What happened to johnston because of the sherman campaign?

Answer 1

If referring to the Atlanta Campaign then the answer is this:

Joseph E. Johnston conducted a defensive campaign against the larger federal armies. The way he fought this campaign was to take up a defensive position blocking Sherman's route to Atlanta and hope that Sherman would try to attack him there but while doing so he tried to look for and exploit an opening that his enemy might give him. These openings were few and far between and a result this and Sherman's superior manpower drove Johnston back to the gates of Atlanta itself.

Johnston's campaign was not liked by the Southern people and government who did not care how hard fought the campaign was when all they could see was miles of land being lost to the enemy with no major battles being fought. When he was asked what his plans were by President Davis, Johnston - who had not trusted Davis with any important information since his plans for the Peninsular Campaign had appears in the local papers slightly after he shared them with Davis - gave only a vague answer.

This vague answer broke Davis last shred of patience with Johnston and he was relieved on command and replaced by John Bell Hood on the eve of the battle of Peachtree Creek. Johnston spent the next nine or so months doing nothing in South Carolina as Davis refused to even give him a job in defense of Georgia and the Carolina's.

If referring to the Carolina's Campaign then this is the answer:

Johnston's brief Carolina's campaign was a last gasp defense of a crumbling nation. He hastily brought together an army and attempted to stall Sherman long enough for Lee to arrive from Virginia. The battle of Averasborough - fought by William J. Hardee under orders from Johnston - delayed the advance of the Army of the Tennessee long enough for Johnston to bring together about 21,000 men at Bentonville where he fought the last major battle of the War and almost routed an entire wing of Sherman's 60,000 man Army before he was forced onto the defensive for the next two days of the battle.

After the Battle of Bentonville was over Johnston withdrew towards Rayleigh, North Carolina where he continued to expand his Army to slightly over the 30,000 man mark but news of Lee's surrender at Appomattox and a meeting with the fleeing Confederate Government convinced Johnston that the time had come to surrender.

He met with Sherman a number of times in the next few weeks and eventually surrendered. Johnston was paroled and allowed to return home. He remained great friends with Sherman until Sherman died and his own death was caused by standing bareheaded in the rain during Sherman's funeral. Jeff Davis never forgave Johnston for surrendering when his Army was still viable and undefeated.