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About Thomas Hopp Johnson
Thomas was the son of Meshach Johnson, a War of 1812 veteran and Rebecca Rhea. He was one of seven brothers to serve in the CSA.
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Enlisted in Co. C - Lake Swamp Volunteers, 10th SC Infantry July 19, 1861 at age 18 per records. Died at the Fair Grounds Hospital #2, Atlanta GA of Typhoid Fever.
10th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Marion, near Georgetown, South Carolina, in July, 1861. Its members were raised in the counties of Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg, Marion, and Charleston. The regiment moved to Cat Island where many of the men suffered from typhoid fever, measels, and mumps. In March, 1862, it was sent to Mississippi, then in the Kentucky Campaign it was involved in the capture of Munfordsville. During the war it was assigned to General Manigault's and Sharp's Brigade and from September, 1863 to April, 1864, was consolidated with the 19th Regiment. The unit served with the Army of Tennessee from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, endured Hood's winter campaign in Tennessee, and saw action in North Carolina. It lost 16 killed, 91 wounded, and 2 missing at Murfreesboro, and the 10th/19th had 236 killed or wounded at Chickamauga and totalled 436 men and 293 arms in December, 1863. During the Atlanta Campaign, July 20-28, the 10th Regiment lost 19 of 24 officers engaged and surrendered on April 26, 1865, with no officers and 55 men. The field officers were Colonels Arthur M. Manigault and James F. Pressley, Lieutenant Colonels Julius T. Porcher and C. Irvine Walker,and Major A.J. Shaw
No known spouse or issue.
One of 7 Johnson brothers to serve in the CSA.
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Thomas Hopp Johnson's Timeline
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1845
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Horry, South Carolina, United States
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1863
Age 18
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Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
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Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States
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