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Generals in the Confederate States Army from Virginia. From the times-dispatch, November 15, 22, 29, 1908.

The list of general officers from Virginia in the Confederate service was published in this column some years ago, but it did not give the dates of their appointment and promotion, or their commands. These are here given for the first time. We suggest to our comrades, and to the ‘Sons’ and ‘Daughters’ to preserve it in their scrapbooks. Many letters have come to our office asking for information, which this list will supply. To our friend, General Marcus J. Wright, whose faithful service has been of inestimable value to our Confederate history, we are largely indebted for assistance in this compilation. If any errors are found we ask for their correction.

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Joseph R. Anderson, brigadier-general, September 3, 1861. Resigned July 19, 1862, to take charge of the Tredegar Works; died at Isle of Shoals, N. H., September 7, 1892.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Fourteenth, Thirty-fifth, Forty-fifth and Forty-ninth Georgia Regiments, Infantry. and the Third Louisiana Battalion, Infantry, A. P. Hill's Light Division, Army of Northern Virginia.

Lewis Addison Armistead, major corps of artillery, Confederate States Army, March :6, 1861; colonel Fifty-seventh Virginia Infantry—, 1861; brigadier-general, April 1, 1962; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, in charge of Pickett's Division.

Commands—Brigade composed of Ninth, Fourteenth, Thirty-eighth, Fifty-third and Fifty-seventh Virginia Regiments, Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.

Turner Ashby, lieutenant-colonel Seventh Virginia Cavalry, July 17, 1861; brigadier-general May 23, 1862; killed near Harrisonburg, Va., June 6. 1862.

Commands—Original command of twenty-six companies of cavalry subsequently organized into the Sixth, Seventh and [106] Eleventh Virginia Regiments, and Colonel Funsten's Sixteenth Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia.

Seth M. Barton, captain corps of infantry, Confederate States Army, March 16, 1861; * * * brigadier-general March 11, 1862.

Commands—Brigade composed of Ninth, Fourteenth, Thirty-eighth, Fifty-third and Fifty-seventh Virginia Regiments, Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia; died at Fredericksburg, Va., April II, 1900.

Richard Lee Turberville Beale, colonel Ninth Virginia Cavalry, October 18, 1862; brigadier-general, February 6, 1165.

Commands—Brigade in Major-General W. H. F. Lee's Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of Ninth, Tenth and Thirteenth Regiments, Virginia Cavalry, and Fourteenth Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, subsequently added; died in Westmoreland county, Va., April 19, 1893.

W. L. Cabell, major Quartermaster-General's Department, Confederate States Army, March 16, 1861; brigadier-general, January 20, 1863.

Commands—Commanding First Brigade, Second Division, Army of the West, 1864.

John Randolph Chambliss, colonel Thirteenth Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, July 13, 1861; brigadier-general, December 19, 1863; killed in action below Richmond, August 16, 1864.

Commands—Commanding brigade of cavalry in MajorGen-eral W. H. F. Lee's Division, Army of Northern Virginia.

R. H. Chilton, lieutenant-colonel, adjutant-general's department, Confederate States Army, March 16, 1861; colonel, adjutant-general's department, October 13, 1862; brigadier-general, December 21, 1863; resigned April 1, 1864.

Commands—Chief of staff, Army of Northern Virginia; inspector-general, Army of Northern Virginia, October 28, 1862; died at Columbus, Ga., February 18, 1879.

Philip St. George Cocke, * * * brigadier-general, October 21, 1861; died at Belmeade, in Powhatan county, Va., December 26, 1861.

Commands—Brigade composed of Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-eighth and Forty-ninth Regiments, Virginia Infantry; [107] subsequently composed of Eleventh, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twenty-eighth Regiments, Virginia Infantry.

Raleigh Edward Colston, colonel Sixteenth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, May 21, 1861; brigadier-general, December 24 1861; died near Richmond, Va., July 29, 1896.

