THOMAS BENTON JOHNSON - Enlisted Co. H, 31st Virginia Infantry on 14 May 1861 at Philippi. Brother to Mortimer C. & Isaac V. JOHNSON. Born Barbour County 1838. Thomas deserted 15 November 1861 and returned to Barbour County where he was arrested as a POW on 25 November 1861 and was sent to the Union POW facility at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. He was paroled for exchange from Camp Chase, 25 August 1862, via Cairo, Illinois to Vicksburg, Mississippi and exchanged aboard the steamer John H. Done on the Mississippi River on 11 September 1862. Returned to the 31st Virginia at White Post, Virginia by 18 November 1862, where he received a medical discharge for typhoid fever. Thomas was arrested 3 January 1863 in Randolph County by Co. A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry (Union). Post war records indicate he died either in a Union prison or while boarding a moving train. Thomas is buried Bluemont Cemetery, Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia.
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Name: Thomas B. Johnson
Rank: Private
Company: H
Born Barbour County, WV, son of William. Enlisted Co. H, at Philippi, Barbour County, May 14, 1861. Deserted November 15, 1861. Arrested as POW in Barbour County November 25, 1861 and sent to Union POW prison at Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio. Paroled for exchange from Camp Chase and transferred to Vicksburg, MS. Exchanged aboard the steamer John H. Done near Vicksburg September 11, 1862. Returned to 31st Virginia and received a medical discharge for typhoid fever on January 3, 1863 for typhoid fever. Again arrested in Randolph County, WV. by Co. A, 1st West Virginia Cavalry, age 23, 5'8' inces, sallow complexion, auburn hair, sandy whiskers and gray eyes. Possibly later died in prison.
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Date Added: 8/21/2006
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