Civil War Confederate States Officer. A respected Richmond criminal lawyer and Commonwealth Attorney prior to the Civil War, he was a member of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861 and escorted Robert E. Lee to the Virginia Senate to received command of the Virginia forces. Entering the Confederate Army as a Captain in 1862, he was paroled at Appomattox in 1865 as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served in every battle of every campaign from the Seven Days to Appomattox Court House with A. P. Hill's Light Division. Following the war he resumed his legal practice in Richmond and operated Richmond's Davis House Hotel. He was the uncle of the Pegram brothers, General John Pegram and Colonel Willie Pegram.
Civil War Confederate States Officer. A respected Richmond criminal lawyer and Commonwealth Attorney prior to the Civil War, he was a member of the Virginia Secession Convention in 1861 and escorted Robert E. Lee to the Virginia Senate to received command of the Virginia forces. Entering the Confederate Army as a Captain in 1862, he was paroled at Appomattox in 1865 as a Lieutenant Colonel, having served in every battle of every campaign from the Seven Days to Appomattox Court House with A. P. Hill's Light Division. Following the war he resumed his legal practice in Richmond and operated Richmond's Davis House Hotel. He was the uncle of the Pegram brothers, General John Pegram and Colonel Willie Pegram.
Bio by: Garver Graver
Family Members
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William Ransom Johnson
1782–1849
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Mary Evans Johnson
1784–1843
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Frances Jane Johnson Caskie
unknown–1860
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Virginia Ann Johnson Pegram
1810–1888
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George William Johnson
1810–1863
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William Ransom Johnson
1822–1884
Flowers
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