A Roster of General Officers/Lieutenant-Generals

by Charles Colcock Jones

LIEUTENANT-GENERALS, IN ORDER OF RANK.
	Name.	State.	To Whom to Report.	Appoint.	Rank.	Confirm.	Accept.
1	James Longstreet	Alabama	Gen. R. E. Lee	Oct. 11, 1862.	Oct.   9, 1862.	Oct. 11, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: In command of 1st corps, Army of Northern Virginia, &c., &c. At the Battle of Fredericksburg, in November, 1862, General Longstreet's corps was composed of the divisions of Anderson, Pickett, Ransom, Hood and McLaws, and the artillery battalions of Colonels Alexander and Walton; in October, 1863, commanding corps in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of McLaws, Preston, Walker and Hood, and the artillery battalions of Alexander, Williams, Leyden and Robertson; Pickett's division belonged to this corps.
2	E. Kirby Smith	Florida	Gen. B. Bragg	Oct. 11, 1862.	Oct.   9, 1862.	Oct. 11, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Promoted General P.A.C.S. February 19, 1864; commanded Department of East Tennessee and Kentucky, North Georgia and West North Carolina, with infantry divisions of Stevenson, McCown and Heth, and the cavalry brigades of Forrest, Morgan, Scott and Ashby; also in command of Trans-Mississippi Department.
3	Leonidas Polk	Louisiana	Gen. B. Bragg	Oct. 11, 1862.	Oct. 10, 1862.	Oct. 11, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Killed, June 14, 1864, on Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia; at the time of his death in command of the Army of Mississippi, co-operating with the Army of Tennessee, both under command of General Joseph E. Johnston; commanded corps Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Cheatham, Withers and McCown; commanded Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga, August, 1863; also, in 1863 and 1864, commanded Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana; assigned to command of Trans-Mississippi Department.
4	Theophilus H. Holmes	N. Carolina	. . . . .	Oct. 13, 1862.	Oct. 10, 1862.	Oct. 13, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: In command, August, 1863, of the parolled prisoners of Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana, recently forming part of the garrisons of Vicksburg and Port Hudson.
5	William J. Hardee	Georgia	Gen. B. Bragg	Oct. 11, 1862.	Oct. 10, 1862.	Oct. 11, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: In command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; his corps, in the Armv of Tennessee, composed of the Divisions of Cheatham, Cleyburne, Stevenson and Walker; subsequently Stevenson's division was exchanged for Bates' division; in command of the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia, December 21, 1863.
6	Thomas J. Jackson	Virginia	Gen. R. E. Lee	Oct. 11, 1862.	Oct. 10, 1862.	Oct. 11, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Died May 10, 1863; commanding Second corps Army of Northern Virginia. At the Battle of Fredericksburg this corps was composed of the divisions of A. P. Hill, D. H. Hill, Early and Taliaferro. Colonel Brown's regiment of artillery and numerous light batteries.
7	John C. Pemberton	Virginia	Gen. B. Bragg	Oct. 13, 1862.	Oct. 10, 1862.	Oct. 13, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Resigned May 18, 1864; assigned to the command of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
8	Richard S. Ewell	Virginia	Gen. R. E. Lee	May  23, 1863.	May  23, 1863.	Feb.   2, 1864.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding Second corps Army of Northern Virginia, the Department of Richmond, &c.
9	Ambrose P. Hill	Virginia	Gen. R. E. Lee	May  23, 1863.	May  24, 1863.	Jan. 15, 1864.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Killed in front of Petersburg, Va.; commanding Third corps Army of Northern Virginia, &c., composed of the divisions of Anderson, Heth and Pender.
10	Daniel H. Hill	N. Carolina	. . . . .	July 11, 1863.	July 11, 1863.	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: In October, 1863, commanding corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Cleburne and Stewart; corps afterwards composed of the divisions of Cleburne and Breckinridge.
11	John B. Hood	Texas	Gen. J. E. Johnston	Feb. 11, 1864.	Sept. 20, 1863.	Feb. 11, 1864.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Promoted General with temporary rank July 18, 1864; commanding corps in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Hindman, Stevenson and Stewart.
12	Richard Taylor	Louisiana	Gen. E. K. Smith	May  16, 1864.	April 8, 1864.	May  16, 1864.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding Department of Alabama, Mississippi and West Tennessee.
13	Stephen D. Lee	S. Carolina	. . . . .	June 23, 1864.	June 23, 1864.	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: Assigned to the command of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana and West Tennessee; subsequently in command of Hood's old corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Hill, Stevenson and Clayton.
14	Jubal A. Early	Virginia	Gen R. E. Lee	May  31, 1864.	May  31, 1864.	May  31, 1864.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanded Second corps Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the divisions of Rodes, Gordon and Ramseur, and three battalions of light artillery under command of Brigadier-General Long.
15	Richard H. Anderson	S. Carolina	Gen. R. E. Lee	June   1, 1864.	May  31, 1864.	June   1,1864.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanded Longstreet's corps while he was disabled by wounds encountered in the Battle of the Wilderness.
16	Ambrose P. Stewart	Tennessee	Gen. J. E. Johnston	June 23, 1864.	June 23, 1864.	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: Corps composed of the divisions of French, Loring and Walthall, Army of the West.
17	Nathan B. Forrest	Tennessee	Gen. Beauregard	Feb. 28, 1865.	Feb. 28, 1865.	March 2, 1865.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Command composed of the cavalry divisions of Chalmers, Jackson and Buford, McCulloch's Second Missouri cavalry regiment as a special scouting force, and the Mississippi militia; Army of the West.
18	Wade Hampton	S. Carolina	Gen. J. E. Johnston	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding cavalry in General Joseph E. Johnston's army during General Sherman's march through the Carolinas, and Butler's division of cavalry from the Army of Northern Virginia.
19	Simon B. Buckner	Kentucky	. . . . .	1865.	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding District of Louisiana.
20	Joseph Wheeler	Georgia	Gen. J. E. Johnston	Feb. 28, 1865.	Feb. 28, 1865.	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding cavalry divisions of Allen, Humes and Dibbrell, composed of the brigades of Allen, Anderson, Breckinridge, Crews, Dibbrell, Ferguson, Harrison, Iverson and Lewis; again, commanding cavalry corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Martin, Kelley and Humes, and at another time a cavalry division in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Hagan, Wharton and Morgan.
21	John B. Gordon	Georgia	Gen. R. E. Lee	1865.	. . . . .	. . . . .	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding Second Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia; at the time of General Lee's surrender, General Longstreet was in command of one wing of the Army of Northern Virginia and General Gordon of the other.