Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Born: February 3, 1807
Birthplace: Longwood House, near Farmville, Virginia
Father: Judge Peter Johnston 1763 – 1831
(Buried: Johnston Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)
Mother: Mary Valentine Wood 1769 – 1825
(Buried: Johnston Cemetery, Abingdon, Virginia)
Wife: Lydia Mulligan Sims McLane 1822 – 1887
(Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland)
Married: July 10, 1845 in Prince Edward County, Virginia
Children: None
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Education:
1829: Graduated from West Point Military Academy (13th in class)
Studied Civil Engineering
Occupation before War:
1829: Brevet 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1829 – 1836: 2nd Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1836 – 1837: 1st Lt. United States Army, 4th Artillery
1836: Aide to Major General Winfield Scott
1837: Resigned from United States Army on May 31st
1837 – 1838: Civilian Topographic Engineer
1838 – 1846: 1st Lt. United States Army, Corps of Topographic Engineers
1846 – 1860: Captain, United States Army, Topographic Engineers
1848 – 1858: Chief Topographic Engineer, Department of Texas
1858: Acting Inspector General for the Utah Expedition
1860 – 1861: Brigadier General, United States Army, Quartermaster Department
1861: Resigned from United States Army on April 22nd
Civil War Career:
1861: Major General of Virginia State Forces
1861: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
1861: Commanding General, Army of the Shenandoah
1861: Commanding General, Army of the Potomac
1861 – 1865: General of Confederate Army, Infantry
1861 – 1862: Commanding General, Department of Northern Virginia
1862: Wounded in right shoulder and Chest, Battle of Seven Pines
1862 – 1863: Commander of C.S.A., Department of the West
1863 – 1864: Commanding General, Army of Tennessee
1865: Commanding General, Army of Tennessee
1865: Commanding General, Department of Tennessee and Georgia
1865: Commanding General, Department of South Carolina, Florida, and Georgia
1865: Commanding General, Department of North Carolina
1865: Surrendered at Bennett House near Durham, North Carolina
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1867: President Alabama & Tennessee River Railroad Company
Agent for Liverpool, London, and Globe Insurance in Savannah, Georgia
1875: Declined Presidency of Arkansas Industrial University
1876 – 1877: Moved from Savannah, Georgia to Richmond, Virginia
1879 – 1881: United States Representative from Virginia
1885 – 1887: United States Commissioner of Railroads
1887 – 1891: Participated in Veteran Gatherings
1891: Honorary pallbearer at General Sherman’s Funeral
1891: Refused to wear his hat at General Sherman’s Funeral
Died: March 21, 1891
Place of Death: Washington, D.C.
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Age at time of Death: 84 years old
Buried: Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
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