Joseph E. Johnston, the “dean” of Confederate generals, who was jealous of his seniority, lost his hair from an illness, and wore a hat at table during the war, to the undisguised amusement of his servants.
Under the terms of Johnston’s surrender at Sherman near Durham, North Carolina, many more men were surrendered than Lee gave up at Appomattox.
In postwar years Johnston served as pallbearer for several prominent Union generals, including U.S. Grant. His last such service was for William T. Sherman, his conqueror. While paying his respects to Sherman in the cemetery on a raw winter day, Johnston contracted a severe cold which became pneumonia and caused his death.
