Jefferson Davis's greatest general : Albert Sidney Johnston
"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. But with a widely dispersed and undermanned army, Johnston was unable to hold the line in Kentucky or Tennessee
Print Book, English, ©2000
McWhiney Foundation Press, Abilene, TX, ©2000