Confederate Generals
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Confederate GeneralsState/Provisional/ & Confederate Army (All that I could find)!
I still have a few to add.
Search the Generals alphabetically or scroll down the page.Daniel Weisiger AdamsBorn: May/June 1821, Frankfort KY
Died: June 13 1872, New Orleans LA
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Lt. Col. of 1st Louisiana Regulars, October 1861 Col., Pensacola, Shiloh (wounded), May 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Division (the Louisiana Brigade) at Perryville, commanded 1st Bde/1st Division (the same brigade) at Murfreesboro (wounded), commanded Adams' Bde/Breckenridge's Division at Chickamauga (wounded,captured), commanded Dist. of Central Alabama, defense of Selma.
Postwar career: Lawyer
John Adams
Born: July 1 1825, Nashville TN
Died: November 30 1864, Franklin TN
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1846, served in 1st Dragoons, Mexican War, frontier duty
War service: May 1861 Capt. in Confederate Regular Cavalry, May 1862 Col., December 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Tilghman's brigade in Vicksburg campaign, commanded Adams' Bde/Loring's Division in Atlanta campaign, Resaca, Franklin (killed).
William Wirt Adams
Born: March 22 1819, Frankfort KY
Died: March 1 1888, Jackson MS (killed by a Jackson, MS newspaper editor).
Prewar profession: Army of Texas, planter, banker, politician
War service: October 1861 Col. of 1st Mississippi Cavalry, rear guard in A.S. Johnston's retreat from Kentucky, Shiloh, Iuka, Vicksburg campaign, opposed Grierson's raid, September 1863 Brig. Gen.,
Meridian, commanded a brigade in Forrest's corps.
Postwar career: Revenue agent, postmaster
J. L. Alcorn
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: Brig.Gen., Commanding brigade of Mississippi State Troops at Columbus, KY
Postwar career:?
Edward Porter Alexander
Born: May 26 1835, Washington GA
Died: April 28 1910, Savannah GA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1857, instructor at West Point, Utah expedition.
War service: June 1861 Capt. of Engineers, signal officer at First Manassas, Lt. Col. and chief of ordnance of ANV, December 1862 Col., chief of artillery in Longstreet's Corps, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Knoxville, February 1864 Brig. Gen., Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg (wounded), Appomattox.
Postwar career: Professor of Engineering, railroad president, wrote memoirs.
Henry Watkins Allen
Born: April 29 1820, Prince Edward County VA
Died: April 22 1866, Mexico City
Prewar profession: Teacher, fought for Texas independence, lawyer, planter, politician
War service: 1861 Pvt., Lt. Col. of 4th Louisiana, March 1862 Col., Shiloh (severely wounded), commanded the Louisiana Brigade at Baton Rouge (severely wounded), Brig. Gen. August 1863 and posted to Trans Mississippi , Governor of Louisiana 1864-65.
Postwar career: Newspaper publisher
William Wirt Allen
Born: September 11 1835, New York NY
Died: November 24 1894, Sheffield AL
Prewar profession: Planter
War service: 1861 1st Lt. in Montgomery Mounted Rifles, Maj. in 1st Alabama Cavalry, Shiloh, 1862 Col., Perryville (wounded), Murfreesboro (wounded), Brig. Gen. February 1864, commanded a brigade under
Wheeler in Atlanta campaign, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign, Maj. Gen. (temporary) March 1865
Postwar career: Planter, railroads, US Marshal
C. D. Anderson
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: May 1864 Brig.Gen.,Held commission in GA State forces, Commanded the 3rd GA brigade, composed of the 7th, 8th, & 9th GA regiments.
Postwar career:
George Burgwyn Anderson
Born: April 12 1831, near Hillsboro NC
Died: October 16 1862, Raleigh NC
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1852, 2nd Dragoons, frontier duty
War service: April 1861 Col. of 4th North Carolina, Williamsburg, Brig. Gen. June 1862, commanded NC (formerly Featherston's) Bde/D H Hill's division in Seven Days, Malvern Hill (wounded), South Mountain, Sharpsburg (wounded), died following an amputation.
George Thomas "Tige" Anderson
Born: February 3 1824, Covington GA
Died: April 4 1901, Anniston AL
Prewar profession: Mexican War, Regular Army 1855-58
War service: 1861 Col. of 11th Georgia, commanded a brigade in D R Jones' division during Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Brig. Gen. November 1862, commanded Anderson's Bde/Hood's Division at Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Gettysburg (wounded), Chickamauga, Knoxville, commanded Anderson's Bde/Field's Division at Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox.
Postwar career: Freight agent, police chief, tax collector
James Patton Anderson
Born: February 16 1822, Franklin County TN
Died: September 20 1872, Memphis TN
Prewar profession: Doctor, Mexican War, politician, US Marshal
War service: 1861 Col. of 1st Florida, Pensacola, Brig. Gen. February 1862, commanded Anderson's Bde/Bragg's Division at Shiloh, commanded a division in the Kentucky campaign, Perryville, commanded Walthall's Bde at Murfreesboro, commanded Hindman's Division at Chickamauga
and Chattanooga, Maj. Gen. February 1864, commanded Dist. of Florida, commanded Hindman's Division at Atlanta, Jonesboro (wounded), commanded Taliaferro's Division in Carolinas campaign,
Greensboro.
Postwar career: Newspaper editor
Joseph Reid Anderson
Born: February 16 1813, Botetourt County VA
Died: September 7 1892, Isles of Shoals NH
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1836, engineering duty, resigned 1837, Superintendent of Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond.
War service: August 1861 Maj. of artillery, Brig. Gen. September 1861, commanded 3rd North Carolina Bde/A P Hill's Division in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days (wounded), resigned commission July 1862, Supervisor of Tredegar Iron Works
Postwar career: President, Tredegar Iron Works
Richard Heron "Fighting Dick" Anderson
Born: October 7 1821, Sumter County SC
Died: June 26 1879, Beaufort SC
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1842, 2nd Dragoons, Mexican War, resigned December 1860.
War service: March 1861 Col. of 1st South Carolina, Fort Sumter, commanded at Charleston, July 1862 Brig. Gen., Pensacola, commanded Longstreet's Division at Seven Pines, commanded Anderson's Bde/Longstreet's Division in Seven Days, Maj. Gen. July 1862, commanded Anderson's Division /Longstreet's Corps at Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness, commanded II Corps at Spotsylvania, May 1864 Lt. Gen., Cold Harbor, commanded
Bushrod Johnson's Division at Sayler's Creek.
