Johnson, Charles B. (Charles Brickner)

Charles B. Johnson of Johnson and Grimes, was a quartermaster in the Indian Territory, now known as Oklahoma and Texas. He helped to supply various Confederate military outfits with food. He was also from time to time ordered to furnish Indians with favorable relationships with the Confederate Government food and supplies.

In the 1850s and 1860s, Charles B. Johnson was a partner with Matthew Grimes in the mercantile firm Johnson and Grimes, based in Fort Smith, Arkansas. In 1862, the Wichita Indian Agency contracted the company to supply them with food and other goods. The same year, Johnson became a quartermaster’s agent for the Confederate Army at Sherman, Texas, in charge of securing provisions for troops and Indians.