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GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON AT THE AGE OF FIFTY-SEVEN.FROM A PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN SALT LAKE CITY IN 1860.
The appearance of General Albert Sidney Jolniston"before the war is described as both commanding andAttractive. In some respects the bust of AlexanderHamilton is the best extant likeness of him, a resem-blance very frequently remarked. Ilis cheek-bones wererather high, and with his nose and complexion gave hima Scotch look. His chin was delicate and handsome;his teeth were white and regular, and his mouth wassquare and firm. In the portrait by Bush taken aboutthis time, his lips seem rather full, but as they arebest remembered; they were somewhat thin and very
firmly set. Light-brown hair clustered over a nobleforehead, and from under heavy brows his deep-setbut clear, steady eyes looked straight at you with aregard kind and sincere, yet penetrating. In repose hiseyes were as blue as the sky, but in excitement theyflashed to a steel-gray, and exerted a remarkable powerover men. He was six feet and an inch in height, ofabout one hundred and eighty pounds weight, straightas an arrow, with broad, square shoulders and a mass-ive chest. He was strong and active, and of a militarybearing.—VV. P. J.
imperial in extent, and his powers and discretion as large as the theory ofthe Confederate Government permitted. He lacked nothing except men,munitions of war, and the means of obtaining them. He had the right to askfor anything, and the State Executives had the power to withhold everything.
The Mississippi River divided his department into two distinct theaters ofwar. West of the river, Fremont held Missouri with a force of from 60,000to 80,000 Federals, confronted by Price and McCulloch in the extreme south-