Commands—Brigade composed of Third Virginia and Thirteenth and Fourteenth North Carolina Regiments, Infantry, with unattached artillery and cavalry. In 1862, brigade composed of Thirteenth and Fourteenth North Carolina Regiments, Infantry, and Manley's light battery of artillery. At battle of Chancellorsville brigade composed of Tenth, Twenty-third and Thirty-seventh Regiments, Virginia Infantry, and First and Third North Carolina Regiments, Infantry; Trimble's Division, Army of Northern Virginia.

John R. Cooke, appointed from North Carolina, but of Virginia parentage, commanded light artillery along the Potomac; major, February, 1862, and chief of artillery, Department of North Carolina; colonel Twenty-seventh North Carolina Regiment, Infantry, April, 1862; brigadier-general, November I, 1862; brigade composed of Fifteenth, Twenty-seventh, Forty-sixth, Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth North Carolina Regulars, A. P. Hill's Light Division; died in Richmond, Va., April 10, 1891.

Samuel Cooper, general, C. S. A., May 16, 1861; died at Cameron, Alexandria county, Va., December 3, 1876; adjutant and inspector-general, C. S. A., May 16, 1861, to close of war.

Montgomery Dent Corse, colonel, Seventeenth Virginia Infantry, May-June, 1861; brigadier-general, November 1, 1862; died at Alexandria, Va., February 1, 1895.

Commands—Brigade composed of Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-ninth, Thirtieth and Thirty-second Virginia Regiments, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

James Dearing, major, Thirty-eighth Battalion Virginia Artillery, 1861; brigadier-general, 1864; killed at High Bridge, April 6, 1865.

Command—Commanding Brigade of Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia. [108]

Jubal Anderson Early, colonel, Twenty-fourth Virginia Regiment, Infantry, May, 1861; brigadier-general, July 21, 1861; major-general, January 17, 1863; lieutenant-general, May 31, 1864; died at Lynchburg, Va., March 2, 1894.

Commands—As colonel, brigade composed of Seventh Louisiana and Seventh and Twenty-first Virginia remiments, infantry; brigade composed of Fifth and Twenty-third North Carolina Regiments and Twenty-fourth Virginia Regiments; subsequently Twentieth Georgia Regiment added; subsequently brigade composed of Twelfth Georgia and Thirteenth, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-first, Forty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiments, Infantry; division composed of Hays's, Gordon's, Smith's and Hoke's brigades; army corps composed of Rodes's, Gordon's and Ramseur's divisions, and five battalions of artillery, commanded by Brigadier-General Long and Col. Thomas H. Carter. Commanding in 1864 in Maryland and Shenandoah Valley.

John Echols, colonel, Twenty-seventh Virginia Infantry,—, 1862, brigadier-general, April 16, 1862; died at Staunton, Va., May 24, 1898.

Commands—Brigade composed of Thirty-seventh, Fiftieth, sixtieth and Sixty-third Regiments, Virginia Infantry, and Edgar's and Derrick's Virginia battalions of infantry; commanding Department of Southwestern Virginia, October, 1862; commanding Trans-Alleghany Department, 1865.

Richard Stoddart Ewell, lieutenant-colonel corps of cavalry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; brigadier-general, June 17, 1861; major-general, January 24, 1862; lieutenant-general, May 23, 1863; died at Spring Hill, Tenn., January 25, 1892.

Commands—Brigade composed of Fifth, Sixth and Twelfth Alabama and Twelfth Mississippi Regiments, Infantry, Army of the Potomac; subsequently brigade composed of First, Seventh, Eleventh and Seventeenth Regiments, Virginia Infantry, A. N. Va., division composed of the brigades of Elzey and Taylor, A. N. V.; commanding Second Army Corps, A. N. V., May 10, 1863; commanding Department of Richmond.

John Buchanan Floyd, brigadier-general, May 23, 1861; died August 26, 1863.

Commands—Commanding forces in Kanawha Valley, August [109] 12 to September 19, 1861; brigade composed of Twentieth Mississippi and the Thirty-sixth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Regiments, Virginia Infantry; commanding division at Fort Donelson, Tenn., February, 1862.

