General Albert Sidney Johnston

ID: 1660
This file appears in: A Civil War Defense Line

One of the more famous Confederate generals, A. S. Johnston ordered the capture of Bowling Green in September 1861. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.

This file appears in: A Civil War Defense Line

By McKenzie Martin
Historical Marker #538 in Warren County commemorates the Union capture of Bowling Green on February 14, 1862. On September 18, 1861, Confederate General Simon Bolivar Buckner and nearly five…