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Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston fended Defending off McClellan 's repeated attempts to take Motion the city , slowing Hindering Union progress on the peninsula to a crawl .

Gen. Joseph E. Johnston arrived Arriving from the Shenandoah Valley by railroad , and the course of the battle Hostile_encounter quickly changed Change .

Approximately 57 people were killed Killing directly , including innkeeper Harry R. Truman , photographers Reid Blackburn and Robert Landsburg , and geologist David A. Johnston .

Despite lasting for a full month , John barely affected Influence land at all , bringing Bringing only minimal effects to the Hawaiian Islands and the United States military base on Johnston Atoll .

Flight attendant Helen Johnston 's body was missing for weeks until it was found Placing in a crevasse on the mountain .