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George Washington Johnson (May 27 1811 – April 8 1862) was the first Confederate governor of Kentucky. A lawyer-turned-farmer from Scott County Kentucky Johnson favored secession as a means of preventing the Civil War believing the Union and Confederacy would be forces of equal strength each too wary to attack the other.

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active years end date
1862-04-08
active years start date
1861-11-20
alma mater
Transylvania University
battle
American Civil War
birth date
1811-05-27
birth name
George Washington Johnson
birth place
Scott County Kentucky
committee
Committee of Sixty
country
Confederate States of America
death date
1862-04-08
death place
Battle of Shiloh
lieutenant
Horatio F. Simrall
military branch
Confederate States Army
military rank
Private (rank)
order in office
Governor of Kentucky, 1st Confederate
party
Democratic Party (United States)
region
Kentucky, Scott County Kentucky
resting place
Georgetown Kentucky
service end year
1862-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
service start year
1862-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
successor
Richard Hawes

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