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Source: Who's Who in America
Author: John W. Leonard

Johnston, Robert Daniel
lawyer;
b. Mt. Welcome, Lincoln Co., NC, March 19, 1837;
s. Dr. William Johnston and Nancy (Forney) J.;
grad. Univ. of NC, 1857;
in law at Univ. of Va.;
enlisted in C.S.A. in 1861 as private; elected 2d Lt.; elected Lt.-col. 23d NC 
regt., May, 1862; wounded twice at Seven Pines; wounded in head at 
Spotsylvania C.H.; wounded at Gettsburg in 1st day's fighting; promoted from 
Lt.-col to brig.-gen., C.S.A., after the battle of Gettysburg; participated in 
all battles of Army of Northern Va.; again wounded at battle of Hare's Hill, 
nr. Petersburg, Va.; and paroled at Charlotte, NC., April, 1865;
m. Greensboro, NC, Nov. 1, 1871, Lizzie Johnston Evans; g.d. Gov. John M. 
Morehead.
Began practice of law at Charlotte, NC;
had a large and lucrative practice;
moved in 1887 to Birmingham, Ala., as pres. Birmingham Nat. Bank; and engaged 
in banking; now promoting investments on mineral and other lands.
Brother of Joseph F. Johnston, gov. of Ala.
Residence: 1721 12th Av., S.
Office: 425 Chalifoux Bldg., Birmingham, Ala.

Additional Comments:
Source:
Who's Who in America
A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of the United States.
Volume 3
1903-1905
Established, 1899, by Albert Nelson Marquis
Edited by John W. Leonard
Chicago
A.N. Marquis & Company
Publishers
1903

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