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    Georgia Colonel "Frank W. Johnston"?

    "It having been satisfactorily ascertained that Frank W. Johnston, a private in the Second Company, while on a furlough, and residing in Georgia, had enlisted in the service of the rebels as a colonel of infantry, he was, at the December meeting, unanimously expelled." - Emmons Clark, History of the Second Company of the Seventh Regiment (N.Y.S.M.)

    Any idea who Johnston was?
    Marc A. Hermann
    Liberty Rifles.
    MOLLUS, New York Commandery.
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    In honor of Sgt. William H. Forrest, Co. K, 114th PA Vol. Infantry. Pvt. Emanuel Hermann, 45th PA Militia. Lt. George W. Hopkins & Capt. William K. Hopkins, Co. E, 7th PA Reserves. Pvt. Joseph A. Weckerly, 72nd PA Vol. Infantry (WIA June 29, 1862, d. March 23, 1866.) Pvt. Thomas Will, 21st PA Vol. Cavalry (WIA June 18, 1864, d. July 31, 1864.)
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    Re: Georgia Colonel "Frank W. Johnston"?

    Maybe Captain Frank M. Johnston of the 19th Georgia?
    Bob Williams
    26th North Carolina Troops
    Blogsite: http://26nc.org/blog/

    As [one of our cavalry] passed by, the general halted him and inquired "what part of the army he belonged to." "I don't belong to the army, I belong to the cavalry." "That's a fact," says [the general], "you can pass on." Silas Grisamore, 18th Louisiana

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      Re: Georgia Colonel "Frank W. Johnston"?

      There was a F.W. Johnson that served as a Captain in the 59th Georgia.

      Will MacDonald

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        Re: Georgia Colonel "Frank W. Johnston"?

        A cursory search of Captain F. W. Johnson's [very possibly "Johnston"] service records on Footnote shows that he was elected to 1st Lieutenant in May of '62, then promoted to Captain in June of '62. No details are shared, but he is listed as "Under Arrest" during the August 1862 muster roll, and next in the record is his deserter record from Savannah in '65 where he is noted as requesting "to go North" (he as 45 years old at the time).

        Could be our culprit...
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          Re: Georgia Colonel "Frank W. Johnston"?

          Hey Eric,
          I think you may be close. I exhausted my resources last night and could not find anything very concrete. Your Johnson sounds like the turncoat style of this Frank Johnston! His true name could have been Franklin or Francis with an often associated nickname of Frank. My ancestor was a Francis, but went by Frank.
          Interesting stuff!
          Thanks
          Christopher E. McBroom, Capt.
          16th Ark. Infantry - 1st Arkansas Battalion, C.S.A.

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