Samuel Garland, Jr., brigadier-general, May 23, 1862; killed at South Mountain, September 14, 1862.

Commands—Brigade composed of Fifth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Twentieth and Twenty-third Regiments, North Carolina Infantry, A. N. V.

Richard Brooke Garnett, major corps of artillery, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; brigadier-general, November 14, 1861; killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, in the charge of Pickett's Division.

Commands—Commanding Stonewall Brigade, composed of Second, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third Regiments, Virginia Infantry, Jackson's Corps; commanding brigade composed of Eighth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-eighth and Fifty-sixth Regiments, Virginia Infantry; Pickett's Division

Robert Selden Garnett, lieutenant-colonel corps of infantry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; brigadier-general, June 6, 1861; killed at Garrick's Ford, July 13, 1861; while in command of forces in Western Virginia opposing McClellan.

Henry Heth, major corps of infantry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; colonel Fourth Virginia Infantry, June 17, 1861; brigadier-general, January 6, 1862; major-general, May 24, 1863; died in Washington city, September 26, 1899.

Commands—Brigade in 1862, composed of Fortieth, Forty-seventh and Fifty-fifth Virginia Regiments, Infantry, and Twenty-second Virginia Battalion, Infantry, A. P. Hill's Division, A. N. V., division composed of Pettigrew's, Archer's, Davis's, Cooke's and Brockenbrough's Brigades, Third Corps, A. N. V.

Ambrose Powell Hill, colonel Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, —, 1861; brigadier-general, February 26, 1862; Major-general, May 26, 1862; lieutenant-general, May 24, 1863; killed at Petersburg, Va., April 2, 1865.

Commands—Brigade composed of First, Seventh, Eleventh and Seventeenth Regiments, Virginia Infantry; and Roger's [110] Light Battery of Artillery, A. N. V.; division composed of brigades of Pender, Heth, Archer, Lane, Thomas and McCowan, A. N, V.; commanding Third Army Corps, A. N. V., composed of divisions of Anderson, Heth and Pender, February 19, 1863 to ——, 1864.

Eppa Hunton, colonel Eighth Virginia Infantry, May 8, 1861; brigadier-general, August 9, 1863.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Eighth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Va. Regiments.

Julius DeLagnel, captain corps of artillery, March 16, 1861; major Twentieth Battalion Virginia Artillery, July 3, 1862; brigadier-general, April 15, 1862; declined appointment.

Edwin G. Lee, major Thirty-third Virginia Infantry, 1861; colonel Thirty-third Virginia Infantry, 1861; brigadier-general, September 20, 1864; died——. Valley District, 1864.

Fitzhugh Lee, first lieutenant, corps of cavalry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; lieutenant-colonel First Virginia Cavalry, August, 1861; colonel First Virginia Cavalry, March, 1862; brigadier-general, July 24, 1862; major-general, August 3, 1863. Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Ninth Virginia Regiments, Cavalry and Breathed's Battery of Horse Artillery, A. N. Va.; division in August, 1863, composed of cavalry brigades of W. H. F. Lee, Lomax and Wickham; subquently assigned to command of Cavalry Corps, A. N. Va., composed of divisions of W. H. F. Lee, Rosser and Munford.

George Washington Custis Lee, captain Corps of Engineers, C. S. A., July 1, 1861; colonel and aide-de-camp to the President, August 31, 1861; brigadier-general, June 25, 1863; major-general, October 20, 1864.

Commands—Commanding brigade of local troops for defense of Richmond; as major-general commanding troops for defense of Richmond, consisting of Barton's Brigade, the brigade of Confederate States' employees and several battalions of heavy artillery.

Robert Edward Lee, major-general, commanding Virginia [111] State forces 1861; brigadier-general, C. S. A., May 14, 1861; general, C. S. A, June 14, 1861; general-in-chief, January 31, 1865; died at Lexington, Va., October 12, 1870.