Postwar career: State phosphate agent
Robert Houstoun Anderson
Born: October 1 1835, Savannah GA
Died: February 8 1888, Savannah GA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1857, garrison duty, served in Washington state, resigned May 1861.
War service: March 1861 Lt. of Artillery, Maj., Ft. McAllister, January 1863 Col. of 5th Georgia Cavalry, in Wheeler's cavalry division, Atlanta campaign, July 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Allen's Georgia
Cavalry Bde in March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign
Postwar career: Chief of police in Savannah
Samuel Reid Anderson
Born: February 17 1804, Bedford County VA
Died: January 2 1883, Nashville TN
Prewar profession: Mexican War, bank cashier, postmaster
War service: May 1861 Maj. Gen. of Tennessee State Troops, July 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Provisional Army, Western Virginia campaign, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Peninsula campaign, 1862 resigned due to ill health, November 1864 reappointed Brig. Gen., in charge of the Bureau of Conscription for Tennessee
Postwar career: Businessman.
James Jay Archer
Born: December 19 1817, Bel Air MD
Died: October 24 1864, Richmond VA
Prewar profession: Lawyer, Mexican War, commissioned to US Army 1855, resigned May 1861.
War service: 1861 Col. of 5th Texas, Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines, June 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Tennessee Bde/Hill's Light Division in Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, commanded Archer's Bde/Heth's Division at Gettysburg (captured), exchanged 1864, briefly commanded 2 brigades, died due to poor health caused by POW status.
Lewis Addison Armistead
Born: February 18 1817, New Bern NC
Died: July 5 1863, Gettysburg PA (killed in action in Picketts charge)
Prewar profession: West Point (dismissed 1836), 1839 commissioned Lt. in 6th Infantry, Mexican War, resigned US Army 1861.
War service: March 1861 Col. of 57th Virginia, Western Virginia campaign, April 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Armistead's Bde/Huger's Division at Seven Pines, Seven Days, Second Manassas, commanded Armistead's Bde/R H Anderson's Division at Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, commanded Armistead's Bde/Pickett's Division at Gettysburg (mortally wounded).
Turner Ashby
Born: October 23 1828, Fauquier County VA
Died: June 6 1862, killed in action near Harrisonburg VA
Prewar profession: Businessman, farmer
War service: 1861 Capt. in 7th Virginia Cavalry, scouting duty, October 1861 Col., commanded Jackson's cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley campaign, May 1862 Brig. Gen., killed during Jackson's withdrawal from the Valley.
Frank Crawford Armstrong
Born: November 22 1835, Choctaw Agency, Indian Territory
Died: September 8 1909, Bar Harbor ME
Prewar profession: 1855 commissioned as 2nd Lt. in Regular Army, Capt.
War service: 1861 First Bull Run (fought for the Union), resigned August 1861. Staff officer at Elkhorn Tavern, Col. of 3rd Louisiana, cavalry commander of Sterling Price's forces, Iuka, Corinth, April 1863
Brig. Gen., Tullahoma campaign, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Atlanta campaign, Franklin and Nashville campaign, Selma.
Postwar career: Indian Inspector
A. P. BagbyBorn:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: 1861 Maj. 7th TX Inf., 1862 Col. 7th TX Cav., 1863 Brig.Gen. Brigade compose of 1st, 7th, & 37th TX Cavalry Regiments, 1864 commanded a Division composed of DeBray's, Terrell's & Brent's brigades.
Postwar career:?
Alpheus Baker
Born: May 28 1828, Abbeville District SC
Died: October 2 1891, Louisville KY
Prewar profession: Teacher, lawyer
War service: 1861 Pvt. in 1st Alabama, Capt., November 1861 Col. of 54th Alabama, Island No 10 (captured), exchanged after 5 months, Vicksburg campaign (wounded), March 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Baker's Bde/Stewart's Division in Atlanta campaign, Resaca, Ezra Church (wounded), Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Postwar career: Lawyer
Laurence Simmons Baker
Born: May 15 1830, Gates County NC
Died: April 10 1907, Suffolk VA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1851, frontier service, resigned May 1861.
War service:
1861 Lt. Col. of 1st North Carolina Cavalry, Col., Peninsula campaign, Seven Days campaign, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, July 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Hampton's Brigade, commanded a Dept in North Carolina, Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Postwar career: Farmer, railroad agent
William Edwin Baldwin
Born: July 28 1827, Statesburg SC
Died: February 19 1864, Dog River Factory AL
Prewar profession: Stationer
War service: 1861 Capt. in Columbus Riflemen, Col. of 14th Mississippi, Fort Donelson (surrendered), exchanged August 1862, September 1862 Brig. Gen., Coffeeville, commanded 1st Bde under M L Smith in Vicksburg campaign (captured), served in the Dist. of Mobile.
William Barksdale
Born: August 21 1821, Smyrna TN
Died: July 3 1863, Gettysburg PA
Prewar profession: Editor, Mexican War, US Congressman
War service: March 1861 Quartermaster General of Mississippi, Col. of 13th Mississippi, First Manassas, Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, August 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Barksdale's Bde/McLaws' Division , Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (mortally wounded at the assault on the Round Tops).
Rufus Barringer
Born: December 2 1821, Cabarrus County NC
Died: February 3 1895, Charlotte NC
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician
War service: May 1861 Capt. in 1st North Carolina Cavalry, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Brandy Station (wounded), Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, June 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Gordon's Bde/W H F Lee's Division , covered Lee's withdrawal from Richmond, Sayler's Creek (captured).
Postwar career: Writer
John Decatur Barry
Born: June 21 1839, Wilmington NC
Died: March 24 1867, Wilmington NC
Prewar profession: ?
War service: Pvt in 18th North Carolina State Troops, Capt., Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Maj., Chancellorsville, Col., Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor (wounded), August 1864 Brig. Gen., (not confirmed by Congress) commanded Lanes' Bde (briefly).
Postwar career: Newspaper editor
William S. Barry
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: Col. 35th MS Inf, 1865 Brig.Gen., Commanded a brigade in the Army of Mississippi.
Postwar career:?
Seth Maxwell Barton
Born: September 8 1829, Fredericksburg VA
Died: April 11 1900, Washington DC
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1849, frontier duty, resigned June 1861.
