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The Daily Dispatch: January 20, 1862., [Electronic resource], Newspaper accounts. (search)
The rank of General. A correspondent, writing from Elizabeth City, N. C., asks "what is the highest rank in the Confederate army--whether simply General or Major-General?" The highest rank in the regular army is that of "General," The act of Congress provides for five Generals, who have, we believe, been appointed, to take rank in the order in which they are named, viz: Gens. Cooper, Albert Sidney Johnston, Lee, Joseph B. Johnston, and Beauregard. There can, therefore, be no further appointments except through an amendment of the law by Congress.