What made Joseph E. Johnston unique among all the active U.S. army officers who resigned to join the Confederacy?
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| Author: | D.S. Walter [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 2:30 am ] |
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What made Joseph E. Johnston unique among all the active U.S. army officers who resigned to join the Confederacy? <center>Gen. Walter, USA <i>The Blue Blitz</i> [url="http://www.acwgc-usa.org/"] [/url]
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| Author: | Cruces [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:49 am ] |
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Was he the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to resign his commission and join the CSA? Major Elkin Asst COS (acting) AoT “I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies. . . . Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us, and not behind†|
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| Author: | D. Groce [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:51 am ] |
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He had a fist fight with Jefferson Davis over a girl while at West Point. MG D. Groce AoP V Corps 2nd Division "beyond our ideas of right and wrong there is a field, I will meet you there" |
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| Author: | D.S. Walter [ Wed Jan 20, 2010 4:59 am ] |
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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="3" face="book antiqua" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Cruces</i> <br />Was he the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to resign his commission and join the CSA? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> That is correct. JEJ was in fact the only general officer on the active list to do so. This led to his fierce haggling for rank in grade with the other full generals nominated by Jeff Davis. JEJ was nominated as #4 on a list of 5 (the others, as you will know, being Cooper, ASJ, Lee, & Beauregard), while he claimed that his substantive rank in the U.S. army gave him seniority over any C.S. officer in the same grade. (His claim was somewhat weakened by his having held a staff, not a line appointment, as QMG of the army.) Just as a footnote, there was another active U.S. general officer to join the Confederacy. Bvt. Maj. Gen. David E. Twiggs however did not resign, he was dismissed from the service after surrendering the Department of Texas to the Confederacy and was later appointed a Confederate Maj. Gen., but never saw active service and died shortly after. <center>Gen. Walter, USA <i>The Blue Blitz</i> [url="http://www.acwgc-usa.org/"] [/url]
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