Color sergeant was a dangerous but coveted position in Civil War regiments, generally manned by the bravest soldier in the unit. Captured at Salem Church, Virginia, May 4, 1863. Suggested a prisoner-of-war camp in southern Georgia, led to establishment of Andersonville. Street commissioner of New York City, 18581861. 19th Virginia Infantry, colonel, April 27, 1861. Commanded a Louisiana brigade at Vicksburg. Mortally wounded at Franklin, died at field hospital the same day, November 30, 1864. Commanded a brigade under W. H. Jackson in Mississippi. Overwhelmed at Selma, Alabama, surrendered, April 1865. Organized and equipped Hampton's Legion, colonel, July 12, 1861. U.S. Representative, March 4, 1857March 3, 1859. Assigned to command in Georgia and under Joseph E. Johnston. Assigned to Macon, Georgia, South Georgia forces, last two months of war. USMA, resigned two weeks before graduation in 1861. 1st Vermont "Old" Brigade 2nd Vermont "Paper Collar" Brigade (Stannard's) Zouave "Peacock" Brigade (Warren's/Weed's) Regular Brigade (John King's) Dutch/Horn Brigade (Willich's) Lightning Mule Brigade Metropolitan Guard Brigade Corcoran's Irish Legion German Brigade (Blenker's) Rhode Island Brigade (1st & 2nd RI Volunteers) (Burnside's) [100][101] According to abolitionist Henry Highland Garnet in 1862, he had met a slave who "had unwillingly fought on the side of Rebellion", but the slave had since defected to "the side of Union and universal liberty". Wounded in MexicanAmerican War. Some states (such as North Carolina) were able to better supply their soldiers, while other states (such as Texas) were unable for various reasons to adequately supply their troops as the war continued. Brigadier general, December 3, 1863, duly confirmed; nomination recalled and returned to President Davis at his request, February 9, 1864. Assigned as inspector of artillery and ordnance. Severely wounded at the First Battle of Kernstown, March 23, 1862. Voted against secession at Georgia convention. U.S. Army Mounted Rifles, captain, May 27, 1846. 1st North Carolina Cavalry, (aka 9th North Carolina Volunteers), colonel, October 13, 1861. III, pp. British merchants and bankers funded the purchase of arms and construction of ships being outfitted as blockade runners which later carried war supplies bound for Southern ports. Prominent Confederates such as R. M. T. Hunter and Georgian Democrat Howell Cobb opposed arming slaves, saying that it was "suicidal" and would run contrary to the Confederacy's ideology. Wounded at Chickamauga and Ezra Church, Georgia. Buried by Union soldiers near where he fell. Commanded cavalry during Jubal Early's raid on Washington (Fort Stevens). Resigned from Union Army on August 13, 1861, and joined Confederate Army. Run over by horse and incapacitated, May 1863. With Army of Northern Virginia until November 1864. MexicanAmerican War: captain, Louisiana Infantry, and major, 12th U.S. Infantry. Brother of Union Navy Captain Percival Drayton. soldiers. According to his analysis, the soldiers' faith was consoling for the loss of comrades; it was a shield against fear; it helped reduce drinking and fighting in the ranks; it enlarged the soldiers' community of close friends and helped compensate for their long-term separation from home.[38][39]. 9th North Carolina Cavalry: captain, May 8, 1861, major, May 16, 1861. [101], During the siege of Yorktown, The United States Army's elite sniper unit, the 1st United States Sharpshooters, was devastatingly effective at shooting Confederate artillerymen defending the city. Commanded District of Florida after July 1, 1864. It involved over 100,000 troops engaging in battles in west-central Mississippi at Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hill, Big Black River, and 47 days of Union siege operations against Confederate forces defending the city of Vicksburg. Brigade command under Morgan, April 1863. [137] According to the authors of Liberty, Equality, Power, "Expressing outrage at this treatment, in 1863 the Lincoln administration suspended the exchange of prisoners until the Confederacy agree to treat white and black prisoners alike. Resigned as 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, March 31, 1852. U.S. Representative from Georgia, March 4, 1857withdrew January 23, 1861. Choctaw Confederate battalions were formed in Indian Territory and later in Mississippi in support of the southern cause. U.S. Representative, March 4, 1853March 3, 1855. 