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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.
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LIEUTENANT-GENERALS, IN ORDER OF RANK—Continued. | |||||||
Name. | State. | To Whom to Report. | Appoint. | Rank. | Confirm. | Accept. | |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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19 | Simon B. Buckner | Kentucky | . . . . . | 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding District of Louisiana.
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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.
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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.
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