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General officers of the Confederate Army: a full roster compiled from the official records
The Confederate titles below derive authority through verification by
General Marcus J. Wright, for many years in charge of Confederate records at the United States War Department,
Washington.
Some ranks appropriate to high commands, and fully justified, were never legally confirmed.
In such cases, as those of
Joseph Wheeler and
John B. Gordon,
General Wright has followed the strictest interpretation of the
Confederate records below.
As for the body of this History it has been thought best to employ the titles most commonly used, and found in the popular reference works.
The highest rank attained is given in every case together with the date of the commission conferring such rank.
Generals, regular
- Beauregard, P. G. T., July 21, 1861.
- Bragg, Braxton, April 6, 1862.
- Cooper, Samuel, May 16, 1861.
- Johnston, A. S., May 30, 1861.
- Johnston, J. E., July 4, 1861.
- Lee, Robert E., June 14, 1861.
Generals, provisional army (with temporary rank)
- Hood, John B., July 18, 1864.
Lieutenant-generals, provisional army
- Buckner, S. B., Sept. 20, 1864.
- Ewell, Richard S., May 23, 1863.
- Forrest, N. B., Feb. 28, 1865.
- Hampton, Wade, Feb. 14, 1865.
- Hardee, Wm. J., Oct. 10, 1862.
- Hill, Ambrose P., May 24, 1863.
- Hill, Daniel H., July 11, 1863.
- Holmes, T. H., Oct. 13, 1862.
- Jackson, T. J., Oct. 10, 1862.
- Lee, Stephen D., June 23, 1864.
- Longstreet, James, Oct. 9, 1862.
- Pemberton, J. C., Oct. 10, 1862.
- Polk, Leonidas, Oct. 10, 1862.
- Taylor, Richard, April 8, 1864.
Lieutenant-generals, provisional army (with temporary rank)
- Anderson, R. H., May 31, 1864.
- Early, Jubal A., May 31, 1864.
- Stewart, A. P., June 23, 1864.
Major-generals, provisional army
- Anderson, J. P., Feb. 17, 1864.
- Bate, William B., Feb. 23, 1864.
- Bowen, John S., May 25, 1863.
- Breckinridge, J. C., Apr. 14, 1862.
- Butler, M. C., Sept. 19, 1864.
- Cheatham, B. F., Mar. 10, 1862.
- Churchill, T. J., Mar. 17, 1865.
- Crittenden, G. B., Nov. 9, 1861.
- Cleburne, P. R., Dec. 13, 1862.
- Cobb, Howell, Sept. 9, 1863.
- Donelson, D. S., Jan. 17, 1863.
- Elzey, Arnold, Dec. 4, 1862.
- Fagan, James F., April 25, 1864.
- Field, Chas. W., Feb. 12, 1864.
- Forney, John H., Oct. 27, 1862.
- French, S. G., Aug. 31, 1862.
- Gardner, F., Dec. 13, 1862.
- Grimes, Bryan, Feb. 15, 1865.
- Gordon, John B., May 14, 1864.
- Heth, Henry, Oct. 10, 1862.
- Hindman, T. C., April 14, 1862.
- Hoke, Robert F., April 20, 1864.
- Huger, Benj., Oct. 7, 1861.
- Johnson, B. R., May 21, 1864.
- Johnson, Edward, Feb. 28, 1863.
- Jones, David R., Oct. 11, 1862.
- Jones, Samuel, Mar. 10, 1862.
- Kemper, J. L., Sept. 19, 1864.
- Kershaw, J. B., May 18, 1864.
- Lee, Fitzhugh, Aug. 3, 1863.
- Lee, G. W. Custis, Oct. 20, 1864.
- Lee, W. H. F., Apr. 23, 1864.
- Loring, W. W., Feb. 17, 1862.
- Lovell, Mansfield, Oct. 7, 1861.
- McCown, John P., Mar. 10, 1862.
- McLaws, L., May 23, 1862.
- Magruder, J. B., Oct. 7, 1861.
- Mahone, William, July 30, 1864.
- Marmaduke, J. S., Mar. 17, 1865.
- Martin, Will T., Nov. 10, 1863.
- Maury, D. H., Nov. 4, 1862.
- Polignac, C. J., April 8, 1864.
- Pender, W. D., May 27, 1863.
- Pickett, George E., Oct. 10, 1862.
- Price, Sterling, Mar. 6, 1862.
- Ransom, R., Jr. , May 26, 1863.
- Rodes, Robert E., May 2, 1863.
- Smith, G. W., Sept. 19, 1861.
- Smith, Martin L., Nov. 4, 1862.
- Smith, William, Aug. 12, 1863.
- Stevenson, C. L., Oct. 10, 1862.
- Stuart, J. E. B., July 25, 1862.
- Taylor, Richard, July 28, 1862.
- Trimble, Isaac R., Jan. 17, 1863.
- Twiggs, D. E., May 22, 1861.
- Van Dorn, Earl, Sept. 19, 1861.
- Walker, John G., Nov. 8, 1862.
- Walker, W. H. T., May 23, 1863.
- Wharton, John A., Nov. 10, 1863.
- Wheeler, Joseph, Jan. 20, 1864.
- Whiting, W. H. C., Apr. 22, 1863.
- Withers, Jones M., April 6, 1862.
- Wilcox, C. M., Aug. 3, 1863.
Major-generals, provisional army (with temporary rank)
- Allen, William W., Mar. 4, 1865.
- Brown, John C., Aug. 4, 1864.
- Clayton, Henry D., July 7, 1864.
- Lomax, L. L., Aug. 10, 1864.
