Father: Dr. James Thomas Johnson (1782-1837)
Mother: Jane Leeper (1782-1818)
1826 - Studied medicine under Dr. William Miller, Madisonville, KY
1828 - Attended, Cumberland College, KY
1829 - Resumed his medical studies
00/00/1830 - Married, Elizabeth Prince Earle (she died in 1862)
1832 - Began the practice of medicine, Davis Co., KY
1837 - Elected to the Kentucky State Legislature (served 2 years)
1837 - Father, Dr. James Thomas Johnson died and Dr. John Milton Johnson moved to Caldwell Co., KY, "to take charge of the paternal estate, undertaking at the same time the education of his four brothers"
08/27/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Crittenden Co., KY (living with Elizabeth Johnson, J. L. Johnson, Antonia Johnson, Laura H. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, John M. Johnson, Betty H. Johnson - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as John M. Johnson)
1853 - Moved to Paducah, McCracken Co., KY and continued his practice of medicine
1859 - Elected to the Kentucky State Senate (served 2 years)
07/27/1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Paducah, McCracken Co., KY (living with E.P. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, and John M. Johnson, Jr. - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
11/14/1861 - In an order written in Nashville, TN, by Medical Director D. W. Yandell, "Acting Surg Johnson will take charge of Douglas Hospital, Market Street and organize same. The Acting Asst Surgeon now on duty in said Hospital will report to Surg Johnson"
11/14/1861-12/27/1861 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN, at $162/mo.
01/00/1862 - Private physician employed in the General Hospital, Nashville, TN
01/20/1862 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN
03/17/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
04/17/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 01/11/1862
04/17/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
04/17/1862 - Confirmed as Surgeon from KY by the Confederate States Senate
05/25/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
07/23/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/01/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/00/1862 - Wife, Elizabeth, died
08/11/1862 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is relieved from further duty at Atlanta, Ga.; will report for duty to General Braxton Bragg, commanding, &c., at Chattanooga, Tenn." [S.O. 186/2]
12/06/1862 - Acting Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, Shelbyville, TN
12/16/1862 - Surgeon and Medical Inspector, 1st Division, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, College Grove, TN
12/27/1862 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division [2nd Division], Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/31/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
03/08/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
04/04/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
06/02/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Wartrace, TN
06/07/1863 - Announced as Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
06/20/1863 - In a letter written by Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, from his Headquarters in Wartrace, TN, to Brig. Genl. W. W. MacKall, Chief of Staff for Gen. J. E. Johnston, "General, Surgeon D. W. Yandell Medical Director of this Corps was sometime since detached from my Staff by General J E Johnston and is a present in Mississippi with that officer, who informs me that the transfer is permanent. I consent to the arrangement because I believe the transfer of Surgeon Yandell to an enlarged sphere of duty will be to the interest of the service. I have appointed Surgn. Jno M Johnson, Chief Surgn. of Cleburne's Division of my corps who is an energetic and capable officer and as Acting Medical Director thoroughly versed in the duties of the position, Medical Director of this Army Corps and respectfully ask that the appointment be confirmed by the proper authority. I am General Very Respectfully Yr Obt Svt, W. J. Hardee, Lieut General"
06/20/1863 - Appointed Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
07/18/1863 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is assigned to duty as medical director of Lieutenant-General W. L. H. [W. J.] Hardee's corps, and will report accordingly." [S.O. 170/10]
07/25/1863 - Announced as Medical Director to Gen. W. J. Hardee, commanding Department of the West (temporary)
07/30/1863 - Surgeon and Medical Director, Army of Mississippi and East Louisiana, near Morton, MS
10/10/1863 - As Surgeon and Medical Director, on a Field Return of exchanged and paroled prisoners at Enterprise, MS, and Demopolis, AL, commanded by Lt. Gen. Hardee
11/25/1863 - "The following-named surgeons are relieved from their present assignment, and will report to Lieutenant-General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, for further assignment in that department: Surgeons D. W. Yandell, John M. Johnson." [S.O. 280/21]
12/12/1863 - Gen. Polk asked that Dr. John M. Johnson be assigned to duty with him as Medical Director, but Dr. Johnson refused the position.
12/29/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Confederate States Army and Medical Director, Gen. W.J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, the reason having to do with his being ordered to report to Gen. Kirby Smith's command, then in Texas. "Dr. Johnson, being unwilling to accept this practical banishment, preferred to resign his commission." [for more details, see: John Milton Johnson (1880) Representative Men of the South. Chas. Robson & Co., Philadelphia, PA. pp. 435 - 438.]
