>> johnston referred to notes evil joseph e. johnson is alfred sidney johnson who davis would often say was his closest friend which i find interesting. johnston was a year or two ahead of jefferson davis at west pointe and johnson allowed davis to join his set. this was the term they used, we were all in high school, those of us who weren't in high school before the civil war. [ laughter ] it was a click. and this was a heady feeling for young davis, boy from out in mississippi to be allowed into this elite set, it was polk and a few others and davis i think really idolized sidney johnston ever after and thus when he became president of the confederacy his first concern for his military establishment was to make albert sidney johnston his premier, his senior field general, yet this man davis said was his closest friend, he and johnston as i could tell hadn't seen each other more than three times in 20 years so this really is a case of idolizing, i think, rather than anything else. than anything else. it's -- i don't think we know enough. johnston got k