MORTIMER C. JOHNSON- Private, Co. H, 31st Virginia Infantry, 2nd Lt., Co A, 18th Virginia Cavalry & Captain, 2nd Co. H, 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry. Born 1836 Meadowville, Barbour County. He married Rebecca POLING, daughter of James & Elizabeth (VANNOY) POLING. Mortimer was a son of William & Lydia Ann (WELLS) JOHNSON and grandson to Levi & Rebecca (McMULLAN) JOHNSON. His father, William JOHNSON of Meadowville was a strong Confederate sympathizer and spent the war years in self imposed exile as a political refugee in Highland County, Virginia, serving as Barbour County representative to the Virginia House of Delegates. Mortimer, a tradesman like his father, enlisted 14 May 1861 at Philippi as Private in Co. H, (Barbour Greys), commanded by Captain Albert G. REGER. He received a medical discharge from the CSA for prolonged typhoid fever with resultant deafness, 14 June 1862, near Mt. Meridian, Virginia, following the Battle of Port Republic. Returning to Barbour County he enlisted in Co. A, 18th Virginia Cavalry and was appointed 2nd Lt. on 5 September 1862. He then organized 2nd Co. H, 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry and was elected Captain on 4 April 1863. He was very likely present on the retreat of the Army of Northern Virginia following the Battle of Gettysburg and the subsequent Battle of Williamsport, Maryland. During the sad aftermath of the battle of Gettysburg, the 62nd Virginia was assigned to escort the seventeen-mile-long wagon train of Confederate wounded returning to Virginia. Captain JOHNSON was described in the 1894 issue of ‘The Confederate Veteran’, as one of the most successful scouts in Virginia who made frequent trips across the Allegheny Mountains to scout Union activities and recruit Confederate soldiers and horses. 4) While on detached duty with other members of the 62nd Virginia, Mortimer was ambushed and killed on 6 December 1863 by the Union Home Guard in a skirmish at the Sinks of Gandy, Randolph County, leaving his wife and two daughters. He is buried in New Bethel Cemetery, Meadowville, Barbour County. His tombstone inscription reads, ‘CAPTAIN M.C. JOHNSON 1836-1863 REBECCA HIS WIFE 1843-1926 HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY’.


Name: Mortimer C. Johnson
Rank: Captain
Company: H
(See entry under 31st Virginia Infantry for prior CSA service for Captain Johnson)
Following CSA medical discharge from 31st Virginia he returned to Barbour County and enlisted Co. A, 18th Virginia Cavalry and was appointed 2nd Lt.,September 4, 1862. He then organized 2nd Co. H, 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry and was elected its' Captain on April 4, 1863. Very likely present with Imboden's independent command on the retreat from Gettysburg and Battle of Williamsport July 6-7, 1863.
Ambushed and killed by Union Home Guard at the Sinks of Gandy, Randolph Co., WV. December 6, 1863, while on detached duty for the 62nd Virginia. Survived by wife Rebecca and two daughters. Buried New Bethel Cemetery, Meadowville, Barbour County. Tombstone inscription reads; 'Captain M.C. Johnson 1836-1863, He Died for His Country'.
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Name: Mortimer C. Johnson
Rank: Private
Company: H
Born Barbour County 1836, son of William. Enlisted Co. K, at Philippi, Wv. May 14, 1861, 5'8' inches, dark hair, blue eyes, fair complexion. Brothers Isaac V., Thomas B., & Joseph Johnson also served CSA. Father, William was Barbour County representative to the Virginia House of Delegates 1860-65.
Medical discharge from CSA near Mt. Meridian, Va. on June 14, 1862 following Battle of Port Republic. Discharged for prolonged typhoid fever with resulting deafness. Returned to Barbour County and later served as Captain, Co. H, 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry. (see entry for 62nd Virginia)
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