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"My share of the spoils!" General Albert Sidney Johnston Shirt Color:Black Benjamin CheathamShiloh 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