"My share of the spoils!" General Albert Sidney Johnston Stickers

  Shiloh - April 6, 1862"General Johnson was sitting on his horse where the bullets were flying like hail stones," a staff officer recalled; another observed "His countenance gleamed with enthusiasm of a great man who was conscious that he was achieving great success." . Johnston was flaunting a little tin cup, snatched up in an abandoned Federal camp  - the he called "my share of the spoils!". Historical Background: In 1837, Albert Sidney Johnston survived a duel against Texas Brigadier General Felix Huston. Unfortunately, the effects of his wound probably contributed to his death at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.  Johnston has the unfortunate distinction of being the highest ranking general – on either side – killed during the Civil War.  Johnston already had an eventful military career by the time his home state seceded from the Union.  He fought in the Black Hawk War, the Texas Revolution, and the Mexican-American War, and in actions against the Mormons in Utah and Native Americans