War service: June 1861 Capt. of CSA Infantry, Lt. Col. of 3rd Arkansas, Stonewall Jackson's engineer officer 1861-62, March 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 1st Bde/Stevenson's Division at Chickasaw Bluffs, Vicksburg (surrendered), exchanged, commanded Armistead's Bde/Ransom's Division in Wilderness, relieved of command at Drewry's Bluff, commanded a brigade in Richmond defences, Sayler's Creek (captured).
Postwar career:?
Francis S. Bartow
Born:?
Died: July 21, 1861 Killed in action at the First Manassas Battle.
Prewar profession:
War service: Col. 8th GA Inf., July 1861 Brig.Gen., brigade composed of 7th & 8th GA Inf Regs.
William Brimage Bate
Born: October 7 1826, Bledsoe's Lick TN
Died: March 9 1905, Washington DC
Prewar profession: Clerk, Mexican War, journalist, attorney, politician
War service: 1861 Pvt., Col. of 2nd Tennessee, Shiloh (wounded), October 1862 Brig. Gen., Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, February 1864 Maj. Gen., Dalton, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Greensboro.
Postwar career: Lawyer, governor, US senator
Cullen Andrews Battle
Born: June 1 1829, Powelton GA
Died: April 8 1905, Greensboro NC
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Maj. in 3rd Alabama, Lt. Col., Seven Pines, Col., Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, August 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Battle's Bde/Rodes' Division in Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Third Winchester, Cedar Creek (wounded), incapacitated for the remainder of the War.
Postwar career: Lawyer, politician, editor, mayor.
John R. Baylor
Born:?
Died: ?
Prewar profession:?
War service: Lt.Col. 2nd TX Cav., Brig.Gen. Commanding brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Dept., also in command of forces in AZ.
Postwar career:?
Richard Lee Tuberville Beale
Born: May 22 1819, Hickory Hill VA
Died: April 21 1893, Hague VA
Prewar profession: Lawyer, US Congressman
War service: May 1861 1st Lt. in Lee's Light Horse - later 9th Virginia Cavalry, Lt. Col., Peninsula campaign, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Col., Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, commanded a brigade in W H F Lee's Division , January 1865 Brig. Gen.
Postwar career: Lawyer, politician
William Nelson Rector Beall
Born: March 20 1825, Bardstown KY
Died: July 25 1883, McMinnville TN
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1848, frontier duty, Capt. in 1st Cavalry
War service: August 1861 Capt. of cavalry in Regular Confederate Army, served in Arkansas, April 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded at Port Hudson (surrendered), Confederate agent in New York, purchasing supplies for prisoners of war, released August 1865.
Postwar career: Merchant
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Born: May 28 1818, St Bernard Parish LA
Died: February 20 1893, New Orleans LA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1838, Mexican War, Supt. of West Point (briefly) 1861, resigned February 1861
War service: March 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Provisional Army, Fort Sumter, First Manassas, July 1861 General, Shiloh - commanded Army of Tennessee after A. S. Johnston killed, Corinth, superseded by Bragg while on sick leave, defense of South Carolina and Georgia, commanded defenses south of Richmond, second in command to Johnston in Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Railroad president, lottery supervisor, politician.
Bernard Elliott Bee
Born: February 8 1824, Charleston SC
Died: July 22 1861, near Manassas VA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1845, Mexican War, Capt. in 10th Infantry, resigned March 1861.
War service: 1861 Lt. Col. of 1st South Carolina Regulars (artillery), June 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded 3rd Bde/Army of the Shenandoah at First Manassas (mortally wounded).
Hamilton Prioleau Bee
Born: July 22 1822, Charleston SC
Died: October 3 1897, San Antonio TX
Prewar profession: Civil servant, Mexican War, politician
War service: 1861 Brig. Gen. of militia, March 1862 Brig. Gen. in the Confederate Army, administrative duties at Brownsville TX, commanded a cavalry brigade in Red River campaign, Mansfield, Pleasant Hill (wounded), commanded a division of cavalry under Wharton.
Postwar career: Lived in Mexico, returned to US.
Tyree Harris Bell
Born: September 5 1815, Covington KY
Died: September 1 1902, New Orleans LA
Prewar profession: Planter
War service: June 1861 Capt. in 12th Tennessee, Lt. Col., Belmont, Shiloh, Col., Richmond KY, cavalry command under Forrest, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Ft Pillow, Brice's Cross Roads, February 1865 Brig. Gen., Selma.
Postwar career: Farmer
Henry Lewis "Old Rock" Benning
Born: April 2 1814, Columbia GA
Died: July 10 1875, Columbus GA
Prewar profession: Lawyer, judge, politician
War service: August 1861 Col. of 17th Georgia, Seven Days, Second Manassas, commanded Toombs' brigade at Sharpsburg and Fredericksburg, March 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Benning's Bde/Hood's Division at Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville, commanded Benning's Bde/Field's Division in Wilderness (wounded), Petersburg, Appomattox.
Postwar career: Lawyer
Samuel Benton
Born: October 18 1820, Williamson County TN
Died: July 28 1864, Griffin GA
Prewar profession: Teacher, lawyer, politician
War service: 1861 Capt. in 9th Mississippi, Col. of 37th (later 34th) Mississippi, Shiloh, 1864 commanded 24th and 27th Mississippi, commanded 34th Mississippi in Atlanta campaign, Atlanta (wounded), died
of wounds, promoted Brig. Gen. to rank from July 26 1864.
Albert Gallatin Blanchard
Born: September 10 1810, Charlestown MA
Died: July 21 1891, New Orleans LA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1829, frontier and recruiting duty, resigned 1840, businessman, teacher, Mexican War, resigned US Army 1847, engineer.
War service: 1861 Col. of 1st Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, September 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Blanchard's Bde/Huger's Division at Portsmouth, Seven Pines, conscripting and training duty.
Postwar career: Surveyor, engineer.
William Robertson Boggs
Born: March 18 1829, Augusta GA
Died: September 11 1911, Winston-Salem NC
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1853, engineer and ordnance duties.
War service: February 1861 Chief Engineer of Georgia, Capt. of ordnance under Beauregard at Charleston, engineer duties in Florida and Georgia, November 1862 Brig. Gen., served as Kirby Smith's chief of staff in Trans Mississippi.
Postwar career: Engineer, teacher, wrote memoirs.
Milledge Luke Bonham
Born: December 25 1813, Edgefield District SC
Died: August 27 1890, White Sulphur Springs NC
Prewar profession: Lawyer, Seminole war, Mexican War, US congressman, Maj. Gen. of militia.