18th Arkansas Infantry (3rd Confederate Infantry). USMA, 1839. Original brigadier general rank, nomination October 29, 1862, cancelled April 22, 1863. Appointed captain of cavalry in command at Memphis, August 27, 1861. "[45], In 1894, Virginian and former Confederate soldier John S. Mosby, reflecting on his role in the war, stated in a letter to a friend that "I've always understood that we went to war on account of the thing we quarreled with the North about. 1st Tennessee Partisan Rangers (12th Tennessee Cavalry), colonel, February 19, 1863. Severely wounded, skull fracture, at Gettysburg but was in all further battles of Army of Northern Virginia. MexicanAmerican War: major, 12th U.S. Infantry; discharged July 25, 1848. Dropped from C.S. Controversial ride around Union Army before Gettysburg delayed his arrival until last day of the battle. For an introduction and further information, see, List of American Civil War generals (Confederate), Incomplete appointments, unconfirmed appointments, refused appointments, posthumous appointments or undelivered commissions, List of American Civil War generals (Acting Confederate), List of American Civil War generals (Union), List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union), List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate), Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Thompson, Meriwether Jefferson, "Jeff", "Swamp Fox", General officers in the Confederate States Army, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_American_Civil_War_generals_(Confederate)&oldid=1161880917, Appointed but never officially commissioned: See incomplete appointments section in, Rank column: conf. Badly wounded in battle along Weldon Railroad, August 1864. Major, chief of ordnance of Confederate States, 18611865. 4th Alabama Cavalry, colonel, October 1, 1862. Commanded TransMississippi before Holmes. Dismissed from USMA but nonetheless appointed to U.S. Army in 1839. The Confederate and United States processes for appointment, nomination and confirmation of general officers were essentially the same. Produced crucial ordnance supplies for Confederate Army. Kentucky Militia Captain, 18521854 and 18571861. I've never heard of any other cause than slavery. 2nd Virginia Infantry, 2nd lieutenant, May 1861. They promised to give us our freedom and money besides, but none of us believed them; we only fought because we had to." Lieutenant, aide to Robert Toombs, July 1861. [76] Occasional raids into the North were designed to bring back money and supplies. While on the march or in parade formation, Confederate armies often displayed a wide array of dress, ranging from faded, patched-together regulation uniforms; rough, homespun uniforms colored with homemade dyes such as butternut (a yellow-brown color), and even soldiers in a hodgepodge of civilian clothing. Continued in command until most of division captured at the "Mule Shoe" at Spotsylvania Court House, May 12, 1864. Defense allowed the Confederate Army to escape from Petersburg and Richmond. Fell ill of dysentery soon after arriving at Beauregard's camp at Corinth and died May 16, 1862, aged 55. Paroled in 1864 to act as a Confederate agent to supply Confederate prisoners of war with proceeds of. Resigned February 20, 1862, to take seat in the Confederate Senate. Resigned in 1863 because of the promotion of junior officers over him. 5th Alabama Infantry, captain, May 11, 1861. Repulsed Banks's Red River expedition and Steele's associated Camden Expedition. 1st (later 7th) Tennessee Cavalry, colonel, April 1, 1862. Artillery was also attached to the brigade for much of the war and . Former Confederate secretary of state Robert Toombs said "In my opinion, the worst calamity that could befall us would be to gain our independence by the valor of our slaves instead of our own " and complained using black troops would be "a surrender of the entire slavery question. This was the highest rate of desertion of any Confederate state. Fought in East Tennessee, at Port Hudson, in Red River Campaign. Resigned early to take seat in U.S. Senate 18591861. Killed by a shell from a Union gunboat, April 12, 1864, Blair's Landing, Louisiana. Set up mine and torpedo defenses at several cities and harbors. 