Portrait of Joseph Eggleston Johnston , painting by Benjamin Franklin Reinhart, United States of America, c. 1860.
Joseph E. Johnston was a senior Confederate general during the American Civil War and the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer to resign his commission to join the Confederacy. He was known for his cautious military strategy and surrendered to the Union at Bennett Place in 1865.
National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C.
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