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Edward Johnson​

Born: April 16, 1816

Birth Place: Midlothian in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Father: Dr. Edward Johnson 1784 -

Mother: Caroline Turpin

Education:

1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (32nd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1838 – 1861: Served in the United States Army, rising to Major​

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Distinguished himself during the Mexican War​

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Presented Sword by the State of Virginia for his service in Mexican War​

Civil War Career:

1861: Colonel of 12th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Rich Mountain​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Cheat Mountain​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Greenbrier River​

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1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862: Wounded by a bullet to the ankle during Battle of McDowell​

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1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1863: Division Leader during the Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863: Division Leader during the Mine Run Campaign​

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1864: Fought Well during the Wilderness Campaign​

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1864: Captured during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House​

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1864: Imprisoned at Morris Island off Charleston, South Carolina Coast​

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1864: Division Commander during the Franklin – Nashville Campaign​

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1864: Captured during the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee​

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1864 – 1865: Imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Lake Erie​

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1865: Imprisoned at Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.​

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1865: Accused of being Part of the Lincoln Assassination Plot​

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1865: Paroled (July 22, 1865) in Washington, D.C.​

Occupation after War:

Active in Confederate Veteran Affairs​

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Farmer in Virginia​

Died: March 2, 1873

Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia

Cause of Death: Apoplexy of the lungs

Age at time of Death: 56 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

[Luke Freet]

Edward Johnson​

Born: April 16, 1816View attachment 353547

Birth Place: Midlothian in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Father: Dr. Edward Johnson 1784 -

Mother: Caroline Turpin

Education:

1838: Graduated from West Point Military Academy – (32nd​ in class)​

Occupation before War:

1838 – 1861: Served in the United States Army, rising to Major​

​

Distinguished himself during the Mexican War​

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Presented Sword by the State of Virginia for his service in Mexican War​

Civil War Career:

1861: Colonel of 12th​ Georgia Infantry Regiment​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Rich Mountain​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Cheat Mountain​

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1861: Participated in the Battle of Greenbrier River​

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1861 – 1863: Brigadier General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1862: Wounded by a bullet to the ankle during Battle of McDowell​

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1863 – 1865: Major General of Confederate Army Infantry​

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1863: Division Leader during the Battle of Gettysburg​

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1863: Division Leader during the Mine Run Campaign​

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1864: Fought Well during the Wilderness Campaign​

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1864: Captured during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House​

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1864: Imprisoned at Morris Island off Charleston, South Carolina Coast​

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1864: Division Commander during the Franklin – Nashville Campaign​

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1864: Captured during the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee​

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1864 – 1865: Imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Lake Erie​

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1865: Imprisoned at Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.​

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1865: Accused of being Part of the Lincoln Assassination Plot​

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1865: Paroled (July 22, 1865) in Washington, D.C.​

Occupation after War: View attachment 353548

Active in Confederate Veteran Affairs​

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Farmer in Virginia​

Died: March 2, 1873

Place of Death: Richmond, Virginia

Cause of Death: Apoplexy of the lungs

Age at time of Death: 56 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

I remember reading in Rhea's book that at Spotsylvania, when his division was being overrun, he was seen swinging his cane from atop an abandoned cannon, before being captured. He was brought before Grant and Meade, and had a lovely chat by the fireside with the 2 Union commanders. One of the aides brought a staff officer a note detailing the capture of Johnson's division; not wanting to ruin the conversation, he pocketed it.

 

[Rebforever]

Edward "Allegheny" Johnson built the fort on top 0f the Shenandoah Mountain and when Union Army from Franklin, Virginia was marching toward McDowell, Johnson pulled back to West View, just out side of Staunton, Virginia.

He camped on the ridges around that community waiting for Stonewall Jackson to arrive from Crozet, Virgina as reinforcement.
The Battle of McDowell is history. My G-Grand Was there in the 52nd Virginia Infantry.

