James M. A. Johnson

In 1860 he was a 26 year old clerk living with his parents in Watkinsville, GA; his father John Calvin Johnson was Clerk of the Superior Court there. He enlisted in Athens, GA on 24 April 1861 as a Private in the Troup Artillery. He was sick and on furlough in Watkinsville from August to the end of 1861.

He was "badly bruised" but not seriously wounded in action at Sharpsburg on 17 September 1862.

He was with his battery to at least the end of 1864, the last record in his military file.

In 1870 he was again living with his parents in Watkinsville, apparently unemployed. By 1880 he was Clerk of the Court and lived with his brother John and his family in Watkinsville, by then in Oconee County. He had retired by 1900, then still living with John in Watkinsville.

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. His slight wound from a list of casualties published in the Athens Southern Banner of 8 October 1862 - from a letter from Captain Carlton to Carlton's parents; thanks to Laura Elliott for transcribing that. Personal details from family genealogists and the US Census of 1860-1900. His gravesite is on Findagrave.

c. 1834 in GA

Date not known; burial in Watkinsville Cemetery, Watkinsville, GA