Graduate of Virginia Military Institute.
Company D "Mount Pleasant Rifles" of Spotsylvania County, 30th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Spotsylvania County, Va.
Elected Captain of the "Mount Pleasant Rifles" militia, which became Company D of the 30th Virginia Infantry on 5/8/1861.
Furloughed 3/1862 due to family illness.
Dropped 4/18/1862 at reorganization of the company.
Superintendent and Mathematics Professor at the Florida Military Institute for most of the remainder of the War.
Postwar, returning to Spotsylvania, he established the Fredericksburg Female Institute and was the Principal.
Later taught in Texas and Kentucky. Married three times, Eliza being the 1st and mother of their 8 children.
Katherine J.E. Johnson was his 3rd wife, mother of their only child, Robert Andrew Edmonson Johnson.
Ran a farm in Loundon County, Va. late in life; died there of heart disease.
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- COL. V.M. JOHNSON. -
In the spring of 1865, an elder brother of the writer was standing at the big gate of a plantation in Middle Florida when his attention was attracted by a cloud of dust down the road. In a few moments horses and men were distinguished and a battery of Confederate artillery swept through the early dawn. This battery had traveled through the night en route from Georgia and was hurrying to the Natural Bridge fight. That same morning, the cadet battalion from Tallahassee was en route to the same battlefield. To these forces and others that had been brought up, was added another Confederate victory. Forty years later it was the writer's privilege to meet the colonel who commanded the cadets on that historic day, and now in the waking hours of a starless night he announces that officer's death.
Col. V.M. Johnson was born in Spottsylvania County, Va., that tremendous caldron of the civil strife, in which more men were killed and wounded than in any other region of corresponding size in the world.
After an active and honorable existence of seventy-one years, he died at his country place, Resting, near Mountville, Va., October 19, 1909.
He was the youngest of five children, all the others of whom are living. He was buried at Middleburg, his sons and son-in-law acting as pallbearers. The battle flag on the Confederate memorial building was at half-mast. The burial service was conducted by Rev. Henry Branch, D.D., now of Baltimore, but formerly of Loudoun County. Dr. Branch was assisted by Rev. Mr. Balthis and Rev. Mr. Gibson.
The grave was decked by old comrades with garlands from the fields, and the Leesburg Chapter sent a flag and floral offerings.
In his youth Colonel Johnson attended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating after a four years' course. While there he joined the Presbyterian Church, and afterwards, while residing in Kentucky, was made an elder. At the time of his death he was an elder in the Church at Aldie, Va. While at Lexington, he was one of the Cadet Corps on its trip to Harper's Ferry at the time of the John Brown raid. While he was a cadet at the institute, Stonewall Jackson was military instructor.
Following his graduation in 1860, Colonel Johnson went to Alabama and taught for a time in the family of a Governor of that State. He next moved to Florida as Commandant of the Tallahassee Military Academy, and was commissioned as colonel on the staff of Governor Milton.
When Sumter was fired on, he returned promptly to Virginia, and was mustered in as First Lieutenant of Company D, 30th Virginia Infantry, and soon he was elected Captain of his company. He soon had the best-drilled company in the regiment. But he had a fondness for the artillery service, and after a year he was commissioned to go to Southern Virginia and organize a battery of artillery. While in that region he participated in the Battle of Wytheville (see July, 1909, VETERAN, page 335), after which his battery was incorporated. Just before the close of the war his health failed so seriously that he returned to Tallahassee as Commandant of the Military Academy.
While in Florida the Federals threatened the capitol city, and Colonel Johnson led the cadets in the Battle of Natural Bridge, which resulted in a Confederate victory, as stated.
After the war, Colonel Johnson returned to Virginia, and in 1874 settled in Loudoun County. Like his great commander, Lee, he taught school. In the eighties he taught school in Kentucky and afterwards in Texas. President Cleveland appointed him special examiner of the Pension Bureau, in which position he was successively stationed at Memphis, San Francisco, and Savannah.