01/01/1864 - Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
01/18/1864 - Resignation accepted [S.O. 14]
05/00/1864 - Married, Mary Willis Cobb Erwin, Atlanta, GA (she died in 1899)
1864 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
1868-1872 - Professor of Philosophy and Pathological Anatomy, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA
1870 - Practiced medicine, Ward 2, Atlanta, GA (living with wife, Mary W. - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
1873 - President, Atlanta Academy of Medicine
- Member, Georgia Medical Association
1875 - M.D. degree, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA [probably honorary]
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, Mary - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
- Member, Fulton County [GA] Medical Society
1886 - Practiced medicine, 72 Marietta St. Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
05/18/1886 - Died, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA)
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/03/2015. Unpublished database.
Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial, added the following:
Second husband of Mary Willis Cobb/Erwin/Johnson.
Mother: Jane Leeper (1782-1818)
1826 - Studied medicine under Dr. William Miller, Madisonville, KY
1828 - Attended, Cumberland College, KY
1829 - Resumed his medical studies
00/00/1830 - Married, Elizabeth Prince Earle (she died in 1862)
1832 - Began the practice of medicine, Davis Co., KY
1837 - Elected to the Kentucky State Legislature (served 2 years)
1837 - Father, Dr. James Thomas Johnson died and Dr. John Milton Johnson moved to Caldwell Co., KY, "to take charge of the paternal estate, undertaking at the same time the education of his four brothers"
08/27/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Crittenden Co., KY (living with Elizabeth Johnson, J. L. Johnson, Antonia Johnson, Laura H. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, John M. Johnson, Betty H. Johnson - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as John M. Johnson)
1853 - Moved to Paducah, McCracken Co., KY and continued his practice of medicine
1859 - Elected to the Kentucky State Senate (served 2 years)
07/27/1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Paducah, McCracken Co., KY (living with E.P. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, and John M. Johnson, Jr. - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
11/14/1861 - In an order written in Nashville, TN, by Medical Director D. W. Yandell, "Acting Surg Johnson will take charge of Douglas Hospital, Market Street and organize same. The Acting Asst Surgeon now on duty in said Hospital will report to Surg Johnson"
11/14/1861-12/27/1861 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN, at $162/mo.
01/00/1862 - Private physician employed in the General Hospital, Nashville, TN
01/20/1862 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN
03/17/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
04/17/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 01/11/1862
04/17/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
04/17/1862 - Confirmed as Surgeon from KY by the Confederate States Senate
05/25/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
07/23/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/01/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/00/1862 - Wife, Elizabeth, died
08/11/1862 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is relieved from further duty at Atlanta, Ga.; will report for duty to General Braxton Bragg, commanding, &c., at Chattanooga, Tenn." [S.O. 186/2]
12/06/1862 - Acting Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, Shelbyville, TN
12/16/1862 - Surgeon and Medical Inspector, 1st Division, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, College Grove, TN
12/27/1862 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division [2nd Division], Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/31/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
03/08/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
04/04/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
06/02/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Wartrace, TN
06/07/1863 - Announced as Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
06/20/1863 - In a letter written by Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, from his Headquarters in Wartrace, TN, to Brig. Genl. W. W. MacKall, Chief of Staff for Gen. J. E. Johnston, "General, Surgeon D. W. Yandell Medical Director of this Corps was sometime since detached from my Staff by General J E Johnston and is a present in Mississippi with that officer, who informs me that the transfer is permanent. I consent to the arrangement because I believe the transfer of Surgeon Yandell to an enlarged sphere of duty will be to the interest of the service. I have appointed Surgn. Jno M Johnson, Chief Surgn. of Cleburne's Division of my corps who is an energetic and capable officer and as Acting Medical Director thoroughly versed in the duties of the position, Medical Director of this Army Corps and respectfully ask that the appointment be confirmed by the proper authority. I am General Very Respectfully Yr Obt Svt, W. J. Hardee, Lieut General"
06/20/1863 - Appointed Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
07/18/1863 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is assigned to duty as medical director of Lieutenant-General W. L. H. [W. J.] Hardee's corps, and will report accordingly." [S.O. 170/10]
07/25/1863 - Announced as Medical Director to Gen. W. J. Hardee, commanding Department of the West (temporary)
07/30/1863 - Surgeon and Medical Director, Army of Mississippi and East Louisiana, near Morton, MS
10/10/1863 - As Surgeon and Medical Director, on a Field Return of exchanged and paroled prisoners at Enterprise, MS, and Demopolis, AL, commanded by Lt. Gen. Hardee
11/25/1863 - "The following-named surgeons are relieved from their present assignment, and will report to Lieutenant-General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, for further assignment in that department: Surgeons D. W. Yandell, John M. Johnson." [S.O. 280/21]
12/12/1863 - Gen. Polk asked that Dr. John M. Johnson be assigned to duty with him as Medical Director, but Dr. Johnson refused the position.
