< A Roster of General Officers
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1 | David E. Twiggs | Georgia | . . . . . | May 22, 1861. | May 22, 1861. | Aug. 29, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Died July 15th, 1862; in command, at New Orleans, of the Military Department of Louisiana.
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2 | Leonidas Polk | Louisiana | . . . . . | June 25, 1861. | June 25, 1861. | Aug. 29, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 10, 1862; commanding First corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the divisions of Clark and Cheatham, and Maxey's detached brigade; originally assigned to command of Department No. 2, comprising the defences of the Mississippi river; also in command of the Armies of Mississippi and Kentucky on the retreat from Kentucky.
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3 | Braxton Bragg | Louisiana | . . . . . | Sept. 12, 1861. | Sept. 12, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted General C.S.A. April 12, 1862; commanding Army, of Tennessee, &c., &c.
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4 | Earl Van Dorn | Mississippi | . . . . . | Sept. 19, 1861. | Sept. 19, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding Army of the District of the Mississippi.
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5 | Gustavus W. Smith | Kentucky | . . . . . | Sept. 19, 1861. | Sept. 19, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Resigned February 17, 1863; assigned to the command of the Second corps Army of the Potomac; afterwards in command of the First division in General J. E. Johnston's Army of Virginia; subsequently relieved General Holmes of the command at Fredericksburg; at Yorktown commanded division composed of the brigades of Whiting, Hood, Hampton, Pettigrew and Hatton, &c., &c.
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6 | Theophilus H. Holmes | N. Carolina | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 10, 1862; assigned to the command of Confederate forces in North Carolina; subsequently in command of the District of Arkansas, &c., &c.; at one time in command of Daniel's, Walker's and Wise's brigades, Army of Northern Virginia.
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7 | William J. Hardee | Georgia | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 10, 1862; commanding Third corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Leddell, Cleburne, Wood, Marmaduke and Hawthorne.
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8 | Benjamin Huger | S. Carolina | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In command at Norfolk, Virginia; division in the field near Richmond, Va., composed of the brigades of Mahone, Wright, Blanchard and Armistead.
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9 | James Longstreet | Alabama | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 9, 1862; commanding First corps Army of Northern Virginia, &c., &c.; division composed of the brigades of Kemper, Pickett, Wilcox, Anderson, Pryor and Featherston; Army of Northern Virginia.
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10 | J. Bankhead Magruder | Virginia | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: On duty on the Peninsula; subsequently in command of the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.
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11 | Mansfield Lovell | Maryland | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In command of New Orleans, &c., &c.; afterwards in command of First division, Army of the District of Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Rust, Villepique and Bowen.
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12 | Thomas J. Jackson | Virginia | . . . . . | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 10, 1862; assigned to the command of the Army of the Monongahela; later command consisted of the divisions of A. P. Hill, Ewell, Rodes, and Jackson's old division.
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13 | E. Kirby Smith | Virginia | . . . . . | Oct. 11, 1861. | Oct. 11, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 9, 1862; commanded reserve division, Army of the Potomac, consisting of Trimble's, Taylor's and Elzey's brigades.
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14 | George B. Crittenden | Kentucky | . . . . . | Nov. 9, 1861. | Nov. 9, 1861. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Resigned October 23, 1862; commanding military operations in East Tennessee and East Kentucky.
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15 | John C. Pemberton | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Feb. 23, 1862. | Jan. 24, 1862. | Jan. 13, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General October 10, 1862; assigned to the command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
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16 | Richard S. Ewell | Virginia | . . . . . | Jan. 24, 1862. | Jan. 24, 1862. | Jan. 24, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General May 23, 1863; commanding Department of Richmond; division composed of the brigades of Elzey, Trimble and Taylor.