On a fine farm of ample acres in the Loudoun Valley of Virginia, Colonel Johnson later led the agreeable life of a country gentleman. Besides a devoted wife, he leaves a family of seven sons and one daughter, all grown. Colonel Johnson belonged to that strong type of men who, having survived the war, set about to restore the civilization of the South, and his declining years were tempered by the peace that had come to his once distracted land. He always took a helpful interest in Confederate organizations. In his lifetime, Colonel Johnson discharged every duty of citizenship, and leaves to his children the priceless heritage of a name without blemish. He has gone to sleep pillowed on the bosom of his native Virginia, fit resting place for so devoted a son.
[From a sketch by his personal friend, William A. Pratt.]
Confederate Veteran, 1909, p.35.
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Valentine M. Johnson, 78 years old, died Wednesday at his home at Middleburg, Loudoun County, of heart disease.
His first wife, who was Miss Mary Boggs of Spotsylvania County, died many years ago, and after her death he married Miss Catherine Edmonson, of Memphis, Tenn., who survives.
He leaves also, by his first marriage, one daughter and seven sons. The Daily Star - Oct. 22, 1909.
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The 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.
Company D "Mount Pleasant Rifles" of Spotsylvania County, 30th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Spotsylvania County, Va.
Elected Captain of the "Mount Pleasant Rifles" militia, which became Company D of the 30th Virginia Infantry on 5/8/1861.
Furloughed 3/1862 due to family illness.
Dropped 4/18/1862 at reorganization of the company.
Superintendent and Mathematics Professor at the Florida Military Institute for most of the remainder of the War.
Postwar, returning to Spotsylvania, he established the Fredericksburg Female Institute and was the Principal.
Later taught in Texas and Kentucky. Married three times, Eliza being the 1st and mother of their 8 children.
Katherine J.E. Johnson was his 3rd wife, mother of their only child, Robert Andrew Edmonson Johnson.
Ran a farm in Loundon County, Va. late in life; died there of heart disease.
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- COL. V.M. JOHNSON. -
In the spring of 1865, an elder brother of the writer was standing at the big gate of a plantation in Middle Florida when his attention was attracted by a cloud of dust down the road. In a few moments horses and men were distinguished and a battery of Confederate artillery swept through the early dawn. This battery had traveled through the night en route from Georgia and was hurrying to the Natural Bridge fight. That same morning, the cadet battalion from Tallahassee was en route to the same battlefield. To these forces and others that had been brought up, was added another Confederate victory. Forty years later it was the writer's privilege to meet the colonel who commanded the cadets on that historic day, and now in the waking hours of a starless night he announces that officer's death.
Col. V.M. Johnson was born in Spottsylvania County, Va., that tremendous caldron of the civil strife, in which more men were killed and wounded than in any other region of corresponding size in the world.
After an active and honorable existence of seventy-one years, he died at his country place, Resting, near Mountville, Va., October 19, 1909.
He was the youngest of five children, all the others of whom are living. He was buried at Middleburg, his sons and son-in-law acting as pallbearers. The battle flag on the Confederate memorial building was at half-mast. The burial service was conducted by Rev. Henry Branch, D.D., now of Baltimore, but formerly of Loudoun County. Dr. Branch was assisted by Rev. Mr. Balthis and Rev. Mr. Gibson.
The grave was decked by old comrades with garlands from the fields, and the Leesburg Chapter sent a flag and floral offerings.
In his youth Colonel Johnson attended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating after a four years' course. While there he joined the Presbyterian Church, and afterwards, while residing in Kentucky, was made an elder. At the time of his death he was an elder in the Church at Aldie, Va. While at Lexington, he was one of the Cadet Corps on its trip to Harper's Ferry at the time of the John Brown raid. While he was a cadet at the institute, Stonewall Jackson was military instructor.
Following his graduation in 1860, Colonel Johnson went to Alabama and taught for a time in the family of a Governor of that State. He next moved to Florida as Commandant of the Tallahassee Military Academy, and was commissioned as colonel on the staff of Governor Milton.