9th Alabama Infantry, colonel, July 9, 1861. Wounded in campaigns against Indians, May 13, 1859. 8th Texas Cavalry, captain, May 18, 1861, major, September 7, 1861, lieutenant colonel, 1862. Wounded at Monroe Crossroads, March 10, 1865. Resigned as 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, April 6, 1861. Date of brigadier general appointment was June 1, 1864, to rank from May 31, 1864. Reappointed brigadier general August 11, 1862, and confirmed as of first date appointed. Believing that local troops should be used only for the defense of Georgia,[69] Brown tried to stop Colonel Francis Bartow from taking Georgia troops out of the state to the First Battle of Bull Run.[70]. Confederate Military Records, 1859-1996 (Accession 27684 Fought at Stones River and Chickamauga under Major General Patrick Cleburne. Returned to mountain command in late 1863. Resigned as captain, U.S. Army, May 1, 1861. Resigned as brevet 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1833. It covers the major records that should be used. Brigade command after Gracie's death, December 2, 1864. Reported to have been the last uniformed man to cross the Mayo Bridge during the evacuation of Richmond after Five Forks. He chose to wear the rank insignia of a colonel.) Brother and father (retired veteran and U.S. Treasury clerk until 1867) adhered to the Union. In Jubal Early's 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign and raid on Washington. Cousin of Robert S. Garnett. Resigned as 1st lieutenant and brevet major, U.S. Army, February 28, 1849. Captain of Columbus Guards militia company, then Colonel, 18461861. Exchanged for George Stoneman, October 2, 1864. Removed from command by Jefferson Davis, March 11, 1862. President Abraham Lincoln declared him a pirate under the laws of the U.S. for seizure of vessels or goods by persons acting under the authority of the Confederate States., Divisional commander of the Confederate Army of the Potomac, September 19, 1861. Commanded Virginia reserve forces after major general promotion. Georgia Militia, 3rd Cavalry, colonel, August 4, 1863 February 6, 1864. Resigned as major, U.S. Army, April 22, 1861, after fall of Fort Sumter. Led rear guard in retreat from Nashville. Officially appointed to rank from March 17, 1865, by Jefferson Davis. Conducted a series of raids in Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. CSA Artillery, captain, September 17, 1861, lieutenant colonel, June 10, 1862. Captured at Lexington, Tennessee, July 1863, on a mission for governor. 2nd Kentucky Cavalry, colonel, June 26, 1861. In December 1863, it abolished the practice of allowing a rich drafted man to hire a substitute to take his place in the ranks. In charge of defenses of Richmond, Virginia. Killed at Totopotomoy Creek, Virginia (Bethesda Church) during Overland Campaign, May 30, 1864, aged 26. North Carolina state legislator for four terms. Accession 27684. Wounded at Gettysburg, New Market Heights. Original promotion to brigadier general was not confirmed by congress. Dismissed as captain, U.S. Army, June 25, 1861. [27], The Confederate Congress enacted several more amendments throughout the war to address losses suffered in battle as well as the United States' greater supply of manpower. Resigned as captain, U.S. Army, June 8, 1861. Born March 17, 1828, County Cork, Ireland. Died during the retreat from Gettysburg, July 10, 1863, Martinsburg, (West) Virginia, aged 48. In command of District of North Carolina. Died, October 7, 1862, Austin, Texas, aged 40. Assigned a brigade in the Richmond defenses. The unit traces its lineage. Baker's Brigade Battery; E. D. Baker's Brigade, Light Artillery, Company A, later 13th Battery Bannockburn Battalion; 79th Infantry . 