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17 | William W. Loring | Florida | Maj. Gen. Huger | Feb. 15, 1862. | Feb. 15, 1862. | Feb. 15, 1862, and Feb. 17, 1864. |
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Remarks: Commanding Department of Western Virginia; subsequently commanded division in Jackson's corps, and afterwards a division in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana. |-
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19 | Benjamin F. Cheatham | Tennessee | . . . . . | Mch. 14, 1862. | Mch. 10, 1862. | Mch. 14, 1862. | . . . . . | |||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Maney, Smith, Wright and Strahl; in January, 1864, in command of Hardee's corps; division afterwards composed of the brigades of Maney, Wright, Strahl and Vaughan; at another time, of the brigades of Jackson, Maney, Smith, Wright and Strahl; Army of Tennessee.
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20 | David E. Twiggs | Virginia | . . . . . | Mch. 14, 1862. | Mch. 10, 1862. | Mch. 14, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In 1864 in command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; in 1862 commanding Second corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Anderson, Richard and Walker; again in command of the Department of West Virginia and East Tennessee.
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21 | John P. McCown | Tennessee | . . . . . | Mch. 14, 1862. | Mch. 10, 1862. | Mch. 14, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding Army of the West, composed of the divisions of Little, McCown and Maury; again, in command of a division in Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Ector, Vance and McNair.
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22 | Daniel Harvey Hill | N. Carolina | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Mch. 26, 1862. | Mch. 26, 1862. | Mch. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Deas, Manigault, Shoup and Brantley; also commanding division, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Doles, Iverson, Ramseur, Rodes and Colquitt.
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23 | Jones M. Withers | Alabama | Gen. B. Bragg | Aug. 16, 1862. | April 6, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding reserve corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Gardner, Chalmers, Jackson and Manigault; also commanded division in Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Deas, Chalmers, Walthall and Anderson.
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24 | T. C. Hindman | Arkansas | Gen. Beauregard | Apl. 18, 1862. | Apl. 14, 1862. | Apl. 18, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Deas, Walthall, Manigault and Anderson, Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee; at one time in command of a corps in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Hindman, Breckinridge and Stewart; again, division composed of the brigades of Tucker, Deas, Manigault and Walthall.
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25 | John C. Breckinridge | Kentucky | Gen. Beauregard | Apl. 18, 1862. | Apl. 14, 1862. | Apl. 18, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Afterwards Secretary of War; division composed of the brigades of Helm, Dan'l W. Adams and Stovall; in 1862 commanding division, Van Dorn's Army, District of Mississippi; in December, 1862, commanding cavalry division, Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the Brigades of Hanson, Palmer and Walker; in 1863 division composed of the brigades of Helm, Preston, Brown and Adams.
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26 | Lafayette McLaws | Georgia | Gen. J. E. Johnston | May 23, 1862. | May 23, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Kershaw, Wofford, Humphreys and Bryan; in 1864 in command of the District of Georgia; at the battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Wofford, Kershaw, Barksdale and Semmes.
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27 | Ambrose P. Hill | Virginia | Gen. J. E. Johnston | May 26, 1862. | May 26, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General May 24, 1863; commanding division in Army of Northern Virginia.
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28 | Richard H. Anderson | S. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | July 14, 1862. | July 14, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General shortly after the battle of Spotsylvania; division composed of Mahone's, Wright's, Armistead's and Martin's brigades; Posey's, Wilcox's and Pryor's brigades were subsequently added; all attached to the Army of Northern Virginia; at the battle of Fredericksburg his division was composed of the brigades of Perry, Featherston, Wright, Wilcox and Mahone.
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29 | J. E. B. Stuart | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | July 25, 1862. | July 25, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Died of wounds May 12, 1864; division composed of the brigades of Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee and W. H. F. Lee; Chief of Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia; succeeded Lieutenant-General A. P. Hill in command of the Second corps, Army of Northern Virginia, during battle of Chancellorsville.
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30 | Richard Taylor | Louisiana | Gen. R. E. Lee | July 28, 1862. | July 28, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General April 8, 1864; commanding Department of Louisiana; also District of Western Louisiana.
