| Birth: | Mar. 19, 1837
Lincoln County
North Carolina, USA | | Death: | Feb. 1, 1919
Winchester
Winchester City
Virginia, USA | 
Civil War Confederate Brigadier General. At the start of the Civil War, he was a lawyer in practice when he enlisted in the Confederate Army and was commissioned Captain of Company K, 23rd North Carolina Infantry. Promoted Colonel in April, 1862, he led the 23rd North Carolina in the Peninsula Campaign and was wounded at Seven Pines. After being wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he was promoted Brigadier General in September, 1863. He led a division in the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Shenandoah Valley Campaign and served on detached duty attempting to catch deserters in the fall of 1864. Following the war he resumed legal practice in North Carolina and eventually became a banker in Alabama. (bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
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Children:
Ewart Johnston (1889 - 1966)*
*Calculated relationship
Search Amazon for Robert Johnston | | | Burial:
Stonewall Confederate Cemetery
Winchester
Winchester City
Virginia, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jul 10, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 10677 |
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