 

[Tom Elmore]

Edward Johnson was born at his mother's ancestral home in Salisbury (Midlothian, Chesterfield County). He received his early schooling in Kentucky. According to a January 8, 1849 entry made in the Chesterfield County Court Order Book, the court suspended business in order to present that sword to Capt. Edward Johnson for his "gallantry and good conduct in the late war with Mexico." He returned to Salisbury in July 1865, where he farmed with his brother Philip. (Midlothian, Highlights of its History, by Bettie Woodson Weaver, 1994)

Mary Chestnut, in her diary, provided a vivid description of Johnson while he engaged the society ladies of Richmond during the winter of 1863. She wrote: He had an odd habit of falling into a state of incessant winking as soon as he was the least startled or agitated. He seemed persistently winking one eye at you, but meant nothing of it. In point of fact he did not know it himself. In Mexico he had been wounded in the eye - and the nerve vibrates independently ... His head is so strangely shaped - like a cone, or old fashioned beehive. (Mary Chestnut's Civil War, ed. by C. Vann Woodward, 1991)

Two observations of Johnson at Gettysburg:

-Johnson, "Old Allegheny" as they loved to call him – who looked as he rode with his heavy club at their head as if he could thrash out an army himself with that ponderous weapon. (John Warwick Daniel, Speeches and Orations)

-There is a rebel general in front of the hospital (German Dutch Reformed Church) watching the progress of the fight and giving orders. He is dressed in civilian clothes, wears a straw hat slouched over his head and uses a cane in lieu of a sword. (Justus Silliman, 17th Connecticut)

 

[Pollaco]

If he was a captive from Dec. 1864 to July 1865 how was he a suspect in the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy?

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy Birthday Major General Edward Johnson! Remembering General Johnson on his birthday.

 

[Seduzal]

Thanks for sharing this awesome article. General Edward was well experienced in fighting. Although the graduated from West Point 32nd he had an awesome career.

 

[Pollaco]

When Johnson was colonel of the 12th Georgia, his Lt. Colonel was Zephaniah Conner. It was this Conner who took over the regiment when Johnson was promoted to brigadier just after the battle of the Allegheny Mountain.And it was also this Conner who was arrested after the "supply depot event" at Front Royal with Stonewall Jackson. It was the battle of Allegheny Mountain that earned Johnson his nicknames. His brigade was called the Army of the Northwest.

 

[Pollaco]

That old wound from the Mexican American War caused him to blink his eye uncontrollably. Mary Chesnut mentions this in her diary. Some of the women present thought he was flirting, afterall he was still a bachelor with a reputation as a ladies man.

 

[GELongstreet]

Struggling both academically and in regards to conduct, Johnson had to repeat his second year (3rd class) at West Point. In 1848 he´d be one of the groomsmen of James Longstreet, having served in the same brigade in Mexico.

 

[PJO]

A comprehensive, if somewhat long winded biography on Johnson, is Gregg S. Clemmer's Old Alleghany: The Life of General Ed Johnson (Staunton, VA 2004), winner of the 2005 Douglas Southall Freeman History Award...

 

[gentlemanrob]

Happy weekend (Saturday) Birthday Major General Edward Johnson! Salutes remembering General Johnson on his birthday weekend.

 

[Pollaco]

Even requests from Robert E. Lee couldn't get the Confederate War Department to try and have Johnson exchanged any earlier.A new policy determined the date of release by the date of capture. So Lee's requests were rejected.

 

[ErnieMac]

If he was a captive from Dec. 1864 to July 1865 how was he a suspect in the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy?

 

[Pollaco]

Struggling both academically and in regards to conduct, Johnson had to repeat his second year (3rd class) at West Point. In 1848 he´d be one of the groomsmen of James Longstreet, having served in the same brigade in Mexico.

I suppose he should have been in the class of 1837 with Bragg, Early, Hooker, Sedgwick, and Pemberton