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32 | Simon B. Buckner | Kentucky | Gen. B. Bragg | Aug. 16, 1862. | Aug. 16, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General 1865; command composed of the division of Major-General A. P. Stewart, consisting of the brigades of Johnson, Brown, Bate and Clayton, and the division of Brigadier-General Wm. Preston, consisting of the brigades of Gracie, Trigg and Kelly, and of three battalions of light artillery; Army of Tennessee. |-
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32 | S. G. French | Mississippi | Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith | Oct. 22, 1862. | Aug. 31, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | |||||||
Remarks: Commanding Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, with defensive line from the mouth of the Appomattox to Cape Fear river.
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33 | C. L. Stevenson | Virginia | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | Oct. 13, 1862. | Oct. 10, 1862. | Oct. 13, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Brown, Cumming, Pettus and Reynolds, and the light batteries of Anderson, Rowan, Corput and Carne; at another time, of the brigades of Pettus, Palmer and Cumming.
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34 | George B. Pickett | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 10, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding Department of North Carolina in 1864; commanded division in Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Garnett, Armistead, Kemper and Jenkins, to which Corse's brigade was subsequently added.
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35 | John B. Hood | Texas | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 10, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General September 20, 1863; General with temporary rank, July 18, 1864; division composed of the brigades of Robertson, Law, Benning and Jenkins; at the Battle of Fredericksburg, division composed of the brigades of Law, Toombs, Robertson and Anderson.
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36 | D. R. Jones | Georgia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Toombs, Anderson, Drayton, Kemper, Garnett and Jenkins.
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37 | John H. Forney | Alabama | . . . . . | Oct. 27, 1862. | Oct. 27, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division consisted at first of Hebert's and Moore's brigades, and, subsequently, of the brigades of King, Waterhouse, Waul and McLain; at another time General Forney commanded a division composed of the brigades of Cockrell and Green, Army of the Mississippi.
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38 | Dabney H. Maury | Virginia | Lt. Gen. Pemberton | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding Department of the Gulf; previously in command of the Third division, Army of the West.
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39 | M. L. Smith | Florida | Lt. Gen. Pemberton | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | Apl. 30, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In command of the Second District Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
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40 | John G. Walker | Missouri | Lt. Gen. T. H. Holmes | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of Hawes', McCulloch's and Randall's brigades.
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41 | Arnold Eizey | Maryland | Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith | Dec. 4, 1862. | Dec. 4, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; also in command of the Department of Richmond, Virginia.
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42 | Frank Gardner | Louisiana | Lt. Gen. Pemberton | Dec. 20, 1862. | Dec. 20, 1862. | June 10, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In command at Mobile, Alabama, &c., &c.
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43 | Patrick R. Cleburne | Arkansas | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Dec. 20, 1862. | Dec. 20, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Killed at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee; division composed of the brigades of Polk, Wood and Deshler, and the light batteries of Calvert, Semple and Douglass; division afterwards composed of the brigades of Polk, Lowry, Govan and Granberry, and again of the brigades of Wood, Johnson, Liddell and Polk; Army of Tennessee.
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44 | Isaac R. Trimble | Maryland | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 23, 1863. | Jan. 17, 1863. | Apl. 23, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanded Stonewall Jackson's old division, of the Second corps, Army of Northern Virginia; at the Battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Colston, Paxton, Nicholls and Jones.
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45 | D. S. Donelson | Tennessee | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Apl. 22, 1863. | Jan. 17, 1863. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Died April 17, 1863; in command of the First division of the right wing of the Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Savage, Stewart and Maney.
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46 | Jubal A. Early | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 23, 1863. | Jan. 17, 1863. | Apl. 23, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General May 31, 1864; division composed of Early's, Hays', Lawton's and Trimble's brigades; at the Battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Hays, Gordon, Hoke and Smith, Army of Northern Virginia.
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47 | Joseph Wheeler | Georgia | Gen. Command'g Army of Tenn. |
Feb. 4, 1864. | Jan. 20, 1864. | Feb. 4, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General February 28, 1865; commanding cavalry in Tennessee, consisting of the divisions of Wharton. Martin and Kelly, and the brigades of Roddy and Morgan.