When Sumter was fired on, he returned promptly to Virginia, and was mustered in as First Lieutenant of Company D, 30th Virginia Infantry, and soon he was elected Captain of his company. He soon had the best-drilled company in the regiment. But he had a fondness for the artillery service, and after a year he was commissioned to go to Southern Virginia and organize a battery of artillery. While in that region he participated in the Battle of Wytheville (see July, 1909, VETERAN, page 335), after which his battery was incorporated. Just before the close of the war his health failed so seriously that he returned to Tallahassee as Commandant of the Military Academy.
While in Florida the Federals threatened the capitol city, and Colonel Johnson led the cadets in the Battle of Natural Bridge, which resulted in a Confederate victory, as stated.
After the war, Colonel Johnson returned to Virginia, and in 1874 settled in Loudoun County. Like his great commander, Lee, he taught school. In the eighties he taught school in Kentucky and afterwards in Texas. President Cleveland appointed him special examiner of the Pension Bureau, in which position he was successively stationed at Memphis, San Francisco, and Savannah.
On a fine farm of ample acres in the Loudoun Valley of Virginia, Colonel Johnson later led the agreeable life of a country gentleman. Besides a devoted wife, he leaves a family of seven sons and one daughter, all grown. Colonel Johnson belonged to that strong type of men who, having survived the war, set about to restore the civilization of the South, and his declining years were tempered by the peace that had come to his once distracted land. He always took a helpful interest in Confederate organizations. In his lifetime, Colonel Johnson discharged every duty of citizenship, and leaves to his children the priceless heritage of a name without blemish. He has gone to sleep pillowed on the bosom of his native Virginia, fit resting place for so devoted a son.
[From a sketch by his personal friend, William A. Pratt.]
Confederate Veteran, 1909, p.35.
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Valentine M. Johnson, 78 years old, died Wednesday at his home at Middleburg, Loudoun County, of heart disease.
His first wife, who was Miss Mary Boggs of Spotsylvania County, died many years ago, and after her death he married Miss Catherine Edmonson, of Memphis, Tenn., who survives.
He leaves also, by his first marriage, one daughter and seven sons. The Daily Star - Oct. 22, 1909.
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The 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.
Graduate of Virginia Military Institute.
Company D "Mount Pleasant Rifles" of Spotsylvania County, 30th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Spotsylvania County, Va.
Elected Captain of the "Mount Pleasant Rifles" militia, which became Company D of the 30th Virginia Infantry on 5/8/1861.
Furloughed 3/1862 due to family illness.
Dropped 4/18/1862 at reorganization of the company.
Superintendent and Mathematics Professor at the Florida Military Institute for most of the remainder of the War.
Postwar, returning to Spotsylvania, he established the Fredericksburg Female Institute and was the Principal.
Later taught in Texas and Kentucky. Married three times, Eliza being the 1st and mother of their 8 children.
Katherine J.E. Johnson was his 3rd wife, mother of their only child, Robert Andrew Edmonson Johnson.
Ran a farm in Loundon County, Va. late in life; died there of heart disease.
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- COL. V.M. JOHNSON. -
In the spring of 1865, an elder brother of the writer was standing at the big gate of a plantation in Middle Florida when his attention was attracted by a cloud of dust down the road. In a few moments horses and men were distinguished and a battery of Confederate artillery swept through the early dawn. This battery had traveled through the night en route from Georgia and was hurrying to the Natural Bridge fight. That same morning, the cadet battalion from Tallahassee was en route to the same battlefield. To these forces and others that had been brought up, was added another Confederate victory. Forty years later it was the writer's privilege to meet the colonel who commanded the cadets on that historic day, and now in the waking hours of a starless night he announces that officer's death.
Col. V.M. Johnson was born in Spottsylvania County, Va., that tremendous caldron of the civil strife, in which more men were killed and wounded than in any other region of corresponding size in the world.
After an active and honorable existence of seventy-one years, he died at his country place, Resting, near Mountville, Va., October 19, 1909.
He was the youngest of five children, all the others of whom are living. He was buried at Middleburg, his sons and son-in-law acting as pallbearers. The battle flag on the Confederate memorial building was at half-mast. The burial service was conducted by Rev. Henry Branch, D.D., now of Baltimore, but formerly of Loudoun County. Dr. Branch was assisted by Rev. Mr. Balthis and Rev. Mr. Gibson.
The grave was decked by old comrades with garlands from the fields, and the Leesburg Chapter sent a flag and floral offerings.
In his youth Colonel Johnson attended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating after a four years' course. While there he joined the Presbyterian Church, and afterwards, while residing in Kentucky, was made an elder. At the time of his death he was an elder in the Church at Aldie, Va. While at Lexington, he was one of the Cadet Corps on its trip to Harper's Ferry at the time of the John Brown raid. While he was a cadet at the institute, Stonewall Jackson was military instructor.
Following his graduation in 1860, Colonel Johnson went to Alabama and taught for a time in the family of a Governor of that State. He next moved to Florida as Commandant of the Tallahassee Military Academy, and was commissioned as colonel on the staff of Governor Milton.
When Sumter was fired on, he returned promptly to Virginia, and was mustered in as First Lieutenant of Company D, 30th Virginia Infantry, and soon he was elected Captain of his company. He soon had the best-drilled company in the regiment. But he had a fondness for the artillery service, and after a year he was commissioned to go to Southern Virginia and organize a battery of artillery. While in that region he participated in the Battle of Wytheville (see July, 1909, VETERAN, page 335), after which his battery was incorporated. Just before the close of the war his health failed so seriously that he returned to Tallahassee as Commandant of the Military Academy.
While in Florida the Federals threatened the capitol city, and Colonel Johnson led the cadets in the Battle of Natural Bridge, which resulted in a Confederate victory, as stated.
After the war, Colonel Johnson returned to Virginia, and in 1874 settled in Loudoun County. Like his great commander, Lee, he taught school. In the eighties he taught school in Kentucky and afterwards in Texas. President Cleveland appointed him special examiner of the Pension Bureau, in which position he was successively stationed at Memphis, San Francisco, and Savannah.
On a fine farm of ample acres in the Loudoun Valley of Virginia, Colonel Johnson later led the agreeable life of a country gentleman. Besides a devoted wife, he leaves a family of seven sons and one daughter, all grown. Colonel Johnson belonged to that strong type of men who, having survived the war, set about to restore the civilization of the South, and his declining years were tempered by the peace that had come to his once distracted land. He always took a helpful interest in Confederate organizations. In his lifetime, Colonel Johnson discharged every duty of citizenship, and leaves to his children the priceless heritage of a name without blemish. He has gone to sleep pillowed on the bosom of his native Virginia, fit resting place for so devoted a son.
[From a sketch by his personal friend, William A. Pratt.]
Confederate Veteran, 1909, p.35.
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Valentine M. Johnson, 78 years old, died Wednesday at his home at Middleburg, Loudoun County, of heart disease.
His first wife, who was Miss Mary Boggs of Spotsylvania County, died many years ago, and after her death he married Miss Catherine Edmonson, of Memphis, Tenn., who survives.
He leaves also, by his first marriage, one daughter and seven sons. The Daily Star - Oct. 22, 1909.
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The 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.
Company D "Mount Pleasant Rifles" of Spotsylvania County, 30th Virginia Infantry, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A.
Residence Spotsylvania County, Va.
Elected Captain of the "Mount Pleasant Rifles" militia, which became Company D of the 30th Virginia Infantry on 5/8/1861.
Furloughed 3/1862 due to family illness.
Dropped 4/18/1862 at reorganization of the company.
Superintendent and Mathematics Professor at the Florida Military Institute for most of the remainder of the War.
Postwar, returning to Spotsylvania, he established the Fredericksburg Female Institute and was the Principal.
Later taught in Texas and Kentucky. Married three times, Eliza being the 1st and mother of their 8 children.
Katherine J.E. Johnson was his 3rd wife, mother of their only child, Robert Andrew Edmonson Johnson.
Ran a farm in Loundon County, Va. late in life; died there of heart disease.
