War Department.
Hon. Leroy P. Walker, Alabama, first
Secretary of War; afterwards entered the army with the rank of
Brigadier-General.
Hon. Judah P. Benjamin, Louisiana, second
Secretary of War; also
Secretary of State and
Attorney-General.
Hon. George W. Randolph, Virginia, third
Secretary of War; at one time in the army with the rank of
Brigadier-General.
Hon. James A. Seddon, Virginia, fourth
Secretary of War; Delegate from
Virginia to Provisional Congress.
Major-General John C. Breckinridge, Kentucky, fifth
Secretary of War; summoned from the field [where he was serving with the rank and command of a
Major-General] to discharge the duties of this office.
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Albert Taylor Bledsoe, Ll. D.,
Virginia,
Assistant Secretary of War.
Hon. John A. Campbell, Louisiana,
Assistant Secretary of War.
General Samuel Cooper, Virginia, Adjutant and
Inspector General.
Colonel A. C. Myers,
first Quartermaster-General.
Brigadier-General A. R. Lawton, Georgia,
second Quartermaster-General; summoned from the field, where he was serving with the rank and command of
Brigadier-General, to discharge the duties of this office.
Colonel L. B. Northrup,
South Carolina, first
Commissary-General.
Colonel L. M. St. John, second
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 I. H. Carrington, Virginia,
Assistant Provost Marshal General, on duty at
Richmond, Virginia.
Colonel Thomas L. Bayne, Louisiana,
Chief of the
Bureau of Foreign Supplies.
