johnston started laughing. joe, that's kind of what you have been doing all the way, all the time, i know! so when johnston's belief is if you can't fight, run away, well, you know, and he's telling little girls that, mmm. you know, when is the last time you read a book on leadership lessons from joe johnston? okay. how do we assess johnston's character? this is my personal opinion, because i was a teenager in the centennial. and in the centennial, joe johnston was a god. it's only in the last 50 years that hood has been looked at anew by scholars. i've tried to do my part. but this is my opinion. johnston was genuinely a good army administer. the men loved him. but as i say with president davis, he could be petty and quarrelsome. he was excessively concerned with his reputation. he was unaware of the psychological effect of his retreat on the people and the press. here's the essential difference between him and let's say robert e. lee. he was deathly afraid to send his men into death and battle. as president davis

work, whose cover you see, i call joe johnston this name. federals crossed the river, as i said, july 8, 9. and johnston had to retreat across the river on the night of the 9th, 10th. davisthat, president over a full week agonizing whether to fire joe johnston, who had given up, as i say, 80 miles of georgia terrain. ben hill,enator confederate senator from georgia, arrives in richmond and and theesident davis secretary a first-person account of his interview, which had been held ten days before. and ben hill told the president three times, i asked johnston, can you hold the river?th of no, i cannot. calvary.t to send and by that time, when hill is before the administration, july davis holds up a telegram, look, your man has already crossed the chattahoochee. on the 11th, catch this. building confidence with your boss, you send a telegram asking, hey, maybe we the federalove prisoners from andersonville. july 12, davis asks lee his opinion. whold we fire johnston, and would you name? you know, general lee, who was lee's most trusted adviser,

it was at this time that first lieutenant joe mchlt clement from georgia joined as assistant to captain johnstonlped orient clement on the surrounding terrain. shortly after that master sergeant jones of baltimore, maryland arrive and served as the first enlisted adviser. the primary reason to move the two companies to hpwa was to help maneuver a strategic hamlet. since it was in the heart of viet cong country johnston never went anywhere without his rifle, keeping it by his side even when he slept. his chief duty at this time was to advise captain kahn on providing security for workers constructing the hamlet as well as planning patrols and company size operations. this battalion soldier was captured and killed by the viet cong while guarding the construction site at night. there was another basic reason for the battalion's move to duke roy. this was so it could provide security for a road reconstruction project. rendered impassable by the viet cong in 1959 repair of this road would provide a shorter route from duke roy to saigon. captain johnston went over it carefully so he could advice the c

first it was at this time the first lieutenant joe m clement of atlanta, georgia, joined the battalion as training 7yr advi and assistant to captain johnstonnt dock helped orient lieutenant clement on the surrounding terrain. shortly afterwards, master sergeant jones of baltimore, maryland, arrived to serve as the battalion's first enlisted adviser. primary reason for moving two companies of the battalion to duke would was to have them help convert the village into a since it was in the heart of vietcong country, johnston never went anywhere without his ar-15 rifle, keeping it by his side, even when he slept. his chief duty at this time was to advise captain khan on providing security for workers constructing the hall lot, as well as on planning controls and company size operations. this battalion soldier was captured and killed by the vietcong while guarding the construction site at night. there was another basic reason for the battalion's move to dukeiowa, so it would provide security for a road reconstruction project. rendered impassable by the vietcong in 1959, repair of this road would provide a shorter route to saigon. captain johnst