Joseph E. Johnston
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Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1807-1891) - Born 3 Feb 1807, Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia. Died 21 Mar 1891, Washington, D.C., buried in Greenmount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland.
Joseph E. Johnston was a West Point graduate who served with the U.S. Army from 1829 to 1861. In 1861, at the start of the U.S. Civil War, he resigned his commission and joined the Confederate States of America (CSA) rising to the rank of full General. At the end of the war he returnded to civilian life.
He was appointed to the United States Military Academy, 1 Jul 1825, and graduated West Point Class of 1829, 13th in a class of 46. He served with the 4th U.S. Artillery and in the Topographical Engineers, he saw action in the 2nd Seminole War and the Mexican War.
U.S. Civil War
Father: Peter Johnston (1763-1831) Born 6 Jan 1763, Osbornes Landing, Chesterfield, Virginia. Died 8 Dec 1831, Ponecille, Washington County, Virginia.
Mother: Mary Valentine Wood (1769-1825) Born 8 May 1769 Goochland, Virginia. Died 17 Jun 1825, Abington, Washington County, Virginia
Marriage:
- Lydia Mulligan Mclane (1822-1887) Born 31 Jan 1822, Wilmington, Delaware. Died 22 Feb 1887, Washington D.C. Married 10 Jul 1845, Prince Edward County, Virginia
Children:
- Sarah Jane Johnston (1851-1894) Born 7 Jun 1851. Died 7 Oct 1894, Marceline, Linn, Missouri.
Assignments:
- (1825-1829) Cadet, United States Military Academy
- (1829-????) 2nd Lt. (1 Jul 1829), 4th U.S. Artillery
- (????-????) 1st Lt. (31 Jul 1836)
- (31 May 1837) Resigned Commisssion
- (1838-1846) 1st. Lt. and Bvt. Capt. (7 Jul 1838), Topographical Engineers, 2nd Seminole War
- (1846-????) Capt. (21 Sep 1846)
- (1847-1848) Maj. and Lt. Col. (9 Apr 1847), Voltigeurs, Mexican War
- (1855-????) Lt. Col., 1st U.S. Cavalry
- (22 Apr 1861) Resigned Commission
- (1861-1861) Maj. Gen. (26 Apr 1861), Virginia State Forces, Richmond, Virginia
- (1861-1861) Brig. Gen. CSA (14 May 1861), Commander, Harpers Ferry, Virginia
- (1861-1865) Gen. CSA (13 Aug 1861 - Dor 4 Jul 1861)
Personal Description:
- Height: 5' 7"
- Build: Rail thin
- Hair Color: Brown
- Eye Color: Deep brown
Links:
Sources:
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Ancestry.com, OneWorldTree entry for Joseph Eggleston Johnston
- Miller, Francis, ed. The Photographic History of The Civil War. 10 vols, vol 10, p. 240. New York, Review of Reviews, 1912
- Symonds, Craig L., Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography, Norton, 1994, ISBN 0-393-31130-9