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Confederate (CSV)

Private

James R. Johnston

(c. 1840 - 1862)

Home State: North Carolina

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 23rd North Carolina Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

Age 21, from Granville County, he mustered as Private, Company G, 23rd North Carolina Infantry on 11 June 1861 in Granville County. He was wounded at Gaines' Mill, VA on 27 June 1862 but returned to duty, date not given.

On the Campaign

He was mortally wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He died of wounds on 17 October 1862, place not given.

References & notes

Service from the Roster 1 via the Historical Data Systems database.

Birth

c. 1840

Death

10/17/1862

Notes

1   Manarin, Louis H., and Weymouth Tyree Jordan, Matthew M Brown, Michael W Coffey, North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865 : A Roster, 20 Volumes +, Raleigh: North Carolina State Department of Archives and History, 1966-  [AotW citation 19327]