Joseph E. Johnston

(noun)

Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars. He was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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Examples of Joseph E. Johnston in the following topics:

  • The Battle of Bull Run

    • McDowell's ambitious plan for a surprise attack on Beauregard's left flank met with initial success; however, the Confederates made a successful stand at Henry House Hill reinforced by Brigadier General Joseph E.
    • Johnston and benefited from the ingenious tactics of Colonel Thomas J.
    • Confederate reinforcements under Brigadier General Joseph E.
    • Johnston arrived from the Shenandoah Valley by railroad and the course of the battle quickly changed.

  • The Confederacy's Defeat

    • Robert E.
    • Mosby's raiders disbanded on April 21; General Joseph E.
    • Johnston and his various armies surrendered on April 26; the Confederate departments of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana surrendered on May 4; and the Confederate District of the Gulf, commanded by Major General Dabney Herndon Maury, surrendered on May 5.

  • Union Victories in the Western Theater

    • General Albert Sidney Johnston commanded many Confederate forces in the Western Theater.
    • Bragg was relieved of duty and replaced by General Joseph E.
    • Johnston.
    • On April 11, Johnston received word that General Robert E.
    • When they received word of Lee and Johnston's surrenders, smaller Confederate regiments also surrendered.

  • McClellan's Peninsular Campaign

    • McClellan was initially successful against Confederate General Joseph E.
    • Johnston, but the emergence of aggressive General Robert E.
    • During this time, General Johnston moved his forces from the Washington area and assumed positions south of the Rappahannock River, thwarting the strategy underlying McClellan’s Urbanna plan.
    • Just before the siege preparations were completed, the Confederates, now under the direct command of Johnston, began a withdrawal toward Richmond.
    • Johnston was wounded and replaced on June 1 by the more aggressive Robert E.

  • Lee's Surrender at Appomattox

    • Robert E.
    • Grant's Army of the Potomac and General Robert E.
    • The second and last major stage in the peace-making process, concluding the American Civil War, was the surrender of General Joseph E.
    • Johnston and his armies to Major General William T.
    • Grant sat at the simple wooden table on the right while Robert E.

  • Sherman's March

    • Grant's armies in Virginia remained in a stalemate against Robert E.
    • After a successful two-month campaign, Sherman accepted the surrender of General Joseph E.
    • Johnston and his forces in North Carolina on April 26, 1865.

  • Canadian Painting in the 20th Century

    • Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J.
    • E.
    • Jackson, Lawren Harris, Fairley, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, and J.
    • E.

  • The Church-Sect Typology

    • allow for diversity by creating different groups within the church (e.g., orders of nuns or monks) rather than through the formation of new religions
    • Most of the major religious bodies in the U.S. are denominations (e.g., Baptists, Methodists, Lutherans).
    • An often seen result of such factors is the incorporation into the theology of the new sect a distaste for the adornments of the wealthy (e.g., jewelry or other signs of wealth).
    • If the membership increases, the sect is forced to adopt the characteristics of denominations in order to maintain order (e.g., bureaucracy, explicit doctrine, etc.).
    • Some scholars are hesitant to grant cults denominational status because many cults maintain their more esoteric characteristics (e.g., Temple Worship among Mormons).

  • MLA: The Works Cited Section

    • As an example, let's look in detail at the process of citing three particular sources in MLA style: Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness (i.e., a book by one author), Project Gutenberg's online text of the same book (i.e., an online book), and an online journal article about the book.
    • Finally, you provide the medium of publication (e.g., print, online, etc.), followed by a period.
    • Conrad, Joseph.
    • Conrad, Joseph.

  • MLA: How to Reference Different Types of Sources

    • Kurosawa, Joseph, and Quinn E.
    • Brown, Theodore E., H.
    • Eugene LeMay, Bruce E.
    • Brown, Theodore E., et al.