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Johnston, William Preston (1831–99) Confederate army officer with a Kentucky regiment, born in Louisville, Kentucky. Johnston became aide-de-camp to Jefferson Davis and saw action at the battles of Seven Pines (1862), Cold Harbor (1864), and Petersburg (1864). After the war Johnston had a notable career in academia, as a department chairman at Washington College (later Washington and Lee University), as president of Louisiana State University, and as one of the founders of Tulane University.

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