Served with Co. D of the 8th IA Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. Should be the 6th Iowa Infantry.
Walter S Johnson enlisted in 6th Iowa Infantry Company D, (25 Jun 1861 to 6 Jan 1862) as private. The enlisted in 36th Iowa Infantry Company I (4 Oct 1862 to 24 Aug 1865) as Second Lieutenant. Moved from Centerville, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska
Provided by contributor Charles Hall
Walter S. Johnson moved to the village of Cincinnati, Appanoose County Iowa near the Missouri border at the age of 18. There he erected a l building and ran a general merchandise store--the first commercial business in Cincinnati.. Enlisting as Private the 6th Iowa Infantry after For Sumter, he was involved in that regiment's along with several other Iowa regiments, in early operations in "Little Dixie" along the Missouri River, clearing secessionist pockets. He became ill with measles, and when the 6th was ordered along with other Union forces to Springfield, he managed to march the entire way but could not carry his rifle or equipment. Upon arrival at Springfield, Johnson was too ill to continued in service, was discharged and sent home. Upon his complete recovery, he returned to his store at Cincinnati.
In the summer of 1862, a messenger arrived at Cincinnati to raise the alarm that a Confederate press gang was operating in the vicinity of Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, 15 miles south of Cincinnati, and moreover, that the rebels had set Unionville afire and were terrorizing the citizens. Johnson rounded up a company of armed and mounted civilian volunteers, who elected him captain of the party and led them to Unionville. Arriving in the neighborhood they found Unionville intact, but confirmed the rest of the report and began searching for the rebel recruiters. Johnson's party bumped into a company of the Southern Iowa Border Brigade which was responding to the same report, and his company of civilians joined forces under command of the Border Brigade Captain. They rounded up several groups of enemy recruiters.
Upon Lincolns call for 300,000 more volunteers in July 1862, Johnson enlisted in what became CO I, 36th Iowa Infantry, and was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the company.. Johnson served in all of the regiment's campaigns and battles in Mississippi and Arkansas, except Jenkins' Ferry. At the battle of Marks' Mills, where the regiment and brigade of 1200 was ambushed by 8000 Confederates under General Fagan. Johnson and the other prisoners were marched to the rebel prison stockade at Tyler Texas and spent ten months in brutal conditions there. At an early point in their confinement, the sadistic guards informed the prisoners that all of the enlisted prisoners would be paroled and exchanged but the officers would be held until the end of the war and shot. This message prompted many escape attempts by officers. Johnson and three other officers of the 36th --Captain Samuel Swiggett, Adjutant Stephen Mahon, and Captain Joseph Bull Gedney made their escape and after weeks of slogging through swamps and pine forests had nearly reached the Arkansas line when they were accidentally discovered by a party of slave catchers. who turned them over to Confederate authorities and were eturned to Camp Ford. Upon their parole and exchange in late February 1865, Johnson returned with the other healthy men to the rejoin about 300 others of the 36th Iowa-- who had either not been captured or were new soldiers recruited in Iowa--at Little Rock Arkansas and the 36th was reconstituted as a fully manned, combat ready regiment. The 36th's last service was outpost duty at St.Charles, on the White River, guarding the outpost from marauding enemy guerrillas harassing Army transports and Navy gunboats. Lieutenant Johnson remained with the 36th regiment until its muster out of US service on August 24, 1865. Johnson moved to Lincoln Nebraska after the war, and was living there by 1896.
Contributor: Jon Hittle (47865935)
Walter S Johnson enlisted in 6th Iowa Infantry Company D, (25 Jun 1861 to 6 Jan 1862) as private. The enlisted in 36th Iowa Infantry Company I (4 Oct 1862 to 24 Aug 1865) as Second Lieutenant. Moved from Centerville, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska
Provided by contributor Charles Hall
Walter S. Johnson moved to the village of Cincinnati, Appanoose County Iowa near the Missouri border at the age of 18. There he erected a l building and ran a general merchandise store--the first commercial business in Cincinnati.. Enlisting as Private the 6th Iowa Infantry after For Sumter, he was involved in that regiment's along with several other Iowa regiments, in early operations in "Little Dixie" along the Missouri River, clearing secessionist pockets. He became ill with measles, and when the 6th was ordered along with other Union forces to Springfield, he managed to march the entire way but could not carry his rifle or equipment. Upon arrival at Springfield, Johnson was too ill to continued in service, was discharged and sent home. Upon his complete recovery, he returned to his store at Cincinnati.
