| Order of Rank | Name. | State. | To whom to report. | Date of Appointment. | Date of Rank. | Date of Confirmation. | Date of Acceptance. | Remarks. |
| 1 | David E. Twiggs | Georgia | | May 22, 1861. | May 22, 1861. | Aug. 29, 1861. | | Died July 15th, 1862; in command, at New Orleans, of the Military Department of Louisiana. |
| 2 | Leonidas Polk | Louisiana | | June 25, 1861. | June 25, 1861. | Aug. 29, 1861. | | 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. |
| 3 | Braxton Bragg | Louisiana | | Sept. 12, 1861. | Sept. 12, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | Promoted General C. S. A. April 12, 1862; commanding Army of Tennessee, &c., &c. |
| 4 | Earl Van Dorn | Mississippi | | Sept. 19, 1861. | Sept. 19, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | Commanding Army of the District of the Mississippi. |
| 5 | Gustavus W. Smith | Kentucky | | Sept. 19, 1861. | Sept. 19, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | 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. |
| 6 | Theophilus H. Holmes | N. Carolina | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | 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. |
| 7 | William J. Hardee | Georgia | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | Promoted Lieutenant-General October 10, 1862; commanding Third corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Leddell, Cleburne, Wood, Marmaduke and Hawthorne. |
| 8 | Benjamin Huger | S. Carolina | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | In command at Norfolk, Virginia; division in the field near Richmond, Va., composed of the brigades of Mahone, Wright, Blanchard and Armistead. |
| 9 | James Longstreet | Alabama | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | 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, Prvor and Featherston; Army of Northern Virginia. |
| 10 | J. Bankhead Magruder | Virginia | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | On duty on the Peninsula; subsequently in command of the District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. |
| 11 | Mansfield Lovell | Maryland | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | 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. |
| 12 | Thomas J. Jackson | Virginia | | Oct. 7, 1861. | Oct. 7, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | 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. |
| 13 | E. Kirby Smith | Florida | | Oct. 11, 1861. | Oct. 11, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | | Promoted Lieutenant-General October 9, 1862; commanded reserve division, Army of the Potomac, consisting of Trimble's, Taylor's and Eizey's brigades. |
