Joseph E. Johnston
- Dates: February 3, 1807-March 21, 1891
- State: Virginia
- Highest Rank Attained: General
- Principal Commands: Army of the Shenandoah, Army of Northern Virginia, Department of the West, Army of Tennessee, Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
- Principal Battles: First Bull Run (1861), Fair Oaks (1862), Atlanta Campaign (1864), Carolinas Campaign (1865)