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Lt. Col. William Preston Johnston, by Joseph Henry Bush. William Preston Johnston (January 5, 1831 – July 16, 1899) was a lawyer, scholar, poet, and Confederate soldier. He was the son and biographer of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston.
Colonel William Preston Johnston, The Life of General Albert Sidney Johnston : His Service in the Armies of the United States, the Republic of Texas, and the Confederate States.
(1831-1899) Kentucky, Virginia, Louisiana. William Preston Johnston was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the son of General Albert Sidney Johnston. His mother, Henrietta (Preston) Johnston), died when he was four, and he was raised by General William Preston and a relative of his mother's.
General Johnston 's own papers have been preserved almost entire since 1836; and these, including his Confederate archives, complete, have supplied ampler and more perfect materials than most biographers enjoy.
Born in Kentucky, William Preston Johnston became a colonel in the Confederate army at the beginning of the Civil War and served on the staff of Jefferson Davis. After the war he was a professor at Washington and Lee University until November, 1880 when he became president of Louisiana State University.
Overview. William Preston Johnston. (1831—1899) Quick Reference. (1831–99) Confederate army officer with a Kentucky regiment, born in Louisville, Kentucky. Johnston became aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis and saw action at the battles of Seven Pines (1862), Cold Harbor ...
William Preston Johnston had first met Lee at Louisville, Kentucky, in I855 where Lee was in temporary command of the recently organized. Second U. S. Cavalry, whose colonel and lieutenant colonel were Albert. Sidney Johnston and Robert E. Lee respectively.
