<p>Two generals decided to fight a duel to decide who would command the Texas Army.  Find out what happened and whether a wound suffered in the duel eventually affected the outcome of the Civil War!</p>
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<p><div id="attachment_235" style="width: 210px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston80.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-235" class="wp-image-235 size-full" src="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston80.jpg" alt="johnston80" width="200" height="279" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-235" class="wp-caption-text">Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA</p></div></p>
<p><div id="attachment_234" style="width: 228px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/felix-huston.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-234" class="wp-image-234 size-medium" src="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/felix-huston-218x300.jpg" alt="felix huston" width="218" height="300" srcset="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/felix-huston-218x300.jpg 218w, http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/felix-huston.jpg 306w" sizes="(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-234" class="wp-caption-text">Gen. Felix Huston</p></div></p>
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<p><div id="attachment_238" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lamar-deueling-pistols.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-238" class="wp-image-238 size-medium" src="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lamar-deueling-pistols-300x202.jpg" alt="Dueling pistols belonging to Mirabeau B. Lamar" width="300" height="202" srcset="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lamar-deueling-pistols-300x202.jpg 300w, http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lamar-deueling-pistols.jpg 610w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-238" class="wp-caption-text">Dueling pistols belonging to Mirabeau B. Lamar</p></div></p>
<p><div id="attachment_239" style="width: 310px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston-death-ravine.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-239" class="wp-image-239 size-medium" src="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston-death-ravine-300x213.jpg" alt="johnston death ravine" width="300" height="213" srcset="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston-death-ravine-300x213.jpg 300w, http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston-death-ravine.jpg 320w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-239" class="wp-caption-text">Ravine where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died at Shiloh</p></div></p>
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Two generals decided to fight a duel to decide who would command the Texas Army. Find out what happened and whether a wound suffered in the duel eventually affected the outcome of the Civil War! Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA Gen. Felix Huston Dueling pistols belonging to Mirabeau B. Lamar Ravine where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died at Shiloh Share Post Share

<p>Two generals decided to fight a duel to decide who would command the Texas Army. &nbsp;Find out what happened and whether a wound suffered in the duel eventually affected the outcome of the Civil War!</p>
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<p></p><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston80.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><p>Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, CSA</p><p></p>
<p></p><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/felix-huston.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><p>Gen. Felix Huston</p><p></p>
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<p></p><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/lamar-deueling-pistols.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><p>Dueling pistols belonging to Mirabeau B. Lamar</p><p></p>
<p></p><a href="http://wiseabouttexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/johnston-death-ravine.jpg" rel="noopener noreferrer"></a><p>Ravine where Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston died at Shiloh</p><p></p>

		
						
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