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48 | W. H. C. Whiting | Mississippi | Lt. Gen. Longstreet | Apl. 22, 1863. | Feb. 28, 1863. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding at Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1864; division composed of the brigades of Hood and Law, and the light batteries of Reilly and Balthis.
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49 | Edward Johnson | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 22, 1863. | Feb. 28, 1863. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division of Ewell's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Walker, Steuart and J. M. Jones. |-
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50 | R. E. Rodes | Alabama | Gen. R. E. Lee | May 7, 1863. | May 2, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | |||||||
Remarks: Killed at Winchester, Va., 19th Sept., 1864; division composed of the brigades of Doles, Battle, Daniel and Ramseur.
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51 | William H. T. Walker | Georgia | Gen. J. E. Johnston | May 27, 1863. | May 23, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Killed in the battle around Atlanta, Georgia; division composed of the brigades of Liddell, Walthall, Ector and Wilson; division afterwards composed of the brigades of Mercer, Jackson, Gist and Stevens; in October, 1863, division composed of the brigades of Gregg, Gist and Wilson.
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52 | Henry Heth | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | May 23, 1863. | May 24, 1863. | Feb. 17, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of Pettigrew's, Archer's, Davis', Cook's and Brockenborough's brigades, Army of Northern Virginia.
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53 | John S. Bowen | Missouri | Gen. J. E. Johnston | May 29, 1863. | May 25, 1863. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Died July 16, 1863, from disease contracted during the siege of Vicksburg; commanded division known as tne Missouri division, composed of the brigades of Cockrell and Green.
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54 | Robert Ransom, Jr. | N. Carolina | Lt. Gen. D. H. Hill | May 27, 1863. | May 26, 1863. | Feb. 17, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding Department of Richmond, in 1864; at the Battle of Fredericksburg, division composed of the brigades of Ransom and Cook.
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55 | W. D. Pender | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | May 27, 1863. | May 27, 1863. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Died July 18, 1S63, from wounds received at Gettysburg; division composed of his old brigade and the brigades of McGowan, Lane and Thomas, Army of Northern Virginia.
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56 | A. P. Stewart | Tennessee | Gen. B. Bragg | June 5, 1863. | June 2, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General June 23, 1864; division composed of the brigades of Brown, Johnson, Strahl and Clayton; afterwards, of the brigades of Brown, Bate, Clayton and Stovall; subsequently of the brigades of Stovall, Clayton, Gibson and Baker; Army of the West.
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57 | Stephen D. Lee | S. Carolina | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Aug. 3, 1863. | Aug. 3, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General June 23, 1864; assigned to the command of all the cavalry in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana and West Tennessee.
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58 | Cadmus M. Wilcox | Tennessee | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 13, 1863. | Aug. 3, 1863. | Feb. 17, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Generals Lane, Scales, McGowan and Thomas.
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59 | J. F. Gilmer | N. Carolina | Gen. Beauregard | Aug. 16, 1863. | Aug. 16, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Chief of the Engineer Bureau.
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60 | Wade Hampton | S. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | Sept. 3, 1863. | Aug. 3, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General; division composed of the cavalry brigades of Young, Butler, Rosser and Gordon, Army of Northern Virginia.
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61 | Fitzhugh Lee | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Sept. 3, 1863. | Sept. 3, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of Wickham's and Lomax's brigades; subsequently in command of the cavalry corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the divisions of W. H. F. Lee, Rosser and Munford.
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62 | William Smith | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 13, 1863. | Aug. 12, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Resigned December 31, 1863, because elected Governor of Virginia; consequently, did not assume command of a division or remain in the field.
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63 | Howell Cobb | Georgia | . . . . . | Sept. 19, 1863. | Sept. 9, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In 1864 in command of the reserve forces of Georgia.
