Albert Sidney Johnston was the second-highest ranking officer in the U.S. Army when he resigned April 9, 1861, the same day he learned his home-state of Texas had seceded from the Union. (Library of Congress)
Albert Sidney Johnston was the second-highest ranking officer in the U.S. Army when he resigned April 9, 1861, the same day he learned his home-state of Texas had seceded from the Union. (Library of Congress)