Albert Sidney Johnston
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Considered by Confederate States President Jefferson Davis to be the finest general officer in the Confederacy before the later emergence of Robert E. Lee, he was killed early in the Civil War at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862. Johnston was the highest-ranking officer on either side, killed during the entire war. Davis believed the loss of General Johnston "was the turning point of our fate."
Johnston was unrelated to Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: c2009.
Superior document: Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the South and Southwest ; no. 33
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