Commands—In command of operations in Trans-Alleghany Department, 1861; in charge of defenses on coast of South Carolina and Georgia, 1861-1862; commanding Army of Northern Virginia, June, 1862; assigned to duty at Richmond, 1862, charged with the conduct of all military operations of the Confederate States army, under the direction of the President; commanding Army of Northern Virginia from June I, 1862, to April 9, 1865.

William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, captain corps of cavalry, May 6, 1861; major, corps of cavalry, May, 1861; lieutenant-colonel, Ninth Virginia Cavalry, December, 1861; colonel, Ninth Virginia Cavalry, March, 1862; brigadier-general, September 15, 1862; major-general, April 23, 1864; died at Ravensworth, Fairfax county, Va., October 15, 1891. Regiments, Virginia Cavalry, and Second Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, and McGregor's Battery of Artillery, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Army of Northern Virginia; division in June, 1864, composed of the cavalry brigades of Chambers, Barringer and Roberts, and two batteries of artillery, Army of Northern Virginia.

R. D. Lilley, major Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment Infantry, January 28, 1863; lieutenant-Colonel, Twenty-fifth Virginia Regiment Infantry, August 27, 1863; brigadier-general, May 31, 1864; died at Staunton, Va., November 12, 1886.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Thirteenth, Forty-ninth, Twenty-fifth, Fifty-second and Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiments (formerly Pegram's brigade); Ramseur's Division, Early's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

Lunsford Lindsay Lomax, colonel Eleventh Virginia Cavalry, February 8, 1863; brigadier-general, July 23, 1863; majorgen-eral, August 10, 1864.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Fifth, Sixth and Fifteenth Regiments, Virgina Cavalry, and First Regiment, Maryland Cavalry, Army of Northern Virginia; division composed [112] of the cavalry brigades of Johnston, Jackson, Davidson, Imboden and McCausland, Army of Northern Virginia, commanding Valley District, March 29, 1865.

Armistead Lindsay Long, major of artillery, C. S. A., July 19, 1861; colonel, military secretary, April 21, 1862; brigadiergen-eral of artillery, September 21, 1863; died at Charlottesville, Va., April—, 1891.

Commands—Commanding artillery, Early's Corps, June 13 to August 30, 1864; commanding artillery, Ewell's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, commanding artillery, Valley District, November 15, 1864; assigned to artillery command Dutch Gap to Appomattox River, March 12, 1865.

John Bankhead Magruder, colonel, corps of infantry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; brigadier-general, June 17, 1861; major-general, October 7, 1861 died February 19, 1871.

Commands—Commanding> District of Yorktown, Department of the Peninsula, May 21, 1861, to February I, 1862; commanding District of Texas, Trans-Mississippi Department, October 10, 1862; commanding District of New Mexico and Arizona, Trans-Mississippi Department, August 11, 1864, to March 31, 1865.

William Mahone, colonel, Sixth Virginia Regiment, Infantry,

——, 861; brigadier-general, November 16, 1861; major-general, June I, 1864; died in Washington city, October 9, 1895.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Third Alabama, the Sixth, Twelfth, brigade, A. N. Va.; commanding Valley Sixteenth and Forty-first Virginia and Second (afterwards Twelfth) North Carolina Regiments, Infantry, Anderson's Division, A. P. Hill's Corps, A. N. V.; division composed of Wright's (General Mahone's old brigade), Weisiger's, Saunder's (Alabama), Harris's (Mississippi), and Finegan's (Florida) Brigades; subsequently brigade composed of Sixth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, Forty-first and Sixty-first Regiments, Virginia Infantry.

Dabney Herndon Maury—Captain, corps of cavalry, C. S. A., March 15, 1861; assistant adjutant-general, army at Manassas, July, 1861; colonel of Virginia State forces, March 16, 1861; [113] brigadier-general, March 12, 1862; major-general, November 11, 1862; died at Peoria, Ill., January 11, 1900.

