General Joseph Johnston

Character Key Number: 
361
Display Name: 
General Joseph Johnston
Sort Name: 
Johnston, General Joseph
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

The historical figure General Joseph Johnston - often referred to as Joe - is mentioned in seven Yoknapatawpha fictions, though he doesn't appear in any of them. For much of the Civil War he was in charge of Confederate forces in the western theater, which included Mississippi.