Broadside, ca. April 1862.

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Broadside, ca. April 1862.

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Printed broadside featuring a poem mourning the death of General Johnston at the Battle of Shiloh on 6 April 1862. The poem is headed, "Lines on the death of the Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston of Ky."

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The Filson Historical Society

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The Filson Historical Society

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Johnston, Albert Sidney, 1803-1862

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Native of Kentucky; educated privately and at Transylvania University; graduate of West Point; served in the Black Hawk War; commanded the Army of Texas during the late 1830's; served in the Mexican War with the 1st Texas Rifle Volunteers; commissioned paymaster in the United States Army and later commanded the Department of Texas; resigned to join the Confederate Army in 1861 and commanded the Western Department from 1861 through the Battle of Shiloh, April 1862, where he was mortally wounded. ...