4th Artillery; transferred to quartermaster department, 1846. Commanded Department of East Tennessee in fall 1863. List of Confederate Regular Army officers - Civil War Wiki Brigadier general in Confederate Army, May 25, 1861. Died November 12, 1910, Washington, D.C., aged 83. According to historian James M. McPherson in 1994, "no black soldiers fought in the Confederate army, unless they were passing as white. Last surviving general officer of the Confederacy if appointment counted despite Senate rejection. Hampton's Legion, 1st lieutenant, May 1861, captain, July 1861, major, September 17, 1862. Ukraine war latest: Kremlin denies China warned Putin - Sky News Resigned as major and Paymaster, U.S. Army, June 1, 1861. Wounded at Resaca, Georgia, May 15, 1864. W. Harrison Daniel, "Southern Protestantism and Army Missions in the Confederacy. As such, flags were protected to the point of injury or death. 3rd Texas Cavalry: colonel, July 1, 1861. Wounded at Jackson, Mississippi, June 6, 1864. Naval Academy. Mainly in instruction camps, on conscript duty and court of inquiry. Army of Northern Virginia after Chickamauga. 1st Virginia Militia, colonel, April 21, 1861. Cavalry brigade commander under Nathan Bedford Forrest, Joseph Wheeler. 5th Alabama Infantry, major, May 5, 1861. Major general to rank from December 13, 1862, not confirmed until June 10, 1864. The central government was short of money so each state government had to supply its regiments. Killed while looking over the parapet at Vicksburg, June 27, 1863. First brigadier general nomination rejected by Confederate Senate, April 11, 1863. This list may not reflect recent changes. After receiving a presidential pardon in 1868, publicly denounced Reconstruction. Captured 12,000-man Union garrison at Harper's Ferry. 23rd North Carolina Infantry: captain, July 15, 1861, lieutenant colonel, May 31, 1862. Assigned to command two brigades under Holmes the day after falling ill of typhoid (camp) fever. Resigned as captain, U.S. Army, January 19, 1861. Vehemently opposed Robert E. Lee's proposal to enlist slaves into army. Nominal chief of artillery of Army of Northern Virginia; mainly administrative work in last two years of war. From July 30, 1863, superintendent of bureau of conscription, Richmond, Virginia. Temporary command of all artillery at Chattanooga. Resigned as captain, U.S. Army, May 6, 1861. Deputy commander in chief of Georgia militia, May 1864September 1864. 9th Virginia Cavalry: 1st lieutenant, April 1861, captain, July 1861, major, October 1861, lieutenant colonel, April 1862. There was plenty of meat in the Confederacy. Resigned as 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, October 1, 1856, to study law. Wounded in duel with future Confederate Colonel Reuben Ross in 1839. Commandant of USMA, July 31, 1854May 22, 1856. Criticized by Florida State convention and by Braxton Bragg. 29th Mississippi Infantry, colonel, April 11, 1862. Resigned as captain and brevet major, June 14, 1861. Served in legislatures of Arkansas and Florida. CSA 1st lieutenant, May 13, 1861, captain, June 1861, of artillery. [117], On March 13, 1865,[22] the Confederate Congress passed General Order 14[118][119] by a single vote in the Confederate senate,[22][120] and Jefferson Davis signed the order into law. In the absence of exact records, estimates of the percentage of Confederate soldiers who were draftees, are about double the 6 percent of Union soldiers who were conscripts. Member of both houses of Texas legislature. Colonel, November 13, 1861, after deaths of Terry, Lubbock. The same may be said of the "general guide flags" carried by Rodes' Alabama Brigade in 1862 and 1863. Commanded Hampton's old division for part of 1864. Dismantled fortifications, set fire to Navy Yard and scuttled. 3rd Arkansas Infantry: lieutenant colonel, July 8, 1861. Assistant adjutant general, November 5, 1863July 1864. Detailed to lead troops against Union left at the Wilderness. The most recognizable Confederate flag, however, is not one of the South's national flags but the Confederate battle flag, also known as the battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Chief of artillery for Wheeler from March 1863. Resigned as 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, April 17, 1861. Resigned as major, U.S. Army, May 13, 1861. Staff major for Buckner at Fort Donelson; Captured. Served with Robert E. Lee in West Virginia. Wounded at Shiloh; leg shattered at Baton Rouge, 1862. 