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64 | John A. Wharton | Texas | Gen. B. Bragg | Nov. 12, 1863. | Nov. 10, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division in Wheeler's cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee.
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65 | William T. Martin | Mississippi | Gen. B. Bragg | Nov. 12, 1863. | Nov. 10, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding cavalry corps in East Tennessee, under General Longstreet; subsequently a division in Wheeler's cavalry corps, composed of the brigades of Morgan and Iverson.
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66 | Nathan B. Forrest | Tennessee | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Dec. 4, 1863. | Dec. 4, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General February 28, 1865; assigned to the command of all cavalry in West Tennessee and North Mississippi, consisting of those of his own brigade and those of Chalmers, McCulloch, Richardson, Bell and Jeffrey Forrest; Lyon's brigade was afterwards added; the whole was organized into two divisions, commadned respectively by Chalmers and Buford.
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67 | Charles W. Field | Kentucky | Lt. Gen. Longstreet | Feb. 12, 1864. | Feb. 12, 1864. | Feb. 12, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of Jenkins', Law's, Benning's, Anderson's and Gregg's brigades, Army of Northern Virginia.
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68 | J. Patton Anderson | Florida | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Feb. 17, 1864. | Feb. 17, 1864. | Feb. 17, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In 1864 assigned to the command of the District of Florida.
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69 | W. B. Bate | Tennessee | Gen. J. E. Johnston | March 5, 1864. | Feb. 23, 1864. | May 11, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Tyler, Lewis and Finley, and of the light batteries of Slocum, Cobb and Mebane; Army of Tennessee.
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70 | Robert F. Hoke | N. Carolina | . . . . . | Apl. 23, 1864. | Apl. 20, 1864. | May 11, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding in North Carolina; division in General Beauregard's army composed, May, 1864, of the brigades of Martin, Hagood, Clingman and Colquitt; Army of Northern Virginia. |-
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71 | W. H. F. Lee | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 23, 1864 | Apl. 23, 1864 | June 9, 1864 | . . . . . | |||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Chambliss, Barringer and Roberts, and of two batteries horse artillery, Captain McGreggor, Army of Northern Virginia.
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72 | John B. Gordon | Georgia | Gen. R. E. Lee | May 14, 1864. | May 14, 1864. | May 14, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Lieutenant-General in the spring of 1865 by promotion at the hands of General R. E. Lee; division composed of the brigades of Evans, Terry and York, Army of Northern Virginia.
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73 | Bushrod R. Johnson | Tennessee | Gen. Beauregard | May 26, 1864. | May 21, 1864. | May 26, 1864. | Oct. 13, 1862. | ||||||||
Remarks: Division was composed of Ransom's, Johnson's, Wise's, Elliott's and Gracie's brigades, and the Sixty-fourth Georgia regiment, Army of Northern Virginia.
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74 | J. B. Kershaw | S. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 2, 1864. | May 18, 1864. | June 2, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Conner, Wofford, Humphreys and Bryan, Army of Tennessee.
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75 | C. J. Polignac | France | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | June 13, 1864. | Apl. 8, 1864. | June 13, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the Second Texas brigade and Mouton's brigade.
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76 | J. F. Fagan | Arkansas | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | June 13, 1864. | Apl. 25, 1864. | June 13, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding District of Arkansas.
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77 | William Mahone | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 3, 1864. | July 30, 1864. | . . . . . | Oct. 13, 1862. | ||||||||
Remarks: Assigned to command of Anderson's old division, composed of the brigades of Generals Wright, Weisiger, Saunders, Harris and Finnegan, Army of Northern Virginia.
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78 | S. D. Ramseur | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 1, 1864. | June 1, 1864. | June 1, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Assigned to the command of General Early's old division, at that time composed of the brigades of Pegram, Johnston and Godwin, Army of Northern Virginia.
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79 | E. C. Walthall | Mississippi | Gen. J. E. Johnston | June 10, 1864. | June 6, 1864. | June 10, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Canty, Reynolds and Quarles, Army of Tennessee; again, of the brigades of Quarles, Shelley and D. H. Reynolds. Stewart's corps, Army of Tennessee.
