George Seton Johnston – Private, Confederate States of America Marine Corps

George Seton Johnston, a member of Company B of the Confederate States Marine Corps, is probably the only member of the CSMC to be buried in Arlington Cemetery. He enlisted at Richmond on September 1, 1864, as Private, and was assigned to the CSS Virginia II; surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina in April, 1865.

He resided in Virginia after the war and received a Confederate pension from the state government until his death at Lyon Park on June 2, 1928.


George Seton Johnston, Private, Company B, CSMC; born Nelson County, Virginia, May 31, 1847; died Lyon Park, Arlington County, Virginia, February 6, 1928; buried Confederate section, Arlington National Cemetery.

JOHNSTON, GEORGE S
PVT B MARINE C S NAVY
VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown
DATE OF DEATH: 02/06/1928
DATE OF INTERMENT: Unknown
BURIED AT: SECTION CONFE  SITE 164-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY

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