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Albert Sidney Johnston was born in Washington, Kentucky.
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Johnston enrolled into the Transylvania University
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He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point
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He married Henrietta Preston in 1829
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The Johnston's had a boy named William Preston Johnston
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Albert Johnston's wife Henrietta Preston died seven years of marraige
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After the death of his wife Johnston joins the Texas Army as a private
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Johnston survived the duel but had some wounds.
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Johnston remarried to Eliza Griffin after he resigned from the Texas Revolution
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He became colonel of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry
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He was a key part of the 1857 campaign against the Mormons
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He took command of the Department of the Pacific which he later resinge.
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The war begins with the Nouth fighting the South.
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Johnston resigned from his job that he just eared.
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Johnston was appointed a full general in the Confederate Army with a date of rank of May 31, 1861
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Johnston planed to attack Ulysses S. Grant But could not cary on because of rain.
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He was shot because he road too far ahead infrount of his troups.
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Johnston bleed to death after he was shot and was buried temporalily in New Oreals.
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Johnston lead this attack by catching Grant's army by surprise and was wounded during this battle
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Johnston's dead body was moved to Texas State Cemetery in Austin, five years after he died