# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-e-johnston
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:40:07.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-e-johnston"
name: "Joseph E. Johnston"
slug: "joseph-e-johnston"
description: "Joseph Eggleston Johnston was an American military officer and politician who served in the United States Army during the Mexican–American War and in the Seminole Wars. After Virginia declared secession from the United States in 1861, he entered the Confederate States Army as one of its most senior general officers during the American Civil War."
tagline: "Confederate general (1807-1891)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Johnston.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1807-02-03"
deathDate: "1891-03-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.48
  momentum:             0.7291034817420843
  historical:           21.57010133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump