Johnston enlisted in Company E, 1st Regiment North Carolina Troops on July 15, 1862 in Wake County, North Carolina. He was reported missing at Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862 and was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia on September 30, 1862 with an unspecified complaint. He was reported absent without leave from November 21 through December 31, 1862 and returned to duty in January-February 1863. He was transferred to Company B (Wilkes Volunteers), 1st Regiment North Carolina Troops on May 6, 1863 and was present or accounted for until he was captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 12, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout yankee prison, Maryland until transferred to Elmira yankee prison, Elmira, New York on August 6, 1864. He was released from Elmira on May 29, 1865.
Johnston enlisted in Company E, 1st Regiment North Carolina Troops on July 15, 1862 in Wake County, North Carolina. He was reported missing at Sharpsburg, Maryland on September 17, 1862 and was hospitalized in Richmond, Virginia on September 30, 1862 with an unspecified complaint. He was reported absent without leave from November 21 through December 31, 1862 and returned to duty in January-February 1863. He was transferred to Company B (Wilkes Volunteers), 1st Regiment North Carolina Troops on May 6, 1863 and was present or accounted for until he was captured at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia on May 12, 1864. He was confined at Point Lookout yankee prison, Maryland until transferred to Elmira yankee prison, Elmira, New York on August 6, 1864. He was released from Elmira on May 29, 1865.
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Spouse of Sarah Ann Paris "Pvt. CO B 1 NC Regt. CSA"
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