12/29/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Confederate States Army and Medical Director, Gen. W.J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, the reason having to do with his being ordered to report to Gen. Kirby Smith's command, then in Texas. "Dr. Johnson, being unwilling to accept this practical banishment, preferred to resign his commission." [for more details, see: John Milton Johnson (1880) Representative Men of the South. Chas. Robson & Co., Philadelphia, PA. pp. 435 - 438.]
01/01/1864 - Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
01/18/1864 - Resignation accepted [S.O. 14]
05/00/1864 - Married, Mary Willis Cobb Erwin, Atlanta, GA (she died in 1899)
1864 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
1868-1872 - Professor of Philosophy and Pathological Anatomy, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA
1870 - Practiced medicine, Ward 2, Atlanta, GA (living with wife, Mary W. - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
1873 - President, Atlanta Academy of Medicine
- Member, Georgia Medical Association
1875 - M.D. degree, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA [probably honorary]
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, Mary - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
- Member, Fulton County [GA] Medical Society
1886 - Practiced medicine, 72 Marietta St. Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
05/18/1886 - Died, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA)
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/03/2015. Unpublished database.
Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial, added the following:
Second husband of Mary Willis Cobb/Erwin/Johnson.
Father: Dr. James Thomas Johnson (1782-1837)
Mother: Jane Leeper (1782-1818)
1826 - Studied medicine under Dr. William Miller, Madisonville, KY
1828 - Attended, Cumberland College, KY
1829 - Resumed his medical studies
00/00/1830 - Married, Elizabeth Prince Earle (she died in 1862)
1832 - Began the practice of medicine, Davis Co., KY
1837 - Elected to the Kentucky State Legislature (served 2 years)
1837 - Father, Dr. James Thomas Johnson died and Dr. John Milton Johnson moved to Caldwell Co., KY, "to take charge of the paternal estate, undertaking at the same time the education of his four brothers"
08/27/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Crittenden Co., KY (living with Elizabeth Johnson, J. L. Johnson, Antonia Johnson, Laura H. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, John M. Johnson, Betty H. Johnson - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as John M. Johnson)
1853 - Moved to Paducah, McCracken Co., KY and continued his practice of medicine
1859 - Elected to the Kentucky State Senate (served 2 years)
07/27/1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Paducah, McCracken Co., KY (living with E.P. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, and John M. Johnson, Jr. - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
11/14/1861 - In an order written in Nashville, TN, by Medical Director D. W. Yandell, "Acting Surg Johnson will take charge of Douglas Hospital, Market Street and organize same. The Acting Asst Surgeon now on duty in said Hospital will report to Surg Johnson"
11/14/1861-12/27/1861 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN, at $162/mo.
