re: Civil War nicknames for SEC states..

Another great Texas General, Albert Sidney Johnston the highest ranking General Killed in the War between the States, at the battle of Shiloh. He was a highly respected General, who's loss was a tough blow for the south, in the West.

FYI, He was also a Former General the US Army and the in the Republic of Texas Army. A native of Kentucky, he made Texas his Adaptive home, he owned a Plantation in Brazoria County southwest of present day Houston.

Albert Sidney Johnson