General Johnston's last camp site Traditional Geocache

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Hidden : 3/28/2010
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Neat spot for you history buffs. This was where General Johnston camped the night before the battle at Shiloh. Good spot to park and walk to the cache.

General Albert Sidney Johnston Albert Sidney Johnston, one of the most promising Confederate generals, was killed in action before his full talents could be used. He was born on February 2, 1803, and was educated first by private tutors and later attended school in Western Virginia and at Transylvania University. In 1822 Johnston was appointed to West Point, where he was highly popular. His best subject was mathematics. After his graduation in 1826 he was commissioned a second lieutenant. As a regional adjutant he participated in the Black Hawk War of 1832. When his wife died two years later, he resigned his commission and took up farming in Texas. However, Johnston soon gave up this occupation and joined the army of Texas as a private. General Rush was commander of this army, and he appointed Johnston adjutant general and later brigadier general of the Texan army. When Johnston became head of the army in the place of General Felix Houston, this act caused much conflict between the two men. As a result Houston challenged Johnston to a duel in which the later received serious wounds. Johnston’s command lasted until 1838, when he was made Secretary of War for the Republic of Texas. A year later he led and expedition against the hostile Cherokee Indians and defeated them. When the Mexican War started, he was commissioned as a colonel of the First Texas Rifle Volunteers and distinguished himself many times in battle. In 1849 he returned to the United States Army and was appointed paymaster by President Taylor. In 1857, as a colonel, he led an expedition to quiet the Mormon controversy. He performed this dangerous mission successfully and without bloodshed and for his brilliant feat earned the new title of brevet major general. When the war began, Leonidas Polk, the Right Reverend Episcopal Bishop of Louisiana , who had buckled the “sword over the gown,” recommended his West Point roommate, Johnston , to President Jefferson Davis. Johnston was given the impressive title “General Commanding the Western Department of the Army of the Confederate States of America.” When Texas seceded from the Union in April, 1861,Johnston resigned his commission.He had planned to hold Fort Donelson but had to withdraw from the line of defense he had built during the year. At Shiloh he fought valiantly against Grant and was killed in action. Over 100,000 men on both sides were engaged in this battle. Johnston’s purpose was to surprise the invaders before they had time to concentrate large numbers. He wanted to destroy Grant’s forces. In the midst of battle the general was struck by a fragment and bled to death. The South lost a great leader. Beauregard , his successor, continued the bloody battle until his men were exhausted and his ammunition almost gone. He has been blamed for the retreat by many Southern colleagues.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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