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ne of the senior-ranking Confederate generals of the Civil War.
Timeline
Birth- 3 Feb 1807
Farmville, Virginia
Longwood, Prince Edward County, Virginia
1775 - 2099Other Service- Ages: 54 - 22 years
Branch
Army
Service End Date
1 Jan 1861
Conflict Period
Other Service
Service Start Date
1 Jan 1829
Rank
Brigadier General
Served For
United States of America
Marriage- 10 Jul 1845-Age: 38 years
Lydia Milligan Sims McLane
Baltimore, Maryland
1846 - 1848Mexican-American War
Battles
Battle of Cerro Gordo, Battle of Chapultepec
Rank
Brevet colonel of volunteers
Branch
Army
Conflict Period
Mexican-American War
Served For
United States of America
1861 - 1865Civil War (Confederate)- Ages: 58 - 54 years
Commands held
Army of the Shenandoah; Army of Northern Virginia; Department of the West; Army of Tennessee; Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
Battles
First Battle of Bull Run, Peninsula Campaign, Vicksburg Campaign, Atlanta Campaign, Battle of Bentonville
Conflict Period
Civil War (Confederate)
Service End Date
1 Jan 1865
Rank
General
Service Start Date
1 Jan 1861
Branch
Confederate Army
Served For
Confederate States
Employment: Start Date
4 Mar 1879
Employment: Place
Washington DC
Employment: End Date
3 Mar 1881
Employment: Employer
U.S. House of Representatives
Employment: Position
Member from from Virginia's 3rd district
Gender
Male
Education: To
1 Jan 1829
Education: Place
West Point, NY
Education: Institution
US Military Academy
Death- 21 Mar 1891-Age: 84 years
Washington, D.C.
Burial
Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland
Other Facts
Father
Peter Johnston
Mother
Mary Valentine Wood
Also known as
Joseph E. Johnston
Full Name
Joseph Eggleston Johnston