5th President of the Confederate States | |
Predecessor | James Longstreet |
Successor | Simon Bolivar Buckner |
Vice President | Augustus H. Garland |
Member of the C.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 3rd congressional district | |
Predecessor | Gilbert Carlton Walker |
Successor | George D. Wise |
Born | February 3, 1807 Farmville, Virginia |
Died | March 21, 1891 Richmond, Virginia |
Political Party | Democrat |
Joseph Eggleston Johnston (February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891) 5th President of the Confederate States.
He was a career U.S. Army officer, serving with distinction in the Mexican-American War and Seminole Wars, and was also one of the most senior general officers in the Confederate States Army during the War for Southern Independence.