War service: 1860 Maj. Gen. in South Carolina army, April 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Army, commanded 1st Bde/Army of the Potomac at First Manassas, resigned January 1862 to sit in Confederate
Congress, January 1863 Governor of South Carolina, reappointed Brig. Gen. February 1865, Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Lawyer, politician, railroad commissioner.
John Stevens Bowen
Born: October 30 1830, Savannah GA
Died: July 13 1863, Raymond MS
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1853, frontier duty, resigned 1856, architect.
War service: 1861 Camp Jackson (captured), June 1861 Col. of 1st Missouri Inf. Reg., March 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2nd Bde/Breckenridge's (Reserve) Corps at Shiloh (wounded), Vicksburg campaign, May 1863 Maj. Gen., Vicksburg (surrendered), paroled, died as a result of illness contracted during the siege.
Pinckney D. Bowles
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: August 1862 Maj. 4th AL Inf, September 1862 Lt.Col. 4th AL Inf, October 1862 Col. 4th AL Inf., April 1865 Brig.Gen., Brigade composed of 21st VA Battalion, 2nd & 6th VA Res., 1st & 2nd Conf. Regs., Walker's Div ANV. As Col. commanded 3rd AL Brigade, Field's Div., Longstreet's Corps, ANV.
Postwar career:?
Braxton Bragg
Born: March 22 1817, Warrenton NC
Died: September 27 1876, Galveston TX
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1837, Seminole War, Mexican War, Lt. Col., resigned 1856, planter.
War service: March 1861 Brig. Gen. of Confederate Provisional Army, Pensacola-Mobile coast,
September 1861 Maj. Gen., commanded II Corps at Shiloh, Corinth, April 1862 General, commanded
the Army of Tennessee, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, resigned his command, chief of staff to President Davis, commanded a division of the Army of Tennessee in Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Postwar career: Engineer
Lawrence O'Bryan Branch
Born: November 28 1820, Enfield NC
Died: September 17 1862, Sharpsburg MD
Prewar profession: Editor, lawyer, US Congressman
War service: 1861 Quartermaster General of North Carolina, Col. of 33rd North Carolina, November 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded forces at New Bern, commanded Branch's Bde/Hill's Light Division at Seven
Days, Second Manassas, Chantilly, Sharpsburg (killed).
William Lindsay Brandon
Born: c. 1801, Adams County MS
Died: October 8 1890, Wilkinson MS
Prewar profession: Planter, politician, Maj. Gen. of militia.
War service: 1861 Lt. Col. of 21st Mississippi, Malvern Hill (wounded), 1862 Col.,Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville, June 1864 Brig. Gen., conscription duties in Mississippi
Postwar career: Planter
W. F. Brantly
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service:December 1862 Col. 29th MS Inf., July 1864 Brig.Gen. Temporary Rank, Brigade composed of 24th , 27th, 29th, 30th & 34th MS Regs. Inf., Walthall's Div., Army of Tennessee.
Postwar career: ?
John Bratton
Born: March 7 1831, Winnsboro SC
Died: January 12 1898, Winnsboro SC
Prewar profession: Physician
War service: 1861 Pvt. in 6th South Carolina, Capt., Fort Sumter, First Manassas, Col., Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines (w,c), exchanged several months later, Fredericksburg, Suffolk, Richmond, Wilderness, May 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Jenkins' Bde/Fields' Division at Petersburg, Appomattox.
Postwar career: Farmer, politician
John Cabell Breckenridge
Born: January 15 1821, Lexington KY
Died: May 17 1875, Lexington KY
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician, US Congressman, US Vice President.
War service: November 1861 Brig. Gen., April 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded Reserve Corps at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, commanded 1st Division /Hardee's Corps at Murfreesboro, Jackson, commanded Breckenridge's Division/Hill's Corps at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, commanded Dept.
of Southwest Tennessee, commanded Confederate forces at New Market, commanded a division
at Cold Harbor, Early's Washington raid, Shenandoah campaign,
February 1865 Secretary of War.
Postwar career: Exile in Cuba, returned to US, lawyer.
Joseph L. Brent
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service:1864 Brig.Gen., Brigade composed of 2nd, 5th, 7th & 8th Regs. LA Cav., Bagby's Div., Army of West LA.
Postwar career:?
Theodore Washington Brevard
Born: August 26 1835, Tuskegee AL
Died: June 20 1882, Tallahassee FL
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician, Adjutant General for Florida
War service: 1861 raised Brevard's Partisan Rangers, Maj., Olustee, December 1863 Col. of 11th Florida, Petersburg, March 1865 Brig. Gen., Sayler's Creek (captured).
Postwar career: Lawyer
John Calvin Brown
Born: January 6 1827, Giles County TN
Died: August 17 1889, Red Boiling Springs TN
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Pvt., May 1861 Col. of 3rd Tennessee, Fort Donelson (captured),
exchanged after 6 months, August 1862 Brig. Gen., Perryville
Tullahoma, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, August 1864
Maj. Gen., commanded 3rd Division at Franklin (severely wounded), Greensboro.
Postwar career: Politician, governor of Tennessee, railroad president
Goode Bryan
Born: August 31 1811, Hancock GA
Died: August 16 1885, Augusta GA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1834, resigned 1835, planter, Mexican War
War service: 1861 Capt. in 16th Georgia, February 1862 Col., Peninsula, Seven Days, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, August 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Semmes' Bde/Kershaw's Division at Chickamauga, Knoxville, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, September 1864 resigned due to ill health.
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Born: April 1 1823, Hart County KY
Died: January 8 1914, Munfordville KY
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1844, Mexican War, resigned 1855, businessman, commander of Kentucky Sate Guard.
War service: 1861 refused commission in Union army, September 1861 Brig. Gen., Fort Donelson (surrendered), exchanged after 6 months, August 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded 3rd Division at Perryville, coastal defenses in the Gulf, command of the Dept. of East Tennessee, commanded a Corps at Chickamauga, September 1864 Lt. Gen. in Trans-Mississippi as Kirby Smith's chief of staff.
Postwar career: Newspaper editor, governor of Kentucky, Vice-presidential nominee 1896.
Abraham Buford
Born: January 18 1820, Woodford County KY
Died: June 9 1884, Danville IN
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1841, Mexican War, frontier duty, resigned 1854, rancher.
