Civil war cdv confederate albert sydney johnston kia shiloh bendann bros here they raised johnston's two children from his first marriage and the first three children born to eliza and him. 71 His passive defensive performance while positioning himself in a forward position at Bowling Green, spreading his forces too thinly, not concentrating his forces in the face of Union advances, and appointing or relying upon inadequate or incompetent subordinates subjected him to criticism at the time and by later historians.