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A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), War Department. (search)
Commissary-General; afterwards promoted to the grade of Brigadier-General. Colonel Josiah Gorgas, Virginia, Chief of Ordnance; afterwards promoted to the grade of Brigadier-General. Colonel T. S. Rhett, in charge of the Ordnance Bureau. Colonel J. F. Gilmer, North Carolina, Chief of the Engineer Bureau; afterwards promoted to the grade of Major-General. Colonel S. P. Moore, M. D., South Carolina, Surgeon-General; afterwards promoted to the grade of Brigadier-General. Colonel John S. Preston, South Carolina, Chief of the Bureau of Conscription; afterwards promoted to the grade of Brigadier-General. Colonel T. P. August, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Brigadier-General John H. Winder, Maryland, Commanding Prison Camps and Provost Marshal General. Colonel Robert Ould, Virginia, Chief of the Bureau of Exchange. Colonel Richard Morton, Chief of the Nitre and Mining Bureau. Colonel R. G. H. Kean, Chief of the Bureau of War. Lieutenant-Colonel
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Lieutenant-Generals, in Order of Rank. (search)
rmation.Date of Acceptance.Remarks. 1James LongstreetAlabamaGen. R. E. LeeOct. 11, 1862.Oct. 9, 1862.Oct. 11, 1862. In command of 1st corps, Army of Northern Virginia, &c., &c. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, in November, 1862, General Longstreet's corps was composed of the divisions of Anderson, Pickett, Ransom. Hood and McLaws, and the artillery battalions of Colonels Alexander and Walton; in October, 1863, commanding corps in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of McLaws, Preston, Walker and Hood, and the artillery battalions of Alexander, Williams, Leyden and Robertson; Pickett's division belonged to this corps. 2E. Kirby SmithFloridaGen. B. BraggOct. 11, 1862.Oct. 9, 1862.Oct. 11, 1862. Promoted General P. A. C. S. February 19, 1864; commanded Department of East Tennessee and Kentucky, North Georgia and West North Carolina, with infantry divisions of Stevenson, McCown and Heth, and the cavalry brigades of Forrest, Morgan, Scott and Ashby; also in command of Trans
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Major-Generals, in Order of Rank. (search)
es of Tucker, Deas, Manigault and Walthall. 25John C. BreckinridgeKentuckyGen. BeauregardApril 18, 1862.April 14, 1862. April 18, 1862. Afterwards Secretary of War; division composed of the brigades of Helm, Daniel 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. 26Lafayette McLawsGeorgiaGen. J. E. JohnstonMay 23, 1862.May 23, 1862. Sept. 26, 1862. 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. 27Ambrose P. HillVirginiaGen. J. E. JohnstonMay 26, 1862.May 26, 1862. Sept. 26, 1862. Promoted Lieutenant-General May 24, 1863; commanding division in A
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.), Brigadier-Generals of the Confederate States Army, alphabetically arranged. (search)
sasGen. J. E. JohnstonDec. 20, 1862.Dec. 13, 1862.April 22, 1863. Brigade composed of the 3d and 5th Confederate, the 1st Arkansas, the 2d, 48th and 35th Tennessee regiments and Calvert's Light Battery, Cleburne's division, Army of Tennessee. 341Posey, CarnotMississippiGen. LongstreetNov. 1, 1862.Nov. 1, 1862.April 22, 1863. Killed in action; brigade composed of the 12th, 16th, 19th and 48th Mississippi regiments, Anderson's division, A. P. Hill's corps, Army of Northern Virginia. 342Preston, John S.S. Carolina June 10, 1864.June 10, 1864.June 10, 1864.Oct. 13, 1862.In charge of the Bureau of Conscription. 343Preston, WilliamKentuckyGen. BeauregardApril 18, 1862.April 14, 1862.April 18, 1862. Promoted Major-General 1865; commanded the 3d brigade in Major-General John C. Breckinridge's division, composed of the 20th Tennessee, the 60th North Carolina, the 1st, 3d and 4th Florida regiments and Mebane's Light Battery. 344Price, SterlingMissouri     In command of the Missouri State