- Ramseur, S. D., June 1, 1864.
- Rosser, T. L., Nov. 1, 1864.
- Walthall, E. C., July 6, 1864.
- Wright, A. R., Nov. 26, 1864.
- Young, P. M. B., Dec. 20, 1864.
Major-General, for service with volunteer troops (with temporary rank)
- Gilmer, J. F., Aug. 25, 1863.
Brigadier-generals, provisional army
- Adams, Daniel W., May 23, 1862.
- Adams, John, Dec. 29, 1862.
- Adams, Wirt, Sept. 25, 1863.
- Allen, Henry W., Aug. 19, 1863.
- Anderson, G. B., June 9, 1862.
- Anderson, J. R., Sept. 3, 1861.
- Anderson, S. R., July 9, 1861.
- Armistead, L. A., April 1, 1862.
- Armstrong, F. C., April 20, 1863.
- Anderson, G. T., Nov. 1, 1862.
- Archer, James J., June 3, 1862.
- Ashby, Turner, May 23, 1862.
- Baker, Alpheus, Mar. 5, 1864.
- Baker, L. S., July 23, 1863.
- Baldwin, W. E., Sept. 19, 1862.
- Barksdale, W., Aug. 12, 1862.
- Barringer, Rufus, June 1, 1864.
- Barton, Seth M., Mar. 11, 1862.
- Battle, Cullen A., Aug. 20, 1863
- Beall, W. N. R., April 11, 1862.
- Beale, R. L. T., Jan. 6, 1865.
- Bee, Barnard E., June 17, 1861.
- Bee, Hamilton P., Mar. 4, 1862.
- Bell, Tyree H., Feb. 28, 1865.
- Benning, H. L., Jan. 17, 1863.
- Boggs, William R., Nov. S, 1862.
- Bonham, M. L., April 23, 1861.
- Blanchard, A. G., Sept. 21, 1861.
- Buford, Abraham, Sept. 2, 1862.
- Branch, L. O. B., Nov. 16, 1861.
- Brandon, Wm. L., June 18, 1864.
- Bratton, John, May 6, 1864.
- Brevard, T. W., Mar. 22, 1865.
- Bryan, Goode, Aug. 29, 1863.
- Cabell, Wm. A., Jan. 20, 1863.
- Campbell, A. W., Mar. 1, 1865.
- Cantey, James, Jan. 8, 1863.
- Capers, Ellison, Mar. 1, 1865.
- Carroll, Wm. H., Oct. 26, 1861.
- Chalmers, J. R., Feb. 13, 1862.
- Chestnut, J., Jr. , April 23, 1864.
- Clark, Charles, May 22, 1861.
- Clark, John B., Mar. 8, 1864.
- Clanton, J. H., Nov. 16, 1863.
- Clingman, T. L., May 17, 1862.
- Cobb, T. R. R., Nov. 1, 1862.
- Cockrell, F. M., July 18, 1863.
- Cocke, P. St. G., Oct. 2l, 1861.
- Colston, R. E., Dec. 24, 1861.
- Cook, Philip, Aug. 5, 1864.
- Cooke, John R., Nov. 1, 1862.
- Cooper, D. H., May 2, 1863.
- Colquitt, A. H., Sept. 1, 1862.
- Corse, M. D., Nov. 1, 1862.
- Cosby, Geo. B., Jan. 20, 1863.
- Cumming, Alfred, Oct. 29, 1862.
- Daniel, Junius, Sept. 1, 1862.
- Davidson, H. B., Aug. 18, 1863.
- Davis, Wm. G. M., Nov. 4, 1862.
- Davis, J. R., Sept. 15, 1862.
- Deas, Z. C., Dec. 13, 1862.
- De Lagnel, J. A., April 15, 1862.
- Deshler, James, July 28, 1863.
- Dibrell, Geo. G., July 26, 1864.
- Dockery, T. P., Aug. 10, 1863.
- Doles, George, Nov. 1, 1862.
- Drayton, T. F., Sept. 25, 1861.
- Duke, Basil W., Sept. 15, 1864.
- Duncan, J. K., Jan. 7, 1862.
- Echols, John, April 16, 1862.
- Ector, M. D., Aug. 23, 1862.
- Evans, C. A., May 19, 1864.
- Evans, Nathan G., Oct. 21, 1861.
- Farney, Wm. H., Feb. 15, 1865.
- Featherson, W. S., Mar. 4, 1862.
- Ferguson, S. W., July 23, 1863.
- Finegan, Joseph, April 5, 1862.
- Finley, Jesse J., Nov. 16, 1863.
- Floyd, John B., May 23, 1861.
- Forney, John H., Mar. 10, 1862.
- Frazer, John W., May 19, 1863.
- Frost, Daniel M., Mar. 3, 1862.
- Gano, Rich. M., Mar. 17, 1865.
- Gardner, Wm. M., Nov. 14, 1861.
- Garland, Sam., Jr. , May 2, 1862.
- Garnett, Rich. B., Nov. 14, 1861.
- Garnett, Robt. S., June 6, 1861.
- Garrott, I. W., May 28, 1863.
- Gartrell, Lucius J., Aug. 22, 1864.
- Gary, Martin W., May 19, 1864.
- Gatlin, Richard C., July 8, 1861.
- Gholson, S. J., May 6, 1864.
- Gist, States R., Mar. 20, 1862.
- Gladden, A. H., Sept. 30, 1861.
- Godwin, Arch. C., Aug. 5, 1864.
- Gordon, James B., Sept. 28, 1863.
- Govan, Dan'l C., Dec. 29, 1863.
