I can only assume that the asker is referring to the Atlanta Campaign. Johnston considered his campaign in Mississippi a failure and felt he was doing nothing in the Carolina's except annoying Sherman so the Atlanta Campaign is the more likely.
Joe Johnston felt that he had been quite successful against Sherman in the Atlanta Campaign for these main reasons:
1 - Sherman commanded a combined force of between 100,000 and 120,000 men in the form of his three Armies (the Army of the Ohio - John M. Schofield, the Army of the Tennessee - James B. MacPherson and the Army of the Cumberland - George Henry Thomas) while Johnston's highest number of soldiers, effectives of otherwise, was somewhere between 60,000 and 70,000 yet his Army remained a viable force between Sherman and Atlanta and still numbered around 60,000 when he was removed.
2 - Johnston had managed to do more damage to his enemy that he sustained. Though the casualties of 10,000 Confederates and about 15,000 to 20,000 Federals was small in terms of the losses suffered in Virginia they were hard fought losses and only the differing nature of Johnston and Sherman from Grant and Lee kept the casualties low.
3 - The Federals had, comparitively, penetrated shorter into Georgia's Territory than it had Virginia's and the cost of protecting Georgia for the Confederate had been less than that which Lee's Army suffered and the enemy had advanced at a slower rate in Georgia than it had in Virginia.
Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston was seriously wounded in the evening of May, 31, 1862 during the Fair Oaks Campaign (also known as the Seven Pine's battle).
Hundreds of thousands on both sides. (If you were wounded, you were likely to die, as there were so few medical facilities.) The most famous casualties among the Generals were: Stonewall Jackson (Confederate) - killed by his own men in the hour of his greatest glory at Chancellorsville. Earl Van Dorn (Confederate) - killed in a duel with his medical officer over the latter's wife. Sidney Johnston (Confederate) - killed in the first big battle in the West, regarded by some as the best General in America. Joseph E. Johnston (Confederate, and no relation to the above) - badly wounded and hospitalised in the Peninsula campaign, and having to be replaced by Robert E. Lee. They tried to put Johnston back in uniform before he was properly recovered, and he had to go back to hospital. John Bell Hood (Confederate) - lost and arm and a leg, but remained a popular leader, strapped to his horse.
The Battle of Chickamauga was part of the Confederate campaign aiming to the reconquest of the vital strategic points of Chattanooga and Knoxville.
Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
Joseph E. Johnston
General Sherman began his campaign into Georgia with 100,000 troops. His Confederate opponent, General Joseph Johnston commanded only 50,000 troops.
Joseph E. Johnston - until he was badly wounded, and had to be replaced by Robert E. Lee.
During the Peninsula campaign the fighting for Richmond began at Fair Oaks. General Johnston was wounded during his attack on Union forces and was replaced by General Robert E. Lee.
When Confederate General Joseph Johnston refused to obey the orders of the Confederate Secretary of War, James Seddon, President Davis had every reason to relieve Johnston of duty. Despite the past disagreements with Johnston, and what would turn out to be future disagreements, President Davis did not fire Johnston. Instead, recognizing his good points, Davis tried to help him. He did so by exploring with him the possibility of a campaign into Kentucky.
Confederate General Johnston was badly wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines. Aside from that, Lee was the better General. Johnston gave up ground when he did not have to, and he did not work and play well with others.
General Joseph Eggleston Johnston was seriously wounded in the evening of May, 31, 1862 during the Fair Oaks Campaign (also known as the Seven Pine's battle).
On May 21, 1862 Confederate President Jefferson Davis demanded the battle plans of Major General Joseph Johnston's defense of Richmond. Davis had realized that Johnston had no intentions of using the Peninsula as a base for his defensive operations against the Union forces on their way to assault Richmond. Finally, General Lee and Davis convinced Johnston to attack Union General McClellan's forces east of Richmond on the peninsula. Johnston's refusal, then reluctance to do so, would later become evident in the Atlanta campaign when Johnston would be replaced by John Bell Hood. Davis and Johnston would never get along with each other throughout the war.
In the midst of the McClellan Peninsula campaign, Confederate General Joseph Johnston was wounded and was out of action. Jefferson Davis was aware of Robert E. Lee's talents, and had placed Lee in charge of defeating the Peninsula campaign. Lee was always a well respected Union commander. With his success in the Peninsula campaign, Lee took over Eastern Confederate military operations.
Near the end of May, 1862, Confederate General Joseph A. Johnston decided to attack the advance units of Union General George B. McClellan in the Battle of Seven Pines. The assault was a failure and early on in the war, Johnston was made aware of the danger of assaulting enemy forces in rough terrain. Rebel losses, including the wounding of Johnston himself, required that Confederate Davis place Robert E. Lee in charge of combating McClellan on the Peninsula. Some historians claim that Johnston's lesson there prevented him to later have the ability to take risks. As an aside, Johnston was relieved by Davis in the Atlantic campaign because of his aversion to make assaults.