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- COL. V.M. JOHNSON. -
In the spring of 1865, an elder brother of the writer was standing at the big gate of a plantation in Middle Florida when his attention was attracted by a cloud of dust down the road. In a few moments horses and men were distinguished and a battery of Confederate artillery swept through the early dawn. This battery had traveled through the night en route from Georgia and was hurrying to the Natural Bridge fight. That same morning, the cadet battalion from Tallahassee was en route to the same battlefield. To these forces and others that had been brought up, was added another Confederate victory. Forty years later it was the writer's privilege to meet the colonel who commanded the cadets on that historic day, and now in the waking hours of a starless night he announces that officer's death.
Col. V.M. Johnson was born in Spottsylvania County, Va., that tremendous caldron of the civil strife, in which more men were killed and wounded than in any other region of corresponding size in the world.
After an active and honorable existence of seventy-one years, he died at his country place, Resting, near Mountville, Va., October 19, 1909.
He was the youngest of five children, all the others of whom are living. He was buried at Middleburg, his sons and son-in-law acting as pallbearers. The battle flag on the Confederate memorial building was at half-mast. The burial service was conducted by Rev. Henry Branch, D.D., now of Baltimore, but formerly of Loudoun County. Dr. Branch was assisted by Rev. Mr. Balthis and Rev. Mr. Gibson.
The grave was decked by old comrades with garlands from the fields, and the Leesburg Chapter sent a flag and floral offerings.
In his youth Colonel Johnson attended the Virginia Military Institute, graduating after a four years' course. While there he joined the Presbyterian Church, and afterwards, while residing in Kentucky, was made an elder. At the time of his death he was an elder in the Church at Aldie, Va. While at Lexington, he was one of the Cadet Corps on its trip to Harper's Ferry at the time of the John Brown raid. While he was a cadet at the institute, Stonewall Jackson was military instructor.
Following his graduation in 1860, Colonel Johnson went to Alabama and taught for a time in the family of a Governor of that State. He next moved to Florida as Commandant of the Tallahassee Military Academy, and was commissioned as colonel on the staff of Governor Milton.
When Sumter was fired on, he returned promptly to Virginia, and was mustered in as First Lieutenant of Company D, 30th Virginia Infantry, and soon he was elected Captain of his company. He soon had the best-drilled company in the regiment. But he had a fondness for the artillery service, and after a year he was commissioned to go to Southern Virginia and organize a battery of artillery. While in that region he participated in the Battle of Wytheville (see July, 1909, VETERAN, page 335), after which his battery was incorporated. Just before the close of the war his health failed so seriously that he returned to Tallahassee as Commandant of the Military Academy.
While in Florida the Federals threatened the capitol city, and Colonel Johnson led the cadets in the Battle of Natural Bridge, which resulted in a Confederate victory, as stated.
After the war, Colonel Johnson returned to Virginia, and in 1874 settled in Loudoun County. Like his great commander, Lee, he taught school. In the eighties he taught school in Kentucky and afterwards in Texas. President Cleveland appointed him special examiner of the Pension Bureau, in which position he was successively stationed at Memphis, San Francisco, and Savannah.
On a fine farm of ample acres in the Loudoun Valley of Virginia, Colonel Johnson later led the agreeable life of a country gentleman. Besides a devoted wife, he leaves a family of seven sons and one daughter, all grown. Colonel Johnson belonged to that strong type of men who, having survived the war, set about to restore the civilization of the South, and his declining years were tempered by the peace that had come to his once distracted land. He always took a helpful interest in Confederate organizations. In his lifetime, Colonel Johnson discharged every duty of citizenship, and leaves to his children the priceless heritage of a name without blemish. He has gone to sleep pillowed on the bosom of his native Virginia, fit resting place for so devoted a son.
[From a sketch by his personal friend, William A. Pratt.]
Confederate Veteran, 1909, p.35.
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Valentine M. Johnson, 78 years old, died Wednesday at his home at Middleburg, Loudoun County, of heart disease.
His first wife, who was Miss Mary Boggs of Spotsylvania County, died many years ago, and after her death he married Miss Catherine Edmonson, of Memphis, Tenn., who survives.
He leaves also, by his first marriage, one daughter and seven sons. The Daily Star - Oct. 22, 1909.
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The 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.
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