{⋆★⋆} MG Johnson, Bushrod Rust

Bushrod Rust Johnson​

Born: October 7, 1817

Birthplace: Belmont County, Ohio

Father: Noah Johnson – 1844

Mother: Rachel Spencer French

Wife: Mary E. Hatch 1825 – 1858

(Buried: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee)​

Children:

Charles Johnson​

Education:

1840: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (23rd in class)​

Occupation before War:

1840 – 1844: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 3rd Infantry Regiment​

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1840 – 1842: Served in the Seminole War in Florida​

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1843: Garrison Duty at Fort Stansbury, Florida​

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1843 – 1844: Garrison Duty Jefferson Barracks, Missouri​

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1844 – 1847: 1st Lt. United States Army 3rd Infantry Regiment​

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1844 – 1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas​

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1845: Frontier Duty at Fort Jesup, Louisiana​

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1845 – 1846: Served in Military Occupation of Texas​

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1846 – 1847: Served in the Mexican War​

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1847: Commissary Duty at Vera Cruz, Mexico​

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1847: Resigned from United States Army on October 22, 1847​

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1848 – 1849: Professor of Natural Philosophy, Western Military Institute​

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1851 – 1855: Superintendent of Western Military Institute​

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1854 – 1861: Colonel in the Tennessee State Militia​

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1855 – 1861: Superintendent of Military College, University of Nashville​

Civil War Career:

1861: Colonel of Engineers in the Tennessee State Militia​

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1861 – 1862: Colonel of Confederate States Army, Engineers​

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Approved the locations of Fort Donelson, and Fort Henry​

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1862 – 1864: Brigadier General of Confederate Army, Infantry​

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1862: Served Briefly as Commander of Fort Donelson​

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1862: Wounded during the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee​

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1862: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky​

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1862 – 1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee​

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1863: Brigade Commander during the Tullahoma Campaign, Tennessee​

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1863: Brigade Commander during the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia​

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1863: Brigade Commander during the Siege of Knoxville, Tennessee​

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1864 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army, Infantry​

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1864: Division Commander during the Battle of the Crater, Virginia​

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1864 – 1865: Division Commander during the Siege of Petersburg, Virginia​

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1865: Witnessed his division shattered to pieces Battle of Saylors Creek​

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1865: Paroled at Appomattox, Virginia without a command​

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Occupation after War:

1865 – 1875: Professor of Engineering Western Military Institute​

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1875 – 1880: Farmer in Brighton, Illinois​

Died: September 12, 1880

Place of Death: Brighton, Illinois

Cause of Death: Heart Failure and Stroke

Age at time of Death: 63 years old

Burial Place: Nashville City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee

 

[Louisiana Jayhawker]

I have always gave him a high rating for his combat ability and leadership with his men during the initial successful assault that broke the Federal right flank. He seemed to be in the thick of the fighting and directing traffic. All his efforts undone with Pillow ordered the attack stop (victory won!) and a return to the original entrenchment of the Fort.