Albert Sidney Johnston Broadside, ca. April 1862

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Title

Albert Sidney Johnston Broadside

Date

ca. April 1862

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Albert Sidney Johnston Broadside, ca. April 1862, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

1 item

Scope and Content

Soldier. Graduated West Point, 1826; commander of Texas army, 1837; secretary of war of the Republic of Texas, 1828-1840; served in U.S. Army in Mexican War; and Confederate general killed at the Battle of Shiloh (Tenn.), 6 April 1862. Printed broadside featuring a poem mourning the death of General Johnston at the Battle of Shiloh on 6 April 1862. The poem is headed, "Lines on the death of the Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston of Ky." Card file in repository

Subjects

• Generals-- Confederate States of America.
• Shiloh, Battle of, 1862.
• Confederate State of America-- Army-- Officers.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Campaigns.
• Broadsides.