Commands—--* * * Commanding division composed of brigades of Moore, Ross and Cabell; commanding division composed of brigades of Dockery, Moore and Phifer, Army of the West; commanding Army of the West, June 27, 1862; commanding Department of East Tennessee, April 15 to March 12, 1863; commanding District of the Gulf. May, 1863; commanding Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, November 22, 1864; commanding at Mobile, March to April, 1865.

John McCausland, colonel, Thirty-sixth Virginia Infantry, July 16, 1861; brigadier-general, May 18, 1864.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-second Regiments, Virginia Cavalry, and Jackson's Battery of Artillery.

Patrick T. Moore, colonel First Virginia Infantry,——, 1861; brigadier-general, September 20, 1864.

Commands—Assigned to organization of reserve forces in and around Richmond.

Thomas T. Munford, brigadier-general, assigned to duty as such by Major-General Fitzhugh Lee; colonel, Second Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, April 25, 1862.

Commands—Brigade composed of the First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth Regiments of Virginia Cavalry, A. N. V.; commanding Fitz Lee's Division.

Richard L. Page. * * * brigadier-general, March I, 1864 (appointed commander Confederate Navy, June 14, 1861, and commanded naval stations, Charlottesville, N. C.; Savannah, Ga., and commanding Fort Morgan and outer defenses of Mobile Bay); died at Hagerstown, Md., August 9, 1901.

Commands—Brigade composed of Twenty-first Alabama Regiment, Infantry; First Battalion Alabama Artillery; First Battalion, Tennessee Heavy Artillery; four companies, Seventh Regiment, Alabama Cavalry, and a portion of the First Alabama Confederate Regiment.

Elisha Franklin Paxton, major, adjutant-general's department, August 15, 1862, staff of General T. J. Jackson; brigadiergeneral, [114] November 1, 1862; killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.

Commands—Brigade composed of Second, Fourth, Fifth. Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third Regiments, Virginia Infantry, Trimble's Division, Jackson's Corps, A. N. Va.

William H. Payne, captain Black Horse Troop, —--, 1861; major Fourth Virginia Cavalry, September 12, 1861; lieutenant-colonel Fourth Virginia Cavalry, June 9, 1862; colonel Fourth Virginia Cavalry, September 3, 1863; brigadier-general, November 1, 1864; died in Washington city, March 29, 1904.

Commands—Brigade composed of Fifth, Sixth, Eighth and Fifteenth Regiments of Virginia Cavalry and Thirty-sixth Battalion Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, A. N. Va.

John Pegram, captain corps of cavalry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; * * * brigadier-general, November 7, 1862; major-general, — killed at Hatcher's Run, Va.. February 5, 1865.

Commands—Brigade composed of Thirteenth, Thirty-first, Forty-ninth, Fifty-second and Fifty-eighth Regiments, Virginia Infantry. A. N. Va.; commanding Early's Division, A. N. Va.

John Clifford Pemberton, lieutenant-colonel corps of artillery, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; brigadier-general, June 17, 1861 major-general, January 1, 1862; lieutenant-general, October 10, 1862; died at Penllyn, Pa., July 13, 1881.

Commands—Commanding> Confederate forces north of the Nansemond, east bank of the James River,—, 1861; brigade composed of Third Virginia, Thirteenth and Fourteenth North Carolina Regiments, Wilson's Battalion and Manley's North Carolina Battery of Artillery; commanding Eighth Military District, South Carolina, 1861-62; command consisting of Donelson's and Gregg's Brigades; commanding Department of South Carolina, Georgia and East and Middle Florida, 1862; assigned, October 4, 1862, to command of Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana; assigned, October 10, 1862, to the command and relieve Major-General Van Dorn of command of Army of Tennessee; resigned as lieutenant-general May 18, 1864, and served the remainder of the war as lieutenant-colonel.

William Nelson Pendleton, captain Rockbridge Battery, corps of artillery, C. S. A., July 19, 1861; colonel and chief of artillery, [115] A. N. Va., July 21, 1861, to April 9, 1862; brigadiergen-eral, March 26, 1862; died at Lexington, Va., January 15, 1883.

