Título: Albert Sidney Johnston
Seção: Concentration at Corinth
Background: Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 - April 6, 1862) served as a general in three different armies: the Texian (i.e. Republic of Texas) Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, fighting actions in the Black Hawk War, Texas War of Independence, the Mexican-American War, the Utah War, and the American Civil War. Considered by Confederate States President Jefferson Davis to be the finest general officer in the Confederacy before the later emergence of Robert E. Lee, he was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.

Conteúdo: Johnston had various remaining military units scattered throughout his territory and retreating to the south to avoid being cut off. Johnston himself retreated with the force under his personal command, the Army of Central Kentucky, from the vicinity of Nashville. With Beauregard's help, Johnston decided to concentrate forces with those formerly under Polk and now already under Beauregard's command at the strategically located railroad crossroads of Corinth, Mississippi, which he reached by a circuitous route. Johnston kept the Union forces, now under the overall command of the ponderous Maj. Gen. Henry Halleck, confused and hesitant to move, allowing Johnston to reach his objective undetected. This delay allowed Jefferson Davis finally to send reinforcements from the garrisons of coastal cities and another highly rated but prickly general, Braxton Bragg, to help organize the western forces. Bragg at least calmed the nerves of Beauregard and Polk who had become agitated by their apparent dire situation in the face of numerically superior forces before the arrival of Johnston on March 24, 1862.  Johnston's army of 17,000 men gave the Confederates a combined force of about 40,000 to 44,669 men at Corinth. On March 29, 1862, Johnston officially took command of this combined force, which continued to use the Army of the Mississippi name under which it had been organized by Beauregard on March 5.  Johnston now planned to defeat the Union forces piecemeal before the various Union u

user: What was the Concentration at Corinth?

assistant: concentrate forces with those formerly under Polk and now already under Beauregard's command at the strategically located railroad crossroads of Corinth,

user: was Albert in charge of these forces?

assistant: Johnston's army of 17,000 men gave the Confederates a combined force of about 40,000 to 44,669 men at Corinth.

user: Did he win ?

assistant: His army was finally in position within a mile or two of Grant's force, and undetected, by the evening of April 5, 1862.

user: anything else interesting about the Concentration of Corinth?

assistant: Johnston now planned to defeat the Union forces piecemeal before the various Union units in Kentucky and Tennessee under Grant with 40,000 men at nearby Pittsburg Landing,

user: Did Johnston defeat the Union forces?

assistant: felt the element of surprise had been lost and recommended calling off the attack.

user: did anyone die at the concentration at corinth?

assistant: CANNOTANSWER

user: why was the element of surprise lost?

assistant: they moved slowly due to their inexperience, bad roads and lack of adequate staff planning.

user: did they make a new plan of attack?

assistant: element of surprise had been lost and recommended calling off the attack. Johnston decided to proceed as planned, stating "I would fight them if they were a million."