CO G
54 VA INF
CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY

[Per Essie Spence Goad's notes via Edwin Goad]: "Johnson Minter was born Jan 17, 1841, Carroll County, Va, and died July 24, 1907 of severe diarrhea and heart trouble at Pulaski, Va.

He married Mahala Turman, daughter of George Hylton Turman, 25 Dec 1866. He served in the Civil War, enlisting in Co. G 54th Va Infantry on Sep 16, 1861 at Dugspur, Va, recruited by his future father-in-law (and Captain), George H. Turman. He reenlisted after the expiration of his first enlistment and went to Tennessee in the summer of 1863.
He was captured May 14, 1864 in the Atlanta campaign, in the retreat from Dalton, Ga, to Resaca. He was sent to prison at Camp Morton, Indiana, here he was imprisoned on May 21. He was held there until March 18, 1865 when he took the oath of allegiance to the United States. He was sent out west and worked as a Teamster in the Indian Wars.
He was discharged Oct 15, 1866 at Fort Kearney, N.T. (Nebraska). He served 1.5 years as a private of Co. C 6th Regiment US Volunteers and drew a pension as a member of the Union Army. He was injured while loading a government wagon Oct 1, 1866 in Colorado. I do not know how much his pension was at first, but at the time of his death it was $14 per month. He was living in Pulaski, Va at the time of his death.
His body was shipped by train to Betty Baker, Va, and was taken by wagon to Paint Bank and held 2.5 hours until Orlando Goad's team driven by Tate Goad arrived. Left Paint Bank at 5 PM. Arrived at George Hylton Spence's at 1 AM making the trip in about 8 hours. His wife Mahala was able to receive a widow's pension the last year or two of her life. Johnson was a farmer and merchant, postmaster, and did some sawing of timber. He lived all his life here except the last years in Pulaski.
Johnson was postmaster from the early 1890's until about 1903. When it was moved from Rush Harris' to his place he changed the name from Princeton to Bolt. It remained Bolt until changed to Dugspur around 1910. His son Silas (Tine) was his assistant, also his daughter Cornia.

This info was gathered from the GSA in Wash, DC, from Johnson's children, and from a. book kept by his son Fed (Frederick)."

[Note from Edwin Goad]: "Johnson was enlisted by the US Army in what came to be know as the "Galvanized Yankees". There were a total of 6 regiments of 1000 men each for a total of 6000. Johnson was in the 6th, or last regiment. They were all sent out west."
Grandma (Essie) said that when he was postmaster people would come to the house to collect their mail. His house was somewhere behind Essies last house, and above the spring.