalry, in Artillery
School, frontier service, Black Hawk
War, Creek Nation War, Seminole
War, Mexican War, river and harbor
duty, acting assistant, adjutant gen.
eral. boundary surveys, acting in
spector general. aide to Gen. Scott and
finally quartermaster general, with
the rank of brigadier general
''It will thus be seen that Gen. John
ston came to the Confederate Army
thoroughly equipped by actual expert
ence with a practical knowledge Of
every department of military duty, IN
peace OF in war.
Among his classmates at West
Point were Gen. Lee, Gen. A. G.
Blanchard of Louisiana, Lieut.. Gen.
Theophilus H. Holmes of North Caro-
lima, and Col. r. b. Screven, who dis
tinguished himself in the Mexican
War and died in 1851. A dozen of his
classmates became generals in the
United States Army during the Civil
War. He is one Confederate general
who was always rated high by the
ablest generals of the Union Army.
They all agreed as to his pre-eminent
abilities as soldier.
Virginia seeded from the Union on
April II, 1861, but the fact did not be-
come known in Washington until the
18th. Gen. Johnston Immediately re-
signed his place in the army, his resig
nation bearing date three days after
the intelligence reached him that his
state had seeded. Col. Albert Sidney
Johnston was a brevet brigadier gen.
eral in the old army. but Gen. Joseph
T.. Johnston was a full-fiedged briga-
der He was, therefore. the ranking
officer of the old army among all those
who resigned from il to enter the Con-
federate army. Gen. David E. Twiggs
ranked him in the old army, but l do
not know that his age and inhrmities
ever permitted him to enter the Con-
federate service. President Davis,
however, took a different view of it and
appointed Col Samuel Cooper of the
old army a full general, thus giving
him the highest rank at the outset in
the Confederate army. The Governor
Of Virginia made him a major general
of the state troops of Virginia, and
President Davis gave him a commission
as brigadier general. His first COM
mand was in the neighborhood of Har-
pers Ferry.
Just before the First Battle of Ma
nassas Lee and Johnston were both
made full generals, and after that bat
tie. upon Gen Johnston's recommends
ton, Gen. Beauregard was promoted tC
the second rank. He was in command
OF the Confederate army in front OF
Richmond when Mcclellan made his
famous advance by way of the peninsu-
lar in the spring of 1862 and continued
until he was severely wounded in the
early part OF the seven days battles
around Richmond.
After many vic !ssitudes following
the lrreparable loss caused by the fall
OF Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh
the Army OF Tennessee. as the West
ern army OF the Confederate States
was officially known. found itself al
Dalton. Ga. confronting Sherman
and commanded by Joseph T.. John.
stor. Perhaps the campaign. from
Dalton 20 Atlanta. has only one par.
eliel IN history. il IN possible Their,
may be tw0-the retreat OF NenOphof
ana his cen thousand Greeks from a.,
oeufer Of Asia Minor and the immOr
al Campaign 81 FHbiuF Between
Dalton and Atlanta Cen. Johnston ~