War service: 1862 joined the Confederate army, September 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded a brigade of cavalry at Murfreesboro, commanded 3rd Bde/Loring's Division in Vicksburg campaign, commanded a brigade in Forrest's Corps, Spring Hill, retreat from Nashville (wounded), 1865 commanded all cavalry in Alabama, Selma.
Postwar career: Horse breeder, politician.
Robert Bullock
Born: December 8 1828, Greenville NC
Died: July 27 1905, Ocala FL
Prewar profession: Court clerk, Seminole war.
War service: 1861 Capt. in 7th Florida, Lt. Col., Murfreesboro (wounded), 1863 Col., Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Atlanta campaign, November 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Bullock's Bde/Bate's Division at Spring Hill, Franklin, Murfreesboro (wounded).
Postwar career: Lawyer, judge, politician, US congressman
Matthew Calbraith Butler
Born: March 8 1836, Greenville SC
Died: April 14 1909, Washington DC
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician
War service: 1861 Capt. in Hampton Legion, First Manassas, Maj., August 1862 Col. of 2nd South Carolina Cavalry, Sharpsburg campaign, Fredericksburg, Brandy station (wounded), September 1863 Brig. Gen., Trevilian Station, September 1864 Maj. Gen., commanded Butler's Division /Cavalry Corps in Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Lawyer, US senator, Maj. Gen. of Volunteers in Spanish-American War, businessman.
William Lewis "Old Tige" CabellBorn: January 1 1827, Danville VA
Died: February 22 1911, Dallas TX
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1850, Quartermaster's Dept.
War service: 1861 Major, chief quartermaster to Beauregard, staff of J E Johnston, joined Van Dorn's cavalry, Elkhorn Tavern, Corinth (wounded), Iuka, January 1863 Brig. Gen. commanding cavalry in Arkansas and recruiting, Poison Spring, Sterling Price's Missouri raid (captured).
Postwar career: Lawyer, politician, lottery supervisor
Alexander William Campbell
Born: June 4 1828, Nashville TN
Died: June 13 1893, Jackson TN
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Pvt, Maj., 1861 Col. of 33rd Tennessee, Shiloh (wounded), served on Polk's staff, volunteer and conscript duty in Tennessee, captured in July 1863, exchanged February 1865 and given command of a brigade in Jackson's Division /Forrest's Corps, March 1865 Brig. Gen.
Postwar career: Lawyer
James Cantey
Born: December 30 1818, Camden SC
Died: June 30 1874, Fort Mitchell AL
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician, Mexican War, planter.
War service: 1861 Col. of 15th Alabama, Shenandoah Valley campaign, Seven Days, January 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Cantey's Division at the start of the Atlanta campaign, then commanded Cantey's
Bde/Walthall's Division , Franklin and Nashville campaign, Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Postwar career: Planter
Ellison Capers
Born: October 14 1837, Charleston SC
Died: April 22 1908, Columbia SC
Prewar profession: Teacher
War service: 1861 Maj. of South Carolina Rifles, Fort Sumter, Lt. Col. of 24th South Carolina, Secessionville, Vicksburg campaign, Jackson (wounded), Chickamauga, commanded Gist's brigade in part of Atlanta campaign, Col., Franklin (wounded), March 1865 Brig. Gen., Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
Postwar career: Minister, bishop.
William Henry Carroll
Born: 1810, Nashville TN
Died: May 3 1868, Montreal Canada
Prewar profession: Planter, postmaster.
War service: 1861 Col. of 37th Tennessee, October 1861 Brig. Gen., Mill Springs, arrested under Bragg's orders for drunkenness, incompetency and neglect, resigned February 1863.
Postwar career: Moved to Canada.
John Carpenter Carter
Born: December 19 1837, Waynesboro GA
Died: December 10 1864, Franklin TN
Prewar profession: Lawyer, teacher.
War service: 1861 Capt. in 38th Tennessee, Shiloh, 1862 Col., Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, commanded M J Wright's brigade in the Atlanta campaign, July 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Cheatham's division at Jonesboro, Franklin (mortally wounded).
James Ronald Chalmers
Born: January 11 1831, Halifax VA
Died: April 9 1898, Memphis TN
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: March 1861 Capt. in 9th Mississippi, April 1861 Col., commanded a brigade at Pensacola, February 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2nd Bde/2nd Division /Bragg's Corps at Shiloh, commanded
2nd Bde/2nd Division /II Corps at Murfreesboro (wounded), transferred to cavalry, command 1st Cavalry Division under Forrest, Ft Pillow, Franklin and Nashville campaign.
Postwar career: Lawyer, US congressman.
John Randolph Chambliss Jr.
Born: January 23 1833, Hicksford VA
Died: August 16 1864, Charles City Road VA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1853, resigned 1854, planter.
War service: 1861 Col. of 41st Virginia, July 1861 Col. of 13th Virginia Cavalry, Sharpsburg campaign, Fredericksburg campaign, Chancellorsville campaign, Brandy Station, commanded Rooney Lee's Bde
at Aldie, Hanover, Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, January 1864 Brig. Gen., Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, Trevilian Station, Petersburg campaign (m,w,c).
Benjamin Franklin Cheatham
Born: October 20 1820, Nashville TN
Died: September 4 1886, Nashville TN
Prewar profession: Farmer, Mexican War, Maj. Gen. in Tennessee state militia, gold miner.
War service: 1861 Brig. Gen. then Maj. Gen. in Provisional Army of Tennessee, July 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Army, Belmont, March 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded 1st Division /Polk's Corps at Shiloh,
Perryville, Murfreesboro, commanded Cheatham's Division /Polk's Corps at Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, commanded Cheatham's Division /Hardee's Corps in Atlanta campaign, Kennesaw Mountain,
Atlanta, Nashville, Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Superintendent of prisons, postmaster.
James Chestnut
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: 1861 Col. and A.D.C. to President Davis, April 1864 Brig.Gen. Commanding a brigade on the SC coast.
Postwar career:?
Robert Hall Chilton
Born: February 25 1815, Loudoun VA
Died: February 18 1879, Columbus GA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1837, Capt. of Dragoons, Mexican War, army paymaster.
War service: 1861 Lt. Col. Adjutant and Inspector General's Dept., chief of staff to R E Lee, Brig. Gen. (confirmed February 1864 after 18 months), April 1864 relieved from duty at own request, Inspector
general, May 1864 commanded near Richmond, Inspector general.
