Jefferson Davis's Greatest General: Albert Sidney Johnston

by Charles P. Roland

Book Overview

To Confederate president Jefferson Davis, America had no finer soldier than Kentucky-born Texan Albert Sidney Johnston. Following the outbreak of the Civil War, Davis turned to Johnston to take control of the deteriorating situation in the Western Theater. With a widely dispersed and undermanned army, Johnston tried but failed to hold the line in Kentucky and Tennessee. After yielding Forts Henry and Donelson, and Nashville, the Confederates fell...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189311421X
• ISBN13: 9781893114210
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: State House Press
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"