David H. JOHNSTON

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Was in Company K, 8th Missouri volunteers, for three years
• Census: 1850, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living with parents in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1880, Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska
• Census: 1900, Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska
• Census: 1910, Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska
• Census: 1920, Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska
• Census: 1930, Living in Mead, Merrick Co., Nebraska

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Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, he served as a Private in Company K, 8th Missouri Volunteer Infantry, enlisting in Warsaw County, Illinois. He would go on to be awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Vicksburg, Mississippi on May 22, 1863. His citation simply reads "Gallantry in the charge of the "volunteer storming party." On the day in question 150 men were called to volunteer to make a "forlorn hope" diversionary charge on the Confederate position known as the Stockade Redan ? a charge that was intended to draw fire away from the real planned attack, and a charge no one was expected to return from (to this end, only unmarried men were accepted as volunteers). After charging an open plain in full view of the Confederates, the withering fire was such that most of the volunteers were cut down, and those that made it through the fire sought shelter in a ravine under the Redan. There they stayed and fought until nightfall, when the survivors made their way to return to the Union lines, Private Johnson being one of them (85 percent of the men who made the charge did not make it back). He was awarded his Medal on August 16, 1884, twenty one years after he played his part at Vicksburg.

Bio by: RPD2

David married Nancy J. MCWILLIAMS about 1871. Nancy (daughter of Robert MCWILLIAMS and Elizabeth Ann BOTHELL) was born in Feb 1849 in Pennsylvania; died in 1934; was buried in Bureau Cemetery, Clarks, Merrick Co., Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Mary Elizabeth JOHNSTON was born on 6 Feb 1873 in Tama, Tama Co., Iowa; died on 15 Jan 1965 in Arnold, Custer Co., Nebraska; was buried in Arnold Cemetery, Arnold, Custer Co., Nebraska.
2. Margaret I. JOHNSTON was born on 7 Nov 1874 in Iowa; died on 20 Nov 1925.
3. Robert Franklin JOHNSTON was born on 19 Jan 1877 in Nebraska; died on 17 Apr 1959 in Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska.
4. Minnie Pearl JOHNSTON was born on 25 Mar 1879 in Nebraska; died on 22 Jul 1964.
5. Nettie M. JOHNSTON was born in Oct 1881 in Nebraska; died in 1908.
6. William Henry JOHNSTON was born on 21 Feb 1885 in Central City, Nebraska; died in 1964.
7. David Walker JOHNSTON was born on 18 Mar 1888 in Nebraska; died in Nov 1976 in Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska.
8. John Samuel JOHNSTON was born on 28 Oct 1891 in Central City, Merrick Co., Nebraska; died on 16 Sep 1981.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Army - Civil War
• Census: 1850, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Living in Armstrong, Indiana Co., Pennsylvania

David married Margaret WALKER in 1830. Margaret was born on 29 Nov 1802 in Pennsylvania; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Living with husband in Armstrong, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1860, Living with husband in Armstrong, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania
• Census: 1870, Living with husband in Armstrong, Indiana Co, Pennsylvania