Postwar career: Manufacturer
Thomas James Churchill
Born: March 10 1824, Jefferson KY
Died: May 14 1905, Little Rock AR
Prewar profession: Mexican War, farmer.
War service: 1861 Col. of 1st Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Wilson's Creek, March 1862 Brig. Gen., Elkhorn Tavern, Richmond KY, Arkansas Post (surrendered), Red River campaign, Jenkins' Ferry, March 1865
Maj. Gen., surrendered in Texas.
Postwar career: Exile in Mexico, state treasurer of Arkansas, governor.
James Holt Clanton
Born: January 8 1827, Columbia GA
Died: September 27 1871, Knoxville TN (assassinated by a "drunken ex-Federal officer").
Prewar profession: Mexican War, lawyer, politician
War service: 1861 Capt. of mounted troops, 1861 Col. of 1st Alabama Cavalry, Shiloh (gets credit for "opening the battle), Booneville, Polk's staff, November 1863 Brig. Gen., Atlanta campaign, commanded a mounted brigade in Alabama, Bluff Spring FL (w,c). Badly wounded in March, 1865.
Postwar career: Lawyer.
Charles Clark
Born: May 24 1811, Lebanon OH
Died: December 18 1877, Bolivar MS
Prewar profession: Teacher, planter, politician, Mexican War
War service: 1861 Brig. Gen. then Maj. Gen. of state troops, May 1861 Brig.Gen., commanded 1st Division /Polk's Corps at Shiloh (wounded), Baton Rouge (w,c), paroled, resigned October 1863, governor of Mississippi.
Postwar career: Lawyer.
John Bullock Clarke Jr.
Born: January 14 1831, Fayette MO
Died: September 7 1903, Washington DC
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Lt. then Capt. of 6th Missouri, Maj., Carthage, Wilson'sCreek, Col., commanded a brigade at Elkhorn Tavern, June 1862 Col. 9th MO Inf., March 1864 Brig. Gen., Price's Missouri raid.
Postwar career: Lawyer, US congressman, Clerk of the House, lawyer.
Henry DeLamar Clayton
Born: March 7 1827, Pulaski GA
Died: October 13 1889, Tuscaloosa AL
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician.
War service: March 1861 Col. of 1st Alabama, recruited and commanded 39th Alabama, Kentucky campaign, Murfreesboro (wounded), April 1863 Brig. Gen., Chickamauga (wounded), Missionary Ridge, Atlanta campaign, July 1864 Maj. Gen., commanded A P Stewart's Division at Jonesboro, Franklin and Nashville campaign, Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Judge, university president.
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
Born: March 17 1828, County Cork Ireland
Died: November 30 1864, Franklin TN
Prewar profession: Served in 41st Regiment, British Army, emigrated to US, pharmacist, lawyer.
War service: 1861 Capt. in 15th Arkansas, 1861 Col., March 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 2ndBd/
Hardee's Corps at Shiloh, commanded two brigades at Richmond KY (wounded), December 1862 Maj. Gen., commanded 2nd Division /Hardee's Corps at Murfreesboro, commanded 2nd Division /Hill's Corps at Chickamauga, Tunnel Hill at Chattanooga (where he stopped Sherman), commanded 2nd Division /Hardee's Corps in Atlanta campaign, Franklin (killed leading a charge).
Thomas Lanier Clingman
Born: July 27 1812, Huntsville NC
Died: November 3 1897, Morgantown NC
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician, US congressman, US senator
War service: 1861 Col. of 25th North Carolina, New Bern, May 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Clingman's Bde/Hoke's Division at Drewry's Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad (wounded).
Postwar career: Lawyer, surveyor.
Howell Cobb
Born: September 7 1815, Jefferson GA
Died: October 9 1868, New York NY
Prewar profession: Lawyer, US congressman, Speaker of the House, Governor of Georgia, Secretary of the Treasury
War service: Confederate congressman, July 1861 Col. of 16th Georgia, February 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Cobb's Bde/McLaws' Division in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, September 1863 Maj. Gen. in command of Dist. of Georgia and Florida.
Postwar career: Lawyer
Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb
Born: April 10 1823, Jefferson GA
Died: December 13 1862, Fredericksburg VA
Prewar profession: Lawyer, writer
War service: August 1861 Col. of Cobb's Legion, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg campaign, November 1862, commanded Cobb's Bde/McLaws' Division at Fredericksburg (mortally wounded).
Philip St. George Cocke
Born: April 17 1809, Fluvanna VA
Died: December 26 1861, Powhatan VA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1832, resigned 1834, farmer, writer.
War service: April 1861 Brig. Gen. in Virginia forces, First Manassas, October 1861 Brig. Gen. CSA, returned home in poor health, committed suicide.
Francis Marion Cockrell
Born: October 1 1834, Johnson City MO
Died: December 13 1915, Washington DC
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Pvt. then Capt. in Missouri State Guard, 3rd Missouri, Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Elkhorn Tavern, Col. of 1st Missouri, Vicksburg campaign (captured), paroled, July 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Cockrell's Bde/French's Division in Atlanta campaign, Franklin (severely wounded), Mobile (captured).
Postwar career: Lawyer, US senator.
Alfred Holt Colquitt
Born: April 20 1824, Walton GA
Died: March 26 1894, Washington DC
Prewar profession: Lawyer, Mexican War, US congressman
War service: May 1861 Col. of 6th Georgia, Peninsula, Seven Days, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, September 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Colquitt's Bde/D H Hill's Division at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Olustee, commanded Colquitt's Bde/Hoke's Division at Drewry's Bluff, Petersburg.
Postwar career: Lawyer, farmer, governor of Georgia, US senator
Raleigh Edward Colston
Born: October 31 1825, Paris France
Died: July 29 1896, Richmond VA
Prewar profession: Graduated VMI 1846, professor
War service: May 1861 Col. of 16th Virginia, December 1861 Brig. Gen., commanded Colston's Bde/Longstreet's Division at Williamsburg, Seven Pines, commanded Trimble's Division at Chancellorsville (relieved of command), assigned to Petersburg, commanded forces at Lynchburg.
Postwar career: Col. in Egyptian army
James Conner
Born: September 1 1829, Charleston SC
Died: June 26 1883, Richmond VA
Prewar profession: Lawyer, US district attorney
War service: 1861 Capt. of the Montgomery Guards, Fort Sumter, may 1861 Capt. in Hampton Legion, First Manassas, Maj., Peninsula campaign, Seven Pines, June 1862 Col. of 22nd North Carolina, Gaines Mill (wounded), Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, June 1864 Brig. Gen. commanded Kershaw's Bde/ Kershaw's Division at Petersburg, Cedar Creek (wounded).
