A S Johnston's Mortal Wound
by American Landscapes
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A S Johnston's Mortal Wound
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American Landscapes
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Photograph - Photograph
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Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston was the highest ranking officer to be killed in combat from either side during the American Civil War. At about 2:30 pm during the battle of Shiloh on April 6th, 1862, well in advance of his soldiers, Johnston was personally leading Confederate forces on a charge as they had stalled while pushing Union forces near the Peach Orchard. Due to a pre-civil war wound that left him unable to have feeling in his right leg, he didn't realize that he had been struck by a bullet behind his right knee which damaged an artery, causing his boot to fill up with blood. This monument marks the location that Johnson slumped in his saddle and began to faint. Johnston' staff pulled from his horse and carried him to a small ravine behind this monument and desperately tried to aid him. Johnston lost consciousness and died within 15 minutes of being pulled from his saddle. Since his staff could not find his wound, they did not realize a tourniquet on his leg may have saved him. Johnston's staff wrapped him in a blanket so as not to damage the troops' morale with the sight of their dead general. Johnston and his wounded horse, Fire Eater, were taken to his field headquarters on the Corinth road, where his body remained in his tent for the remainder of the battle.
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