Joe Johnston

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-11-23 10:40
Text: 
Absalom, Absalom!
Character Key: 
General Joseph Johnston
Display Name: 
Joe Johnston
Sort Name: 
Johnston, General Joseph
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Confederate General
First Mentioned: 
Carolina in the Civil War in Absalom, Absalom! (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, February 3, 1807
Origin: 
Virginia
Other Texts: 
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"
"Retreat"
Flags in the Dust
The Reivers
Biography: 

One of the Confederacy's main commanders throughout the Civil War, after 1862 he commanded "the Army of the West" (277), and thus was involved in much of the fighting around Yoknapatawpha.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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