General Albert Sidney Johnston was a U.S. military officer who served as a general officer in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army. He saw extensive combat during his 34-year military career, fighting actions in the Black Hawk War, the Texas-Indian Wars, the U.S.-Mexican War, the Utah War, and the American Civil War, where he died on the battlefield.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, January 19, 1861. Brig. Gen. A. S. JOHNSTON, Commanding Department of the Pacific: GENERAL: The General-in-Chief desires that you will order down from Fort Vancouver…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., January 26, 1861. SIR: Your letter of the 15th instant, inclosing Orders, No. 1, from the headquarters Department of the Pacific, reached…
Sacramento Sacramento, March 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. ALBERT S. JOHNSTON, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Division: SIR: I have received numerous petitions from citizens of the counties of Humboldt and Mendocino…
SACRAMENTO SACRAMENTO, March 23, 1861. Brig. Gen. A. S. JOHNSTON, Commanding U. S. Troops in California: SIR: At the request of several gentlemen from Humboldt County, in this State, I…
KNOXVILLE KNOXVILLE, September 16, 1861. General A. S. JOHNSTON, Memphis, Tenn. : SIR: On the 10th instant I apprised Adjutant-General Cooper that I expected on the 12th to have three…
Chihuahua Chihuahua, January 11, 1862. General-in-Ohief of the Army of the C. S. A., Fort Bliss. [Inclosure No. 5.—Translation.] I have the honor of replying to your letter of the…