Postwar career: Lawyer, politician.
Philip Cook
Born: July 31 1817, Twiggs GA
Died: May 21 1894, Atlanta GA
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: May 1861 Pvt. in 4th Georgia, Seven Days (wounded), Lt. Col., Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, November 1862 Col., Second Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville (wounded), granted leave to sit in Georgia legislature, August 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Doles' Bde/Rodes' Division , Cold Harbor, Petersburg (wounded), Cedar Creek, Fort Stedman (wounded), captured in hospital.
Postwar career: Lawyer, politician
John Rogers Cooke
Born: June 9 1833, Jefferson Barracks MO
Died: April 10 1891, Richmond VA
Prewar profession: 1855 commissioned 2nd Lt. US 8th Infantry
War service: 1861 Lt., First Manassas, April 1862 Col. of 27th North Carolina, Seven Pines (wounded), Sharpsburg, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Cooke's Bde/Ransom's Division at Fredericksburg, Bristoe Station (wounded), Wilderness (wounded), commanded Cooke's Bde/Heth's Division at Petersburg, Appomattox.
Postwar career: Merchant, co-founded Confederate Soldiers' Home.
Douglas Hancock Cooper
Born: November 1 1815, Amite Cty (?) MS
Died: April 29 1879, Bryan OK
Prewar profession: Planter, Mexican War, Indian agent
War service: 1861 Col. of 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles, Elkhorn Tavern, Newtonia, Honey Springs, May 1863 Brig. Gen., district command of Indian Territory
Postwar career: Supporter of Indian claims against the government
Samuel Cooper
Born: June 12 1798, Hackensack NJ
Died: December 3 1876, Alexandria VA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1815, Seminole War, 1852 Adjutant General
War service: March 1861 Brig. Gen. (Regular) in Confederate Army, Adjutant General and Inspector General, August 1861 General.
Postwar career: Farmer
Montgomery Dent Corse
Born: March 14 1816, Alexandria VA
Died: February 11 1895, Alexandria VA
Prewar profession: Gold miner, Mexican War, banker, militia officer.
War service: 1861 Col. of 17th Virginia, Blackburn's Ford, First Manassas, Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Sharpsburg (wounded), November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Corse's Bde/Pickett's Division
at Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville, Drewry's Bluff, New Bern, Petersburg, Five Forks, Sayler's Creek (captured).
Postwar career: Banker
George Blake Cosby
Born: January 19 1830, Louisville KY
Died: June 29 1909, Oakland CA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1852, frontier duty, instructor at West Point.
War service: 1861 staff Major, Fort Donelson (surrendered), January 1863 Brig. Gen., command of Van Dorn's cavalry, Vicksburg campaign, served in East Tennessee.
Postwar career: Farmer
William Ruffin Cox
Born: March 11 1832, Halifax NC
Died: December 26 1919, Richmond VA
Prewar profession: Lawyer, planter
War service: 1861 Maj. in 2nd North Carolina, Seven Days, Chancellorsville (wounded), Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, June 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Cox's Bde/Ramseur's Division in Shenandoah Valley
campaign, Appomattox. Wounded 11 times during the war.
Postwar career: Politician, judge, US congressman, Secretary of the Senate.
John Z. Cox
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: Col. commanding 1st (also called 12th) Confederate Cavalry, Acting Brig.Gen.
Postwar career:?
C. C. Crews
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: 1861 Col. 2nd GA Cav., 1865 Brig.Gen. commanding brigade under Maj.Gen. Joe Wheeler, composed of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 6th Regs. of GA Cav., Army of TN.
Postwar career:?
George Bibb Crittenden
Born: March 20 1812, Russellville KY
Died: November 27 1880, Danville KY
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1832, Black Hawk war, 1833 resigned, Texas army, Mexican War, remained in the US army, resigned 1861.
War service: August 1861 Brig. Gen., November 1861 Maj. Gen., invasion of Kentucky, Mill Springs, court martialled for drunkenness, resigned October 1862, served in subordinate capacities in western Virginia.
Postwar career: State librarian of Kentucky.
Alfred Cumming
Born: January 30 1829, Augusta GA
Died: December 5 1910, Rome GA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1849, Mormon expedition, resigned 1861.
War service: 1861 Lt. Col. of Augusta Volunteer Bn, Maj. in 1st Georgia, Lt. Col. of 10th Georgia, Peninsula campaign, Malvern Hill (wounded), Crampton's Gap, Sharpsburg, October 1862 Col., October 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 3rd Bde/Stevenson's Division at Champion's Hill, Vicksburg (surrendered), paroled, commanded Cumming's Bde/Stevenson's Division at Missionary Ridge,
Atlanta campaign, Snake Creek Gap, Resaca, Jonesboro (wounded).
Postwar career: Farmer, American Military Commission to Korea.
Charles G. DahlgrenBorn:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: Brig.Gen. State Forces, MS; never mustered into Confederate service, except temporarily.
Postwar career:?
Junius Daniel
Born: June 27 1828, Halifax NC
Died: May 13 1864, Spotsylvania Court House VA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1851, frontier duty, resigned 1858, planter.
War service: June 1861 Col. of 14th North Carolina, Col. of 45th North Carolina, commanded 3rd Bde/Holmes' Division at Seven Days, September 1862 Brig. Gen., served in North Carolina, commanded Daniel's Bde/Rodes' Division at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania (mortally wounded).
Henry Brevard Davidson
Born: January 28 1831, Shelbyville TN
Died: March 4 1899, Livermore CA
Prewar profession: Mexican War, graduated West Point 1853, frontier duty.
War service: 1861 staff Major, 1862 Col., Island No 10 (captured), released, August 1863 Brig. Gen. with a brigade in Wheeler's cavalry, commanded Davidson's Bde/Pegram's Division at Chickamauga,
commanded Jackson's Bde/Lomax's Division in Shenandoah Valley campaign, Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Civil engineer, agent of Southern Pacific Railroad.
Joseph Robert Davis
Born: January 12 1825, Woodville MS
Died: September 15 1896, Biloxi MS
Prewar profession: Lawyer, politician
War service: 1861 Capt., Lt. Col. of 10th Mississippi, served as Col. on the President's staff, September 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Davis' Bde/Heth's division at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania,
Petersburg, Appomattox.
