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  • Bushrod Johnson
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  • Bushrod Rust Johnson (October 7, 1817 – September 12, 1880) was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals in the American Civil War. As a university professor, he had been active in the state militias of Kentucky and Tennessee before the war, and he sided with the South. As a divisional commander, he managed to evade capture at Fort Donelson, but was wounded at Shiloh. He served under Lee throughout the 10-month siege of Petersburg, surrendering with him at Appomattox.
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serviceyears
  • 1840
Birth Date
  • 1817-10-07
Commands
  • *Seminole War & Mexican-American War *:3rd U.S. Infantry *American Civil War *: Tennessee militia *:Brigade, Army of Mississippi *:Division, Army of Northern Virginia
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Name
  • Bushrod Johnson
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  • Bushrod Johnson
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  • Place of burial
Birth Place
  • Belmont County, Ohio
death date
  • 1880-09-12
Rank
  • 35
Image size
  • 200
Allegiance
  • United States of America
Battles
  • *American Civil War *:Battle of Shiloh *:Battle of Perryville *:Battle of Stones River *:Battle of Chickamauga *:Siege of Knoxville *:Battle of the Crater *:Siege of Petersburg *:Battle of White Oak Road *:Battle of Five Forks *:Battle of Sayler's Creek
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  • Educator
placeofburial
  • Old City Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee
abstract
  • Bushrod Rust Johnson (October 7, 1817 – September 12, 1880) was one of the few Northern-born Confederate generals in the American Civil War. As a university professor, he had been active in the state militias of Kentucky and Tennessee before the war, and he sided with the South. As a divisional commander, he managed to evade capture at Fort Donelson, but was wounded at Shiloh. He served under Lee throughout the 10-month siege of Petersburg, surrendering with him at Appomattox.
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