W. L. Johnson

W. L. Johnson

Private, Company F, 40th Regiment, Georgia Infantry, CSA

Promoted to Private March 4, 1862

Captured at Baker's Creek, Mississippi May 16, 1863

Sent via Camp Morton, Indiana to Fort Delaware, Delaware, then to City Point, Virginia, where he was exchanged July 6, 1863

Deserted and took oath of allegiance to United States at Chattanooga, Tennessee November 24, 1864 Admitted to U. S. A. General Hospital at Chattanooga, Tennessee, from Military Prison, January 1, 1865

Sent to General Hospital January 2, 1865