Postwar career: Lawyer
Rueben Davis
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: Brig.Gen. in command of 60 day troops from MS at Bowling Green, KY
Postwar career:?
William George Mackey Davis
Born: May 9 1812, Portsmouth VA
Died: March 11 1898, Alexandria VA
Prewar profession: Sailor, journalist, editor, cotton speculator, judge.
War service: January 1862 Col. of 1st Florida (which he recruited and equipped), elected to Confederate Congress, served in Tennessee, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded the Dept. of East Tennessee, May 1863 resigned, lived in Richmond, operated a fleet of blockade runners from Wilmington NC.
Postwar career: Lawyer.
James Dearing
Born: April 25 1840, Campbell VA
Died: April 23 1865, Lynchburg VA
Prewar profession: West Point - appointed 1858, resigned 1861.
War service: 1861 Lt. in Washington Artillery, Peninsula, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Maj., commanded a Battalion in Longstreet's artillery, Gettysburg, commanded Pickett's cavalry in North
Carolina, April 1864 Lt. Col. in command of Horse Artillery of ANV, April 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded Dearing's Bde/W H F Lee's Division at Petersburg, near Appomattox (mortally wounded).
Zachariah Cantey Deas
Born: October 25 1819, Camden SC
Died: March 6 1882, New York NY
Prewar profession: Mexican War, cotton broker
War service: 1861 Col. of 22nd Alabama (which he raised and financed), Shiloh (wounded), Kentucky invasion, December 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded 1st Bde/2nd Division /Polk's Corps at Murfreesboro, commanded Deas' Bde/Hindman's Division at Chickamauga, Atlanta campaign, Franklin, Nashville, Carolinas campaign.
Postwar career: Cotton broker.
X. B. DeBray
Born:?
Died:?
Prewar profession:?
War service: September 1861 Maj. 2nd TX Inf, December 1861 Lt.Col. DeBray's Cav. Battalion, 1862 Col. 26th TX Cav., 1862 Commanding Subdistrict in Dept. of TX, 1863 commanding at Galveston Island TX, March 1864 Transfered to Dist. of LA (Gen. R. Taylor commanding),April 1864 Brig.Gen., Brigade composed of 23rd, 26th & 32nd TX Cav. Regs.
Postwar career: ?
James Deshler
Born: February 18 1833, Tuscumbia AL
Died: September 20 1863, Chickamauga GA
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1854, cavalry service in the West.
War service: 1861 Capt. in artillery, Allegheny Summit (wounded), Col. of artillery, Seven Days, Trans Mississippi, Arkansas Post (surrendered), July 1863 Brig. Gen., commanded Deshler's Bde/Cleburne's Division at Chickamauga (killed).
George Gibbs Dibrell
Born: April 12 1822, Sparta TN
Died: May 9 1888, Sparta TN
Prewar profession: Merchant, politician
War service: 1861 Pvt. in 25th Tennessee, Lt. Col., Mill Springs, raised 8th Tennessee Cavalry under Forrest, Murfreesboro, Tullahoma campaign, Atlanta campaign, Savannah, January 1865 Brig. Gen., Carolinas, joined President Davis in his flight.
Postwar career: Businessman, railroad president, US congressman.
J. J. Dickison
Born: ?
Died: ?
Prewar profession: ?
War service: Acting Brig.Gen. in command of East and South FL.
Postwar career: ?
Arch J. Dobbins
Born: ?
Died: ?
Prewar profession: ?
War service: Col. Dobbins' AR Cav. Reg., commanding brigade in Fagan's Div., Price's Army of Missouri.
Postwar career: ?
Thomas Pleasant Dockery
Born: December 18 1833, NC
Died: February 27 1898, New York NY
Prewar profession: Pre-War Profession
War service: Col. of Arkansas state troops, Wilson's Creek, Corinth, commanded 2nd Bde/Bowen's Division at Vicksburg (captured), paroled, August 1863 Brig. Gen., Camden expedition, Jenkins' Ferry.
Postwar career: Civil engineer
George Pierce Doles
Born: May 14 1830, Milledgeville GA
Died: June 2 1864, Bethesda Church VA
Prewar profession: Businessman, Capt. of Baldwin Blues militia co.
War service: 1861 Capt. in 4th Georgia, May 1861 Col., Malvern Hill (wounded), South Mountain, Sharpsburg, November 1862 Brig. Gen., commanded Doles' Bde/D H Hill's Division at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, commanded Doles' Bde/Rodes' Division at Gettysburg, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor (killed by a sharpshooter).
Daniel Smith Donelson
Born: June 23 1801, Sumner TN
Died: April 17 1863, Montvale Springs TN
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1825, resigned 1826, planter, politician
War service: 1861 Brig. Gen. of state troops, July 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate Army, served in West Virginia, then in Charleston, commanded 1st Bde/Cheatham's Division at Murfreesboro, commanded the Dept of East Tennessee, died of natural causes, 22 April 1863 Maj. Gen.
Thomas Fenwick Drayton
Born: August 24 1808, Charleston SC
Died: February 18 1891, Florence SC
Prewar profession: Graduated West Point 1828, resigned 1836, planter, railroad director, politician
War service: September 1861 Brig. Gen., Port Royal, commanded Drayton's Bde/D R Jones' Division at Second Manassas, South Mountain, Sharpsburg, performed poorly, transferred to Trans Mississippi.
Postwar career: Farmer, insurance agent.
Dudley McIvor Dubose
Born: October 28 1834, Shelby TN
Died: March 2 1883, Washington GA
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 Lt. in 15th Georgia, Seven Days, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, January 1863 Col., Gettysburg, Chickamauga (wounded), Wilderness, November 1864 Brig. Gen., commanded DuBose's Bde/Kershaw's Division at Petersburg, Appomattox campaign, Sayler's Creek (captured).
Postwar career: Lawyer, US congressman.
Basil Wilson Duke
Born: May 28 1838, Georgetown KY
Died: September 16 1916, New York NY
Prewar profession: Lawyer
War service: 1861 with Thompson's Partisan Rangers, Pvt. in Lexington Rifles, 2nd Lt. later Lt. Col. of 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, Shiloh, Morgan's Ohio raid (captured), exchanged in 1864, served in Eastern Kentucky and western Virginia, September 1864 promoted Brig. Gen. and took command of Morgan's cavalry, escort for President Davis and fugitive Confederate government.