01/00/1862 - Private physician employed in the General Hospital, Nashville, TN
01/20/1862 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN
03/17/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
04/17/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 01/11/1862
04/17/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
04/17/1862 - Confirmed as Surgeon from KY by the Confederate States Senate
05/25/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
07/23/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/01/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/00/1862 - Wife, Elizabeth, died
08/11/1862 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is relieved from further duty at Atlanta, Ga.; will report for duty to General Braxton Bragg, commanding, &c., at Chattanooga, Tenn." [S.O. 186/2]
12/06/1862 - Acting Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, Shelbyville, TN
12/16/1862 - Surgeon and Medical Inspector, 1st Division, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, College Grove, TN
12/27/1862 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division [2nd Division], Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/31/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
03/08/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
04/04/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
06/02/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Wartrace, TN
06/07/1863 - Announced as Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
06/20/1863 - In a letter written by Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, from his Headquarters in Wartrace, TN, to Brig. Genl. W. W. MacKall, Chief of Staff for Gen. J. E. Johnston, "General, Surgeon D. W. Yandell Medical Director of this Corps was sometime since detached from my Staff by General J E Johnston and is a present in Mississippi with that officer, who informs me that the transfer is permanent. I consent to the arrangement because I believe the transfer of Surgeon Yandell to an enlarged sphere of duty will be to the interest of the service. I have appointed Surgn. Jno M Johnson, Chief Surgn. of Cleburne's Division of my corps who is an energetic and capable officer and as Acting Medical Director thoroughly versed in the duties of the position, Medical Director of this Army Corps and respectfully ask that the appointment be confirmed by the proper authority. I am General Very Respectfully Yr Obt Svt, W. J. Hardee, Lieut General"
06/20/1863 - Appointed Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
07/18/1863 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is assigned to duty as medical director of Lieutenant-General W. L. H. [W. J.] Hardee's corps, and will report accordingly." [S.O. 170/10]
07/25/1863 - Announced as Medical Director to Gen. W. J. Hardee, commanding Department of the West (temporary)
07/30/1863 - Surgeon and Medical Director, Army of Mississippi and East Louisiana, near Morton, MS
10/10/1863 - As Surgeon and Medical Director, on a Field Return of exchanged and paroled prisoners at Enterprise, MS, and Demopolis, AL, commanded by Lt. Gen. Hardee
11/25/1863 - "The following-named surgeons are relieved from their present assignment, and will report to Lieutenant-General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, for further assignment in that department: Surgeons D. W. Yandell, John M. Johnson." [S.O. 280/21]
12/12/1863 - Gen. Polk asked that Dr. John M. Johnson be assigned to duty with him as Medical Director, but Dr. Johnson refused the position.
12/29/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Confederate States Army and Medical Director, Gen. W.J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, the reason having to do with his being ordered to report to Gen. Kirby Smith's command, then in Texas. "Dr. Johnson, being unwilling to accept this practical banishment, preferred to resign his commission." [for more details, see: John Milton Johnson (1880) Representative Men of the South. Chas. Robson & Co., Philadelphia, PA. pp. 435 - 438.]
01/01/1864 - Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
01/18/1864 - Resignation accepted [S.O. 14]
05/00/1864 - Married, Mary Willis Cobb Erwin, Atlanta, GA (she died in 1899)
1864 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
1868-1872 - Professor of Philosophy and Pathological Anatomy, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA
1870 - Practiced medicine, Ward 2, Atlanta, GA (living with wife, Mary W. - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
1873 - President, Atlanta Academy of Medicine
- Member, Georgia Medical Association
1875 - M.D. degree, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA [probably honorary]
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, Mary - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
- Member, Fulton County [GA] Medical Society
1886 - Practiced medicine, 72 Marietta St. Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
05/18/1886 - Died, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA)
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/03/2015. Unpublished database.
Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial, added the following:
Second husband of Mary Willis Cobb/Erwin/Johnson.
Mother: Jane Leeper (1782-1818)
1826 - Studied medicine under Dr. William Miller, Madisonville, KY
1828 - Attended, Cumberland College, KY
1829 - Resumed his medical studies
00/00/1830 - Married, Elizabeth Prince Earle (she died in 1862)
1832 - Began the practice of medicine, Davis Co., KY
1837 - Elected to the Kentucky State Legislature (served 2 years)
1837 - Father, Dr. James Thomas Johnson died and Dr. John Milton Johnson moved to Caldwell Co., KY, "to take charge of the paternal estate, undertaking at the same time the education of his four brothers"
08/27/1850 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Crittenden Co., KY (living with Elizabeth Johnson, J. L. Johnson, Antonia Johnson, Laura H. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, John M. Johnson, Betty H. Johnson - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as John M. Johnson)
1853 - Moved to Paducah, McCracken Co., KY and continued his practice of medicine
1859 - Elected to the Kentucky State Senate (served 2 years)
07/27/1860 - Practiced medicine, District No. 2, Paducah, McCracken Co., KY (living with E.P. Johnson, Eliza Johnson, and John M. Johnson, Jr. - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
11/14/1861 - In an order written in Nashville, TN, by Medical Director D. W. Yandell, "Acting Surg Johnson will take charge of Douglas Hospital, Market Street and organize same. The Acting Asst Surgeon now on duty in said Hospital will report to Surg Johnson"
11/14/1861-12/27/1861 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN, at $162/mo.
