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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Richard Johnson

(c. 1845 - ?)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: Phillips' (GA) Legion, Infantry Battalion

Before Sharpsburg

About age 16, he enlisted as Private, Company A, 18th Georgia Infantry on 11 June 1861 and transferred to Company L, Phillips' Legion Infantry Battalion in July or August of 1862.

On the Campaign

He was captured in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was exchanged in October 1862 and promoted to Corporal on 1 April 1864. He was furloughed on 23 January 1865 with no further military record.

References & notes

His service from Graham.1

Birth

c. 1845; Cherokee County, GA

Notes

1   Graham, Kurt D., Phillips Georgia Legion - Infantry Battalion, first accessed 20 September 2012, <http://www.angelfire.com/tx/RandysTexas/page4.html>, Source page: /page10.html  [AotW citation 21980]