In the summer of 1862, a messenger arrived at Cincinnati to raise the alarm that a Confederate press gang was operating in the vicinity of Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, 15 miles south of Cincinnati, and moreover, that the rebels had set Unionville afire and were terrorizing the citizens. Johnson rounded up a company of armed and mounted civilian volunteers, who elected him captain of the party and led them to Unionville. Arriving in the neighborhood they found Unionville intact, but confirmed the rest of the report and began searching for the rebel recruiters. Johnson's party bumped into a company of the Southern Iowa Border Brigade which was responding to the same report, and his company of civilians joined forces under command of the Border Brigade Captain. They rounded up several groups of enemy recruiters.
Upon Lincolns call for 300,000 more volunteers in July 1862, Johnson enlisted in what became CO I, 36th Iowa Infantry, and was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the company.. Johnson served in all of the regiment's campaigns and battles in Mississippi and Arkansas, except Jenkins' Ferry. At the battle of Marks' Mills, where the regiment and brigade of 1200 was ambushed by 8000 Confederates under General Fagan. Johnson and the other prisoners were marched to the rebel prison stockade at Tyler Texas and spent ten months in brutal conditions there. At an early point in their confinement, the sadistic guards informed the prisoners that all of the enlisted prisoners would be paroled and exchanged but the officers would be held until the end of the war and shot. This message prompted many escape attempts by officers. Johnson and three other officers of the 36th --Captain Samuel Swiggett, Adjutant Stephen Mahon, and Captain Joseph Bull Gedney made their escape and after weeks of slogging through swamps and pine forests had nearly reached the Arkansas line when they were accidentally discovered by a party of slave catchers. who turned them over to Confederate authorities and were eturned to Camp Ford. Upon their parole and exchange in late February 1865, Johnson returned with the other healthy men to the rejoin about 300 others of the 36th Iowa-- who had either not been captured or were new soldiers recruited in Iowa--at Little Rock Arkansas and the 36th was reconstituted as a fully manned, combat ready regiment. The 36th's last service was outpost duty at St.Charles, on the White River, guarding the outpost from marauding enemy guerrillas harassing Army transports and Navy gunboats. Lieutenant Johnson remained with the 36th regiment until its muster out of US service on August 24, 1865. Johnson moved to Lincoln Nebraska after the war, and was living there by 1896.
Contributor: Jon Hittle (47865935)
Served with Co. D of the 8th IA Infantry during the Civil War per list of veteran burials in Nebraska. Should be the 6th Iowa Infantry.
Walter S Johnson enlisted in 6th Iowa Infantry Company D, (25 Jun 1861 to 6 Jan 1862) as private. The enlisted in 36th Iowa Infantry Company I (4 Oct 1862 to 24 Aug 1865) as Second Lieutenant. Moved from Centerville, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska
Provided by contributor Charles Hall
Walter S. Johnson moved to the village of Cincinnati, Appanoose County Iowa near the Missouri border at the age of 18. There he erected a l building and ran a general merchandise store--the first commercial business in Cincinnati.. Enlisting as Private the 6th Iowa Infantry after For Sumter, he was involved in that regiment's along with several other Iowa regiments, in early operations in "Little Dixie" along the Missouri River, clearing secessionist pockets. He became ill with measles, and when the 6th was ordered along with other Union forces to Springfield, he managed to march the entire way but could not carry his rifle or equipment. Upon arrival at Springfield, Johnson was too ill to continued in service, was discharged and sent home. Upon his complete recovery, he returned to his store at Cincinnati.
In the summer of 1862, a messenger arrived at Cincinnati to raise the alarm that a Confederate press gang was operating in the vicinity of Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, 15 miles south of Cincinnati, and moreover, that the rebels had set Unionville afire and were terrorizing the citizens. Johnson rounded up a company of armed and mounted civilian volunteers, who elected him captain of the party and led them to Unionville. Arriving in the neighborhood they found Unionville intact, but confirmed the rest of the report and began searching for the rebel recruiters. Johnson's party bumped into a company of the Southern Iowa Border Brigade which was responding to the same report, and his company of civilians joined forces under command of the Border Brigade Captain. They rounded up several groups of enemy recruiters.
