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Joseph E. Johnston Monument
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston

Located in Downtown Dalton, Ga.

(Text on Monument)

JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON

1807 - 1891

BRIGADIER GENERAL U.S.A.

GENERAL C.S.A.

GIVEN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATE

FORCES AT DALTON IN

1863. HE DIRECTED THE 79 DAYS

CAMPAIGN TO ATLANTA, ONE OF THE

MOST MEMORABLE IN THE ANNALS OF WAR

ERECTED BY BRYAN M. THOMAS

CHAPTER UNITED DAUGHTERS OF

CONFEDERACY DALTON, GEORGIA 1912


 
 

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