Johnston

Submitted by sfr on Thu, 2017-06-29 13:25
Text: 
"My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek"
Character Key: 
General Joseph Johnston
Display Name: 
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: 
Tallahatchie Crossing|Iron Bridge|Wyott's Crossing|Wyliesport|Wylie's Crossing in "My Grandmother Millard and General Bedford Forrest and the Battle of Harrykin Creek" (Location)
Date of Birth: 
Tuesday, February 3, 1807
Origin: 
Virginia
Other Texts: 
"Retreat"
Absalom, Absalom!
Flags in the Dust
Requiem for a Nun
The Reivers
The Unvanquished
Biography: 

A General in the Confederate Army. Although in the story Forrest says General Johnston is "at Jackson" in Mississippi, at the time of the battle of Harrykin Creek - April 1862 - he was actually fighting in Virginia. (He was put in charge of Confederate forces in the western theater of the war, which included Mississippi, at the end of 1862.)

Individual or Group: 
Individual
Character changes class in this text: 

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