JOHNSON, Edward "Old Alleghany"

Confederate

Born: April 16 1816, Salisbury VA

Died: March 2 1873, Richmond VA

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1838, Seminole war, Mexican War, frontier duty, resigned June 1861.

War Service: June 1861 Col. of 12th Georgia, December 1861 Brig. Gen., Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, McDowell (w), convalesced for one year, February 1863 Maj. Gen., commanded Johnson's Divn/II Corps at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania (c), soon exchanged, commanded Johnson's Divn/S D Lee's Corps in Franklin and Nashville campaign, Nashville (c), released after the end of the war.

Post War: Farmer