George Edward Pickett, major corps of artillery, March 6, 1861; * * * brigadier-general, January 14, 1862; major-general, October 10, 1862; died at Norfolk, Va., July 30, 1875.

Commands—Brigade composed of Eighth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-eighth and Fifty-sixth Virginia Regiments, Infantry, A. N. Va.; division composed of brigades of Garnett, Armistead, Corse, Kemper, Longstreet's Corps, A. N. Va.; commanding Department of North Carolina, September 23, 1863.

Roger Atkinson Pryor, colonel Third Virginia Infantry,—, 1861; brigadier-general, April 16, 1862; resigned August 18, 1863.

Commands—Brigade composed of Fourteenth Louisiana and Fourteenth Alabama, Second Florida and Third Virginia Regiments of Infantry and Coppen's Light Battery of Artillery, subsequently composed of Third Virginia, Fourteenth Alabama, Second, Fifth and Eighth Florida Regiments, Infantry, A. N. Va.

George Wythe Randolph, * * * brigadier-general, February 13, 1862; Secretary of War, March 17 to December 18, 1862; died April 4, 1867.

Alexander W. Reynolds, captain corps of infantry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; colonel Fiftieth Virginia Infantry, July 10, 1861; brigadier-general, September 14, 1863; died May 26, 1876.

Commands—Brigade composed of the Fifty-fourth and Sixty-third Virginia Regiments, Infantry, and Fifty-eighth and Sixtieth North Carolina Regiments, Infantry, Stevenson's Division, Army of Tennessee.

Beverley H. Robertson, captain corps artillery, C. S. A., September 14, 1861; colonel Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, August 21, 1861; captain, assistant adjutant-general, December 24, 1861; brigadier-general, June 9, 1862.

Commands—Brigade composed of Second, Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Virginia Regments and Lieutenant-Colonel Funston's Sixteenth Virginia Battalion; commanding at Goldsboro, N. C., [116] 1862; commanding at White Hall, on Neuse River, December 16, 1862; assigned to command of S. E. Jones's Brigade, —— 1863; assigned to command of forces operating between Charleston and Savannah; commanding cavalry under General Hardee; commanding at John's Island, S .C., June 9, 1864; commanding cavalry forces at Honey Hill, ——, 1865.

Thomas Lafayette Rosser, born in Campbell county, Va., October 15, 1836; captain Washington Artillery (Louisiana), July 21, 1861; lieutenant-colonel of artillery, June 16, 1862; colonel Fifth Virginia Cavalry, June 20, 1862; brigadier-general and assigned to Ashby's ‘Laurel’ Brigade, composed of Seventh, Eleventh and Twelfth Regiments and White's Thirty-fifth Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, and Chew's Horse Artillery; majorgen-eral, November, 1864; division, ‘The Laurel’ and Pavne's Brigade.

Daniel Ruggles, lieutenant-colonel, Virginia Volunteers, April 22, 1861; brigadier-general, Virginia Volunteers, April 23, 1861, and assigned to Department of Fredericksburg; brigadiergen-eral, August 9, 1861; died at Fredericksburg, Va., June 1, 1897.

Commands—Brigade at Pensacola, Fla., composed of Ninth and Tenth Mississippi, First and Seventh Alabama Regiments, Infantry and Littlepage's Battalion of Georgia Infantry, the Quitman Battery of Light Artillery, the Vicksburg Battery of Artillery; in October, 1861, commanding troops and defenses under General Lovell; February 17, 1862, commanding brigades at Corinth, Miss., composed of Sixteenth, Seventeenth Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Louisiana Regiments Infantry, Company A. Miles's Artillery, and Higgins's Battery of Artillery: February 20, 1863, assigned to command of all troops near cut of Memphis and Charleston Railroad; commanding division, March 29, 1862, composed of the brigades of Gibson, Patton, Anderson and Colonel Pond; assigned to command of Special Department of East Louisiana and Mississippi, May 18, 1862; assigned to command of Second Division, Breckinridge's command, July 29, 1862; assigned to command of First District, Department of Mississippi, February 10, 1863, assigned to duty as commissary of prisons, March 25, 1865.

