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Johnston returned to the Texas Army during the Mexican-American War under General Zachary Taylor as a colonel of the 1st Texas Rifle Volunteers.
Johnston managed to convince a few volunteers to stay and fight as he himself served as the inspector general of volunteers and fought at the battles of Monterrey and Buena Vista.
Johnston remained on his plantation after the war until he was appointed by President Taylor to the U. S. Army as a major and was made a paymaster in December 1849.
He served in that role for more than five years, making six tours, and traveling more than annually on the Indian frontier of Texas.
In 1855 President Franklin Pierce appointed him colonel of the new 2nd U. S. Cavalry ( the unit that preceded the modern 5th U. S .), a new regiment, which he organized.
As a key figure in the Utah War, he led U. S. troops who established a non-Mormon government in the formerly Mormon territory.
He spent 1860 in Kentucky until December 21, when he sailed for California to take command of the Department of the Pacific.
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