Richard W. Johnson (Kentucky, Union general, livingston county native)
b. 1827-02-27 d. 1897-04-21
Kentucky, soldier. Livingston County, Kentucky native. Graduated from the United State Military Academy in West Point, New York in 1849. Served in the U.S. Army from 1849 to 1861. Served in the Union Army as brigadier general of volunteers and major general from October 11, 1861 to 1867.
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Ezra J. Warner, Jr., Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1964), 253-254.
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Johnson, Richard W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198789 (November 12, 2026).
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