General Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA
N 30° 15.912 W 097° 43.598
14R E 622490 N 3348858
The tomb of General Albert Sidney Johnston, Confederate States Army
Waymark Code: WM8J6N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2010
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The tomb of General Johnston is topped by a horizontal life-size sculpture by Elizabet Ney.
Facts of General Johnston's Life:
- Parents: John and Abigail (Harris) Johnston
- Birthplace: Washington, Kentucky
- Birthdate: February 2, 1803.
- Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1826.
- Married Henrietta Preston on January 20, 1829.
- Resigned his commission on April 22, 1834
- Farmed near St. Louis, MO in 1835.
- Mrs. Johnston died on August 12, 1835.
- Enlisted as a private in the Texas Army in 1836.
- Appointed adjutant general August 5, 1836.
- Appointed Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas on December 22, 1838.
- Returned to Kentucky in 1840 and married Eliza Griffin in 1843.
- Returned to Brazoria County, Texas.
- Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War, rising to the position of Inspector General.
- Next was posted to the Texas frontier, later becoming a brevet Brigadier General posted in San Francisco in 1860.
- When the Civil War began in 1861, he resigned his commission, refused a U.S. offer of a command, and returned to Texas.
- Appointed a general in the Confederate Army by CSA President Jefferson Davis, assigned command of the Western Department.
- Killed in battle at Shiloh on April 6, 186
- Temporarily buried at New Orleans
- His remains were transferred to Austin for burial in the State Cemetery in 1867.
- In 1905, the current stone monument by noted sculptor Elisabet Ney was erected at the site.
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