J. E. Slaughter, captain Corps of artillery, C. S. A., March 16, [117] 1861; * * * brigadier-general, March 8, 1862; died in City of Mexico, January I, 1901; inspector-general, Department No. 2, Army of the Mississippi and Army of Tennessee.

William Smith, colonel Forty-ninth Virginia Infantry,— 1861; brigadier-general, January 31, 1863; major-general August 30, 1863, resigned December 31, 1863, having been elected Governor of Virginia; died at Warrenton, Va., May 18, 1887.

Commands—Brigade composed of Thirteenth, Thirty-first, Forty-ninth, Fifty-second and Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiments, Infantry, and subsequently of the Thirteenth, Forty-ninth, Fifty-second, Fifty-eighth and Thirty-first Virginia Regiments, Early's Division, A. N. V.

Walter Husted Stevens, major, corps of engineers, C. S. A.——, tober 10, 1862; died August 15, 1888. March 16, 1861; colonel corps of engineers, C. S. A., 1862; brigadier-general, August 28, 1864; died at Vera Cruz, Mexico, November 12, 1867.

Commands—In charge of defensive works around Richmond, 1862 and 1863; commanding troops and defenses of Richmond,

1863 to 1864; chief engineer, A. N. V., August, 1864, to end of the war.

Carter L. Stevenson, lieutenant-colonel, corps of infantry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; colonel Fifty-third Virginia Infantry, ——; brigadier-general, February 27, 1862; major-general, Oc-

Commands—Commanding> garrison at Cumberland Gap; division composed of brigades of Brown Cumming, Pettus and Reynolds, and light batteries of Anderson, Rowan, Corput and Carnes, Army of Tennessee; division composed of brigades of Pettus, Palmer and Cumming, Army of Tennessee.

James Ewell Brown Stuart, captain, corps of cavalry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; * * * brigadier-general, September 24, 1861; Major-general, July 25, 1862; died of wounds received at Yellow Tavern.

CommandsLieutenant-colonel of infantry of Virginia State forces, 1861; colonel of cavalry in Virginia State forces, 1861; division composed of the brigades of Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee and [118] W. H. F. Lee; commanding Second Corps, A. N. V., at Chancellorsville; chief of cavalry, A. N. V., January 31, 1864.

William Booth Taliaferro, colonel, 1861; colonel, Twenty-third Virginia Regiment, Infantry; brigadier-general, March 4, 1862; major-general, January 1, 1865; died in Gloucester county, Va., February 27, 1898.

Commands—Commanding> post and troops at Gloucester Point, May 1, 1861; commanding at Carrick's Ford, January 13, 1861, to August, 1861; brigade composed of Twenty-third, Thirty-seventh and Forty-fourth Virginia Regiments, Infantry, and Rogers's Battery of Artillery, December, 1861; colonel commanding brigade composed of Twenty-third and Thirty-seventh Virginia, Third Arkansas and First Georgia Regiments, Infantry; brigade March, 1862, composed of Tenth, Twenty-third and Thirty-seventh Virginia Regiments, Infantry, Army of the Valley, August, 1862, brigade composed of Tenth, Twenty-third and Thirty-seventh Virginia and Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Alabama Regiments, Infantry; August 9, 1862, to January, 1863, commanding division composed of Stonewall Brigade and brigades of Campbell and Stark; March, 1863, commanding District of Savannah, Ga.; July, 1863, commanding defenses and troops on Morris Island, S. C.; August, 1863, commanding at James Island, S. C.; February, 1864, commanding divisions in Florida composed of the brigades of Finegan, Colquitt, Wise and Page; May, 1864, commanding Seventh Military District, South Carolina; December, 1864, commanding District of South Carolina; January, 1865, commanding division composed of brigades of Elliott, Rhett and Anderson.