3rd Georgia Infantry, colonel, May 18, 1861. Captured and paroled at Vicksburg, July 4, 1863. 14th Louisiana Infantry, captain, April 1861, major, September 2, 1861, lieutenant colonel, February 19, 1862, colonel, October 3, 1862. 1st Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment, colonel, July 16, 1861. Relieved at own request after Chickamauga. An acrimonious and controversial debate was raised by a letter from Patrick Cleburne[115] urging the Confederacy to raise black soldiers by offering emancipation; Jefferson Davis refused to consider the proposal and issued instructions forbidding the matter from being discussed. Warner lists as a general; Eicher does not. Chief of bureau of conscription in TransMississippi Department, October 8, 1862May 26, 1865. For example, uniforms for North Carolina regiments often featured a colored strip of cloth on their shoulders to designate what part of the service the soldier was in. Inspector general of artillery, January 7, 1865. Helped save trains of Army of Northern Virginia at Williamsport after Gettysburg. Before You Begin In order to research a Civil War ancestor, you'll first need to know three things: 1. the soldier's name 2. whether he served for the Union or Confederate army 3. the state from which the soldier served [2] Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. Captain of Staunton Artillery at capture of Harper's Ferry, Perforated ear drum, wounded at First Bull Run. The lack of central authority and the ineffective railroads, combined with the frequent unwillingness or inability of Southern state governments to provide adequate funding, were key factors in the Confederate army's demise. Captured during Morgan's Ohio raid; prisoner at Buffington Island, Ohio for more than year, exchanged August 1864. Wounded at Auburn, Virginia, October 14, 1863. Senator James Murray Mason of Virginia. 2d Missouri Infantry, lieutenant colonel, March 1862, colonel, March 14, 1862. Resigned as 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, March 1, 1861. 1st Alabama Cavalry: colonel, December 3, 1861. Superior court judge, U.S. minister to Austria. Governor of Virginia, January 1, 1856January 1, 1860. Army bases that were named for Confederate officers now have new name Military adviser to Jefferson Davis, March 13, 1862May 31, 1862. Dismissed as 1st lieutenant, U.S. Army, May 14, 1861. These major units were generally named after states or geographic regions (in comparison to the U.S. Army's custom of naming armies after rivers). With Jubal Early in Valley Campaigns of 1865. Initial brigade command, October 20, 1862. Son of Louisiana ex-governor and U.S. Defeated by Sheridan at Five Forks while away from front line for most of battle. Hill. At Battle of Chickamauga, rode in front of Union Army detachment during an attack at dark and was mortally wounded in the chest. "They forced their negroes to load their cannon," reported a U.S. officer. Captured and exchanged, October 13, 1863. Died of typhoid fever, December 18, 1862, Knoxville Tennessee. African American soldiers who served in the United States Colored Troops were often singled out by the Confederates and suffered extra violence when captured by them. Commanded Indian brigade in Sterling Price's Missouri campaign, 1864. Died March 14, 1919, New York, New York, aged 90. Battery B of the 4 th U.S. 22nd North Carolina Infantry, colonel, June 13, 1862. Wounded and lost a leg at Missionary Ridge. Assigned to duty as major general by General E. Kirby Smith, April 30, 1864, but never officially appointed. Captured near Franklin, December 18, 1864. Promoted to full general with temporary rank on July 18, 1864. Captain and assistant adjutant general, Regular Confederate, May 1861. Arrested, probably unfairly, by Stonewall Jackson for neglect of duty; court martial never concluded. Colonel of militia regiment, May 1861, mustered into CSA as 154th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment; colonel, August 17, 1861. While Confederate officers were generally better-supplied and were normally able to wear a regulation officer's uniform, they often chose to share other hardships such as the lack of adequate food with their troops. Declined Union