(1817-80) Graduated in the West Point class of 1840. He saw service in the Seminole War in Florida and in the war with Mexico. He resigned from the army in 1847 to become a teacher. Successively associated with Western Military Institute at Georgetown, Kentucky, and the Military College of the University of Nashville, Johnson was active in the militia of both states, with rank of colonel. Entering Confederate service as a colonel of engineers, he was appointed brigadier general on Jan. 24, 1862. He was captured at Fort Donelson but escaped. Later he was severely wounded at Shiloh. After his recovery he led his brigade in the Kentucky campaign of 1862, at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, and in the Knoxville campaign under James Longstreet. He was then transferred east where he took part in the defense of Petersburg against Butler's army. He was commissioned major general to rank from May 21, 1864. Thereafter his service was with the Army of Northern Virginia. His men bore much of the bitter fighting in the trenches during the lengthy siege of Petersburg. His division was shattered at Sayler's Creek; although he himself escaped, and he was paroled at Appomattox.

Bust view in Confederate uniform with rank of major general. Period ink ID on the front mount. Backmark: E. & H.T. Anthony, New York.