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Albert Sidney Johnston Camp #67

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...He will hold the Scales of Justice, He will measure praise and blame,
And the South will stand the verdict, and will stand it without shame.

The Portsmouth Memorial Poem, James Barron Hope (1829-1887)

Welcome to the Albert Sidney Johnston Camp. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at The Briar Club 2603 Timmons Lane at Westheimer, Houston, Texas 713-622-3667 at 6:30 P.M. Come and join us when you can and bring your wife, family and friends. We welcome new members.

For more information regarding the camp send an email to: info@scvcamp67.org

GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON, C.S.A.

February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862

 

Albert Sidney Johnston was born in 1803 to John and Abigail Harris Johnston in Washington, Kentucky. He was educated at Transylvania University in Lexington and later secured an appointment to West Point. After graduating in 1826, Johnston received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry from John Quincy Adams. He served in the Black Hawk War and resigned his commission in 1834.

 

Johnston enlisted in the Texas Army in 1836 after hearing Stephen F. Austin, who was on a recruiting mission for the young Republic of Texas, spoke in Louisville just one day after the fall of the Alamo. Later, Johnston became Brigadier General and Chief Commander of the Texas Army. He served as Secretary of War in the Republic of Texas from 1836-1840. As a Colonel in the Texas volunteer regiment, Johnston fought at Monterrey in the Mexican War.

 

In 1849, Johnston was reappointed to the U.S. Army and placed in command of the Department of Texas. In 1857, he led an expedition to Utah and was made Brevet General. He remained there until 1860, commanding the Department of Utah.

When Texas seceded, Johnston resigned his commission in the U.S. Army and was appointed a General in the Army of the Confederacy by Jefferson Davis. He was in command of all Confederate troops west of the Alleghenies and successfully surprised Grant at Shiloh in April 1862. Tragically, he was mortally wounded in that battle and died on the field. Johnston, who wished to be buried "with a handful of Texas earth on my breast", is buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. His gravesite is adorned with a beautiful white marble sculpture created by Elizabeth Ney, which portrays Johnston in repose, as he fell on the battlefield.

 

Albert Sidney Johnston Gravesite-Austin,Texas

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[click on picture to enlarge. Thanks to Walter Nass for the pics.]

 

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