Joseph Johnston

Submitted by sfr on Tue, 2019-01-08 14:43
Text: 
Requiem for a Nun
Character Key: 
General Joseph Johnston
Display Name: 
Joseph Johnston
Sort Name: 
Johnston, General Joseph
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Upper Class
Rank: 
Minor
Vitality: 
Alive
Occupation: 
Armed Forces
Specific Job: 
Confederate Officer
First Mentioned: 
Jackson, Mississippi in Requiem for a Nun (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"
Absalom, Absalom!
Flags in the Dust
The Reivers
The Unvanquished
Biography: 

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the Confederacy's most senior Generals. Beginning in 1863, he commanded all southern troops in the Department of the West, which included Jackson as well as (imaginatively) Yoknapatawpha.

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

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