major, paymaster commission. Appointed as commander of all cavalry in the Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana, January 13, 1863, Assumed command of all cavalry in Middle Tennessee, headquartered at Spring Hill, TN, February 20, 1863, Victorious in Battle of Thompson's Station, defeating Union forces led by Col. John Coburn, March 1863. Led Hood's old division for remaining campaigns of Army of Northern Virginia. Two years ago, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd, Congress mandated the name changes. Artillery, April 27, 1861. In withdrawal from Yorktown, he devised and deployed the anti-personnel mine. Other Confederate forces surrendered between April 16, 1865, and June 28, 1865. Wounded at Seven Pines but fought at Gaines Mill. Defeated at Second Corinth after apparent victory but mishandling of Union surrender by inexperienced officers. Colonel, ordnance, Mississippi militia, February 12, 1861. Brigade command, Army of Tennessee, at Shiloh. [1] 3rd (Forrest's Old) Tennessee Cavalry Regiment, also called 18th Battalion, 26th Battalion, Balch's Battalion and McDonald's Battalion. 2nd Tennessee Infantry, lieutenant colonel, April 1862. Reappointed to U.S. Army in 1849, served on Texas frontier and in Utah War. Resigned as 2nd lieutenant, U.S. Army, May 31, 1845. 12th Mississippi Infantry: colonel, May 23, 1861. Died December 27, 1922, Washington, D.C., aged 91. 2nd North Carolina Infantry: major, June 19, 1861, lieutenant colonel, September 17, 1862, colonel, March 20, 1863. Severely wounded Franklin, November 30, 1864; no further service. Secretary of war under President James Buchanan until December 29, 1860. Superintendent, Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond, Virginia, 18411865. Official Records, Series IV, Vol. 6th Virginia Infantry: lieutenant colonel, April 20, 1861, colonel, May 2, 1861. 1st North Carolina Volunteers, major, May 11, 1861, lieutenant colonel, September 1, 1861. McPherson admits some flaws in his sampling of letters. All nine will soon. Defended Charleston, South Carolina in 1863 and 1864. Led pro-slavery Kentuckians in KansasMissouri border conflict of the 1850s. 10th Georgia Infantry, colonel, June 17, 1861. Opposed Crook at Cloyd's Mountain near Dublin, Virginia, on May 9, 1864. of Military Affairs, 506 Ninth St. Office Building, Richmond, Va., 4 April 1918. Major general U.S. 25th Alabama Infantry, major, January 8, 1862, colonel, September 14, 1863. Commanded Confederate troops at Fort Sumter, First Bull Run and at Shiloh after Albert Sidney Johnston death. 21st Louisiana Infantry: lieutenant colonel, February 13, 1862. 4th Texas Infantry, colonel, September 30, 1861. Volunteers, 1898 through April 15, 1899, SpanishAmerican War. troops under the command of General P. G. T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 1213, 1861 and forced its capitulation on April 14. Resigned as Confederate district judge to enlist as private, March 1862, captain, March 1862. Of New York State Militia Units in 1861. Led van of Stonewall Jackson's flank march at Chancellorsville. 12th Tennessee Infantry: captain, June 4, 1861, lieutenant colonel, June 5, 1861, colonel, June 17, 1862. Often shown as first general killed in Civil War, before First Bull Run. Recruited First Arkansas Mounted Rifles, colonel, June 9, 1861. Officer of the day in Virginia militia at hanging of John Brown in 1859. Zollicoffer killed during ensuing Battle of Mill Springs (or Fishing Creek or Logan's Cross Roads), January 19, 1862, aged 49. Resigned due to ill health, December 1862. Entire Confederate service as a staff officer. The Irish in the Confederate Army in the US Civil War - IrishCentral Governor of Louisiana, January 22, 1853January 30, 1856. As a result, Lincoln was forced to release the captured British blockade runners instead of prosecuting them to avoid a diplomatic fallout, a move that led to the released crew joining another blockade-running expedition.