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| Posted: Tue May 8th, 2007 06:45 am |
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Davis and Joe Johnston had their first overt disagreement when Davis was Secretary of War and Johnston appealed his ranking . He had been brevetted twice during the Mexican War . He had skipped over major to become a brevet Lieutenant colonel at Cerro Gordo. At Chapultepec he was he was brevetted again and he assumed he was a clolonel . The war department said no he had entered service as a Captain so he was now Lieutenant Colonel . He appealed and his appeal was denied. When Davis became Secretary of War he refused to even hear Johnson appeal . Davis said Johnston was not a lieutenant colonel. This inspite of all the records and Johnston's orders after Cerro Gordo list him as a lietutenant Colonel. Then comes the ranking of the Confederate Generals and the feud was on.
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