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80 | H. D. Clayton | Alabama | Gen. J. E. Johnston | July 8, 1864. | July 7, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Stovall, Baker and Henry R. Jackson; at another time, of the brigades of M. A. Stovall, R. L. Gibson, A. Baker and J. T. Holtzclaw; Army of Tennessee.
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81 | John C. Brown | Tennessee | Gen. J. B. Hood | Aug. 4, 1864. | Aug. 4, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of Govan's and Smith's brigades, Army of Tennessee.
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82 | L. L. Lomax | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 10, 1864. | Aug. 10, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Johnson, Jackson, Imboden, Vaughn and McCausland, Army of Northern Virginia.
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83 | Henry W. Allen | Louisiana | . . . . . | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division In Trans-Mississippi Department.
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84 | J. L. Kemper | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Mch. 1, 1864. | Mch. 1, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In command of the reserve forces of Virginia.
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85 | J. S Marmaduke | Missouri | Gen. E. K. Smith | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Clarke and Harrison.
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86 | A. R. Wright | Georgia | Gen. Beauregard | Nov. 23, 1864. | Nov. 23, 1864. | Febr'y, 1865. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division during the siege of Savannah in December, 1864, composed of the brigades of Mercer and John K. Jackson.
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87 | John Pegram | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Killed in action at Hatcher's Run; commanding Early's old division, Army of Northern Virginia.
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88 | Pierce M. B. Young | Georgia | Gen. B. Bragg | Dec. 12, 1864. | Dec. 12, 1864. | Dec. 22, 1864. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Lewis, Ferguson and Hannon, Wheeler's corps.
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89 | M. Calvin Butler | S. Carolina | Gen. J. E. Johnston | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Wright and Logan, Army of Northern Virginia.
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90 | T. L. Rosser | Texas | Gen. R. E. Lee | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of McCausland and Dearing, and subsequently of the brigades of Payne and Mumford, Army of Northern Virginia.
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91 | G. W. Custis Lee | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Jan. 1, 1865. | Jan. 1, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: In command of local brigade and reserves for the immediate defence of Richmond, Virginia.
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92 | William Preston | Kentucky | Gen. E. K. Smith | Jan. 1, 1865. | Jan. 1, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Assigned to the command of the division of Major-General Polignac, after his return to France; in October, 1863, in command of a division, Longstreet's corps, Army of the Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Gracie, Twiggs and Kelly.
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93 | William B. Taliaferro | Virginia | Gen. Wm. J. Hardee | Jan. 1, 1865. | Jan. 1, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division of mixed troops after the evacuation of Charleston; previously in command of James Island, Souh Carolina.
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94 | Bryan Grimes | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | Feb. 23, 1865. | Feb. 23, 1865. | Feb. 23, 1865. | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division composed of his old brigade and the brigades of Battle, Cook and Cox, Army of Northern Virginia. |-
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95 | William W. Allen | Alabama | Gen. Jos. Wheeler | March, 1865. | March, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | |||||||
Remarks: Commanding cavalry division composed of the brigades of Crews and Hagan; Brigadier-General Robert H. Anderson's cavalry brigade was subsequently added.
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96 | W. Y. C. Humes | Tennessee | Gen. Jos. Wheeler | March, 1865. | March, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding division In Lieutenant-General Wheeler's cavalry corps, composed of the brigades of Ashby, Harrison and Williams.
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97 | Harry T. Hays | Louisiana | Gen. E. K. Smith | April, 1865. | April, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: On special duty in Trans-Mississippi Department.
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98 | E. M. Law | Alabama | Gen. J. E. Johnston | April 9, 1865. | April, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Commanding General Hampton's old cavalry division.
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99 | M. W. Gary | S. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | 1865. | 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | ||||||||
Remarks: Division assigned, but never concentrated, consisting of his old brigade and Robert's brigade of North Carolina cavalry.
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