Upon Lincolns call for 300,000 more volunteers in July 1862, Johnson enlisted in what became CO I, 36th Iowa Infantry, and was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the company.. Johnson served in all of the regiment's campaigns and battles in Mississippi and Arkansas, except Jenkins' Ferry. At the battle of Marks' Mills, where the regiment and brigade of 1200 was ambushed by 8000 Confederates under General Fagan. Johnson and the other prisoners were marched to the rebel prison stockade at Tyler Texas and spent ten months in brutal conditions there. At an early point in their confinement, the sadistic guards informed the prisoners that all of the enlisted prisoners would be paroled and exchanged but the officers would be held until the end of the war and shot. This message prompted many escape attempts by officers. Johnson and three other officers of the 36th --Captain Samuel Swiggett, Adjutant Stephen Mahon, and Captain Joseph Bull Gedney made their escape and after weeks of slogging through swamps and pine forests had nearly reached the Arkansas line when they were accidentally discovered by a party of slave catchers. who turned them over to Confederate authorities and were eturned to Camp Ford. Upon their parole and exchange in late February 1865, Johnson returned with the other healthy men to the rejoin about 300 others of the 36th Iowa-- who had either not been captured or were new soldiers recruited in Iowa--at Little Rock Arkansas and the 36th was reconstituted as a fully manned, combat ready regiment. The 36th's last service was outpost duty at St.Charles, on the White River, guarding the outpost from marauding enemy guerrillas harassing Army transports and Navy gunboats. Lieutenant Johnson remained with the 36th regiment until its muster out of US service on August 24, 1865. Johnson moved to Lincoln Nebraska after the war, and was living there by 1896.
Contributor: Jon Hittle (47865935)
Walter S Johnson enlisted in 6th Iowa Infantry Company D, (25 Jun 1861 to 6 Jan 1862) as private. The enlisted in 36th Iowa Infantry Company I (4 Oct 1862 to 24 Aug 1865) as Second Lieutenant. Moved from Centerville, Iowa to Lincoln, Nebraska
Provided by contributor Charles Hall
Walter S. Johnson moved to the village of Cincinnati, Appanoose County Iowa near the Missouri border at the age of 18. There he erected a l building and ran a general merchandise store--the first commercial business in Cincinnati.. Enlisting as Private the 6th Iowa Infantry after For Sumter, he was involved in that regiment's along with several other Iowa regiments, in early operations in "Little Dixie" along the Missouri River, clearing secessionist pockets. He became ill with measles, and when the 6th was ordered along with other Union forces to Springfield, he managed to march the entire way but could not carry his rifle or equipment. Upon arrival at Springfield, Johnson was too ill to continued in service, was discharged and sent home. Upon his complete recovery, he returned to his store at Cincinnati.
In the summer of 1862, a messenger arrived at Cincinnati to raise the alarm that a Confederate press gang was operating in the vicinity of Unionville, Putnam County, Missouri, 15 miles south of Cincinnati, and moreover, that the rebels had set Unionville afire and were terrorizing the citizens. Johnson rounded up a company of armed and mounted civilian volunteers, who elected him captain of the party and led them to Unionville. Arriving in the neighborhood they found Unionville intact, but confirmed the rest of the report and began searching for the rebel recruiters. Johnson's party bumped into a company of the Southern Iowa Border Brigade which was responding to the same report, and his company of civilians joined forces under command of the Border Brigade Captain. They rounded up several groups of enemy recruiters.
Upon Lincolns call for 300,000 more volunteers in July 1862, Johnson enlisted in what became CO I, 36th Iowa Infantry, and was elected 2nd Lieutenant of the company.. Johnson served in all of the regiment's campaigns and battles in Mississippi and Arkansas, except Jenkins' Ferry. At the battle of Marks' Mills, where the regiment and brigade of 1200 was ambushed by 8000 Confederates under General Fagan. Johnson and the other prisoners were marched to the rebel prison stockade at Tyler Texas and spent ten months in brutal conditions there. At an early point in their confinement, the sadistic guards informed the prisoners that all of the enlisted prisoners would be paroled and exchanged but the officers would be held until the end of the war and shot. This message prompted many escape attempts by officers. Johnson and three other officers of the 36th --Captain Samuel Swiggett, Adjutant Stephen Mahon, and Captain Joseph Bull Gedney made their escape and after weeks of slogging through swamps and pine forests had nearly reached the Arkansas line when they were accidentally discovered by a party of slave catchers. who turned them over to Confederate authorities and were eturned to Camp Ford. Upon their parole and exchange in late February 1865, Johnson returned with the other healthy men to the rejoin about 300 others of the 36th Iowa-- who had either not been captured or were new soldiers recruited in Iowa--at Little Rock Arkansas and the 36th was reconstituted as a fully manned, combat ready regiment. The 36th's last service was outpost duty at St.Charles, on the White River, guarding the outpost from marauding enemy guerrillas harassing Army transports and Navy gunboats. Lieutenant Johnson remained with the 36th regiment until its muster out of US service on August 24, 1865. Johnson moved to Lincoln Nebraska after the war, and was living there by 1896.
Contributor: Jon Hittle (47865935)
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