[89]. Wounded at Williamsburg and during Maryland campaign. Lieutenant colonels were second in command. Confederate Names and Military Installations Updated August 23, 2021 U.S. Military Bases Named in Honor of Confederate Military Leaders There are 10 major military installations named after Confederate Civil War commanders located in the former states of the Confederacy. Born September 22, 1821, Galway, Ireland. The Georgian newspaper opined that using black men as soldiers would be an embarrassment to Confederates and their children, saying that although African Americans should be used for slave labor, they should not be used as armed soldiers, opining that: Such an act on our part would be a stigma on the imperishable pages of history, of which all future generations of Southrons would be ashamed. Adjutant and Inspector General of State of Georgia. 21st Mississippi Infantry: major, June 11, 1861, lieutenant colonel, July 12, 1861, colonel, August 12, 1861. Led Vaughn's Brigade at Franklin, November 30, 1864; wounded and captured. 11th Tennessee Infantry: captain, May 1861. Moved to Illinois; colonel, adjutant general, Illinois Militia, 1857. Dismissed as 1st lieutenant, brevet captain and assistant adjutant general, U.S. Army, June 25, 1861. Surrendered Fort Henry, Tennessee, to U. S. Grant in February 1862. Famous flank march routed Union Army at Chancellorsville. Major and assistant quartermaster, June 19, 1861. Commanded corps from Gettysburg to Spotsylvania. 6th Texas Cavalry: private, April 1861, major, September 18, 1861, colonel, May 14, 1862. Ordered to Corinth, Mississippi, after Shiloh. The United States victory at Vicksburg in 1863 shut off supplies from Texas and the west. Married a sister of Louis Hebert of Louisiana. Served almost entirely within Texas except Vicksburg relief campaign, Milliken's Bend. Wounded, disabled from Second Manassas to following July. The 12 th Virginia was organized at Norfolk, Virginia, in May, 1861, using the 4th Battalion Virginia Volunteers as its nucleus. 25th Virginia Infantry, captain, May 25, 1861, major, January 28, 1863, lieutenant colonel, August 20, 1863. Resigned as a general officer on May 9, 1864. Bravery unquestioned; criticized by Pickett, at New Bern, and Ransom, at Drewry's Bluff; relieved of command. Helped recruit 1st Maryland (Confederate) Infantry, major, June 17, 1861, lieutenant colonel, July 21, 1861, colonel, March 18, 1862. Department of Texas, August 14, 1861May 26, 1862. Commanded Archer's brigade at Gettysburg. [124][125], The usage of black men as soldiers by the Union, combined with Abraham Lincoln's issuing of the Emancipation Proclamation, profoundly angered the Confederacy,[126] with the Confederates calling it uncivilized. Special assistant to W.H.T. Lost 432 men killed and wounded out of 1100 at Franklin. Assigned to duty as major general by E. Kirby Smith in May 1865, not officially promoted. Resigned as 1st lieutenant, U.S. Army, May 9, 1861. [86] As a result, due to blockade running operating from Britain, the war was escalated by two years in which 400,000 additional soldiers and civilians on both sides were killed. In command at Battle of Olustee, Florida. 5th Georgia Infantry: lieutenant colonel, April 1861, colonel, May 1861. Planter in Georgia, published Cherokee newspaper. Regiments were commanded by colonels. Charged with insubordination by Longstreet, November 2, 1863, additional charges April 8, 1864. Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nevada Escaped with command from Fort Donelson before surrender. Historian Mark Weitz argues that the official count of 103,400 deserters is too low. [7] By the end of the war, more than 100,000 Confederate soldiers had deserted,[8] and some estimates put the number as high as one-third of all Confederate soldiers. Provisional Confederate Congress delegate, February 1861. Major, commissary of subsistence, forces near Charleston, March 6, 1861 May 27, 1861. [43] After U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, some Confederate soldiers welcomed the move, as they believed it would strengthen pro-slavery sentiment in the Confederacy, and thus lead to greater enlistment of soldiers in the Confederate army. In Vicksburg campaign with Joseph E. Johnston. Commanded Department of Utah, 18581859, then Department of the Pacific. Acting chief of artillery for Van Dorn at Vicksburg, 1862. Resigned as 1st lieutenant, U.S. Army, April 30, 1861.

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