JOHNSON, Richard W

Affiliation:  Union

Born: February 27 1827, nr Smithland KY

Died: April 21 1897, St Paul MN

Pre-War Profession: Graduated West Point 1849, frontier duty

War Service: October 1861 appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded 3rd Bde/McCook's Divn/Army of the Ohio, forced to surrendered while pursuing John Hunt Morgan, exchanged in December 1862, commanded 2nd Divn/Army of the Cumberland at Stone's River, commanded 2nd Divn/XX Corps at Chickamauga, commanded 1st Divn/XIV Corps at Chattanooga, Atlanta campaign, New Hope Church (w), chief of cavalry in Military Division of the Mississippi, commanded 6th Divn at Nashville.

Post War: College professor, author