James Barbour Terrill, major, Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, ——, 1861; lieutenant-colonel and colonel, Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, ——, 1861; brigadier-general, May 31, 1864; killed at battle of Bethesda Church, March 31, 1864.

Commands—Brigade composed of Thirteenth, Thirty-first, Forty-ninth, Fifty-second and Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiments, Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.

William Terry, major, Fourth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, ——, 862; colonel, Fourth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, September [119] 1, 1863; brigadier-general, May 19, 1864; died near Wytheville, Va., September 12, 1888.

Commands—Brigade composed of Second, Fourth, Fifth, Tenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-third, Twenty-fifth, Twenty-seventh, Thirty-third, Thirty-seventh, Forty-fourth, Forty-eighth and Fiftieth Regiments, Virginia Infantry; being parts of brigades formerly commanded by General T. J. Jackson, John M. Jones and George H. Steuart, Army of Northern Virginia.

William Richard Terry, colonel, Twenty-fourth Virginia Infantry, September 21, 1861; brigadier-general, May 31, 1864; died at Richmond, Va., March 28, 1897.

Commands—Brigade composed of First, Third, Seventh, Eleventh and Twenty-fourth Regiments——, Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.

Henry E. Walker, captain, corps of infantry, C. S. A., March 16, 1861; lieutenant-colonel, Fortieth Virginia Regiment, 1861; brigadier-general, July 1, 1863.

Commands—Brigade composed of Fortieth, Forty-seventh and Fifty-fifth Regiments, Virginia Infantry, and Twenty-second Virginia Battalion, Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia; commanding Archer's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.

James A. Walker, lieutenant-colonel, Thirteenth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, ——, 861; colonel, Thirteenth Virginia Infantry, ——, 186; brigadier-general, May —, 1862; died ——, at Wytheville, Va.

Commands—Commanding> the Stonewall Brigade, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Twenty-seventh and Thirty-third Virginia Infantry; commanding Pegram's Division, 1865.

Rueben Lindsay Walker, captain, Purcell Battery, Virginia Artillery; colonel, March 14, 1863; brigadier-general, February 18, 1865; died at Richmond, Va., ——, 1890.

Commands—Commanding> artillery of General A. P. Hill's Corps, Army of Northern Virginia.

D. A. Weisiger, colonel, Twelfth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, January, 1, 1861; brigadier-general, May 31, 1861, died at Richmond, Va., February 23, 1899.

Commands—Brigade composed of Sixth, Twelfth, Sixteenth, [120] Forty-first and Sixty-first Regiments, Virginia Infantry, (formerly Mahone's Brigade), Army of Northern Virginia.

Gabriel C. Wharton, major, Forty-fifth Regiment, Virginia Infantry, June 17, 1861; colonel, Fifty-first Regiment, Virginia Infantry, July 17, 1861; brigadier-general, July 8, 1863.

Commands—Brigade, composed of Fiftieth, Fifty-first and Sixty-third Regiments, Virginia Infantry, and Thirtieth Battalion, Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia; commanding Breckinridge's Division.

Williams Carter Wickham, captain Hanover Dragoons, Fourth Virginia Cavalry, May, 1861; lieutenant-colonel, Fourth Virginia Cavalry, September, 1861; colonel, Fourth Virginia Cavalry, June 9, 1862; brigadier-general, September I, 1863, resigned, November 9, 1864; died at Richmond, Va., January 23, 1888.

Commands—Brigade composed of the First, Second, Third and Fourth Regiments, Virginia Cavalry, Fitzhugh Lee's Division, Army of Northern Virginia.

Henry Alexander Wise, brigadier-general, June 5, 1864; died at Richmond, Va., September 10, 1876.

Commands—Brigade composed of Twenty-sixth, Thirty-fourth, Forty-sixth and Fifty-ninth Regiments, Virginia Infantry, and the light batteries of Captains McComas and Armistead, Army of Northern Virginia.

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