- Born
- February 3, 1807
- Died
- March 21, 1891 (aged 84)
- Known as
- politician, army officer
Joseph Eggleston Johnston was an American military officer and politician who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and in the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secession from the United States in 1861, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers during the American Civil War.
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