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Johnston (JOSEPH EGGLESTON an American)

JOSEPH EGGLESTON, an American military officer; born in Cherry Grove, Va., Feb. 3, 1807; was graduated at the United States Military Academy in 1829; greatly distinguished himself in the Florida and Mexican Wars; promoted quartermaster -general of the army with the rank of Brigadier- General in June, 1860; resigned his commission when Virginia seceded; made Major-General of Virginia Volunteers and later full general in the Confederate service; took an active part in the first dash, that the Natyen back at every ohnston remcked to The victory is ours. our horses in the e was-stricken with ath delayed the conin the meantime ade up with 55,000 us the fruits of Johnwere lort, and the nfederate army was to Corinth.

B HARRY HAMILauthor and explorer. ondon he first traveled and three years later the Congo and Portu- In 1884 he headed to Mount Kili-- Lake Nyassa, consui-genlef of the the author h also has AGNEW in Greene le graduated fron logical Seminary in or of th Colorad te oon institutional wor the antoor GLESTO Inguish ster-gene 500; resigned his co ginin seceded; m al in the Confeder tive part in the JOHNSTON battle of Bull Run where he personally led a charge with the colors of the 4th Alabama Regiment in his hands. During the autumn of 1861 he had a bitter controversy with Jefferson Davis, holding that inasmuch as he had outranked Cooper, Albert S. Johnston, and Robert E. Lee in the United States army he was entitled to do so in the Confederate army. On March 12, 1863, he was ordered to take immediate command of Bragg's army, but the condition of his health obliged him to decline the duty.

In the operations of Grant before Vicksburg he strove to prevent Pemberton from allowing himself to be shut up in , telegraphing him May 2d: "If Grant "If Grant crosses, unite all your troops him. Success will give back what was abandoned to win it." Again and again he sent similar orders to Pemberton, but they were disobeyed; Pemallowed himself to be shut up in Vicksburg, and the siege and surrender on July 4th followed. In December of the same year he took command of Bragg's army at Dalton, Ga., and by the spring of 1864 brought it to a state of efficiency which it had not had for a long time, though it contained only 45,- 000 men against Sherman's 98,797. The campaign from Dalton to Atlanta, a distance of 100 miles, was a series of severe engagements without a general battle, and Johnston's friends claimed that "the retreat had been the masterpiece of Johnston's life, and one of the most skillful and successful that had ever been executed." On July 17, 1864, Johnston was succeeded in this command by General Hood. After the war he engaged in business; was member of Congress in 1876-1878, and United States Commissioner of Railways sioner of Railways in 1885-1889. He died in Washington, D. C., March 21, 1891.