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Confederate (CSV)

Corporal

William R. Johnson

(? - 1863)

Home State: Georgia

Branch of Service: Infantry

Unit: 28th Georgia Infantry

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted in Washington County, GA on 25 September 1861 and mustered as a Private in Company H, 28th Georgia Infantry. He was appointed Color Corporal on 20 July 1862.

On the Campaign

Brigadier General Colquitt recognized him for gallantry in Maryland.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Color Sergeant about May 1863, but was reduced again to Private in August. He was absent, ill in October and reported to have died on 5 November 1863, place and cause not found.

References & notes

His service from his Compiled Service Records,1 online from fold3. The Colquitt citation is from D.H. Hill's after-action report.

Birth

Date not known; Washington County, GA

Death

11/05/1863

Notes

1 US War Department, Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, Record Group No. 109 (War Department Collection of Confederate Records), Washington DC: US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 1903-1927 [AotW citation 34014]

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