Early demise of South's `strongest pillar'.(Saturday)(The Civil War)

The Washington Times | May 3, 1997| | Copyright

Only one active Confederate general ranked ahead of Robert E. Lee in standing early in the Civil War - Albert Sidney Johnston. The seniority list placed Johnston behind the aged Samuel Cooper (West Point Class of 1815) and ahead of Lee.

Had his promising career not been cut short, he might have been a significant factor in the Civil War.

He was born Feb. 2, 1803, in Washington, Ky., the youngest son of a country doctor, John Johnston. He attended Transylvania University, where he made a lifelong and valuable friend - Jefferson Davis. At West Point, ...

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