01/00/1862 - Private physician employed in the General Hospital, Nashville, TN
01/20/1862 - Acting Surgeon, Blind Asylum Hospital, Nashville, TN
03/17/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
04/17/1862 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 01/11/1862
04/17/1862 - Ordered to report to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
04/17/1862 - Confirmed as Surgeon from KY by the Confederate States Senate
05/25/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
07/23/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/01/1862 - Post Surgeon, Atlanta, GA
08/00/1862 - Wife, Elizabeth, died
08/11/1862 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is relieved from further duty at Atlanta, Ga.; will report for duty to General Braxton Bragg, commanding, &c., at Chattanooga, Tenn." [S.O. 186/2]
12/06/1862 - Acting Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, Shelbyville, TN
12/16/1862 - Surgeon and Medical Inspector, 1st Division, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, College Grove, TN
12/27/1862 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division [2nd Division], Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
01/31/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division
03/08/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
04/04/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Tullahoma, TN
06/02/1863 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. P.R. Cleburne's Division, Wartrace, TN
06/07/1863 - Announced as Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
06/20/1863 - In a letter written by Lt. Gen. W. J. Hardee, from his Headquarters in Wartrace, TN, to Brig. Genl. W. W. MacKall, Chief of Staff for Gen. J. E. Johnston, "General, Surgeon D. W. Yandell Medical Director of this Corps was sometime since detached from my Staff by General J E Johnston and is a present in Mississippi with that officer, who informs me that the transfer is permanent. I consent to the arrangement because I believe the transfer of Surgeon Yandell to an enlarged sphere of duty will be to the interest of the service. I have appointed Surgn. Jno M Johnson, Chief Surgn. of Cleburne's Division of my corps who is an energetic and capable officer and as Acting Medical Director thoroughly versed in the duties of the position, Medical Director of this Army Corps and respectfully ask that the appointment be confirmed by the proper authority. I am General Very Respectfully Yr Obt Svt, W. J. Hardee, Lieut General"
06/20/1863 - Appointed Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
07/18/1863 - "Surgeon John M. Johnson is assigned to duty as medical director of Lieutenant-General W. L. H. [W. J.] Hardee's corps, and will report accordingly." [S.O. 170/10]
07/25/1863 - Announced as Medical Director to Gen. W. J. Hardee, commanding Department of the West (temporary)
07/30/1863 - Surgeon and Medical Director, Army of Mississippi and East Louisiana, near Morton, MS
10/10/1863 - As Surgeon and Medical Director, on a Field Return of exchanged and paroled prisoners at Enterprise, MS, and Demopolis, AL, commanded by Lt. Gen. Hardee
11/25/1863 - "The following-named surgeons are relieved from their present assignment, and will report to Lieutenant-General E. Kirby Smith, commanding the Trans-Mississippi Department, for further assignment in that department: Surgeons D. W. Yandell, John M. Johnson." [S.O. 280/21]
12/12/1863 - Gen. Polk asked that Dr. John M. Johnson be assigned to duty with him as Medical Director, but Dr. Johnson refused the position.
12/29/1863 - Tendered resignation as Surgeon, Confederate States Army and Medical Director, Gen. W.J. Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee, the reason having to do with his being ordered to report to Gen. Kirby Smith's command, then in Texas. "Dr. Johnson, being unwilling to accept this practical banishment, preferred to resign his commission." [for more details, see: John Milton Johnson (1880) Representative Men of the South. Chas. Robson & Co., Philadelphia, PA. pp. 435 - 438.]
01/01/1864 - Medical Director, Gen. W. J. Hardee's Corps
01/18/1864 - Resignation accepted [S.O. 14]
05/00/1864 - Married, Mary Willis Cobb Erwin, Atlanta, GA (she died in 1899)
1864 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, GA
1868-1872 - Professor of Philosophy and Pathological Anatomy, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA
1870 - Practiced medicine, Ward 2, Atlanta, GA (living with wife, Mary W. - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
1873 - President, Atlanta Academy of Medicine
- Member, Georgia Medical Association
1875 - M.D. degree, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA [probably honorary]
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (living with wife, Mary - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as J. M. Johnson)
- Member, Fulton County [GA] Medical Society
1886 - Practiced medicine, 72 Marietta St. Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA
05/18/1886 - Died, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, GA)
Bob Krick provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
06/03/2015. Unpublished database.
Judy K. Brantley/Wilson, the creator of this memorial, added the following:
Second husband of Mary Willis Cobb/Erwin/Johnson.
Family Members
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