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J. E. Johnston

noun

Confederate general in the American Civil War; led the Confederate troops in the West (1807-1891). Synonyms: Johnston, Joseph Eggleston Johnston.

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... at Chattanooga, having gone there again to make preparations to have the troops of Thomas in the southern part of Tennessee co-operate with Sherman's movement in Mississippi. I directed Thomas, and Logan who was at Scottsboro, Alabama, to keep up a threatening movement to the south against J. E. Johnston, who had again relieved Bragg, for the purpose of making him keep as many troops ...

— Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete • Ulysses S. Grant