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MAJOR-GENERALS, IN ORDER OF RANK—Continued,
	Name.	State.	To Whom to Report.	Appoint.	Rank.	Confirm.	Accept.
19	Benjamin F. Cheatham	Tennessee	. . . . .	Mch. 14, 1862.	Mch. 10, 1862.	Mch. 14, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Maney, Smith, Wright and Strahl; in January, 1864, in command of Hardee's corps; division afterwards composed of the brigades of Maney, Wright, Strahl and Vaughan; at another time, of the brigades of Jackson, Maney, Smith, Wright and Strahl; Army of Tennessee.
20	David E. Twiggs	Virginia	. . . . .	Mch. 14, 1862.	Mch. 10, 1862.	Mch. 14, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: In 1864 in command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida; in 1862 commanding Second corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Anderson, Richard and Walker; again in command of the Department of West Virginia and East Tennessee.
21	John P. McCown	Tennessee	. . . . .	Mch. 14, 1862.	Mch. 10, 1862.	Mch. 14, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding Army of the West, composed of the divisions of Little, McCown and Maury; again, in command of a division in Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Ector, Vance and McNair.
22	Daniel Harvey Hill	N. Carolina	Gen. J. E. Johnston	Mch. 26, 1862.	Mch. 26, 1862.	Mch. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Deas, Manigault, Shoup and Brantley; also commanding division, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Doles, Iverson, Ramseur, Rodes and Colquitt.
23	Jones M. Withers	Alabama	Gen. B. Bragg	Aug. 16, 1862.	April  6, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Commanding reserve corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Gardner, Chalmers, Jackson and Manigault; also commanded division in Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Deas, Chalmers, Walthall and Anderson.
24	T. C. Hindman	Arkansas	Gen. Beauregard	Apl. 18, 1862.	Apl. 14, 1862.	Apl. 18, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Deas, Walthall, Manigault and Anderson, Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee; at one time in command of a corps in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Hindman, Breckinridge and Stewart; again, division composed of the brigades of Tucker, Deas, Manigault and Walthall.
25	John C. Breckinridge	Kentucky	Gen. Beauregard	Apl. 18, 1862.	Apl. 14, 1862.	Apl. 18, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Afterwards Secretary of War; division composed of the brigades of Helm, Dan'l W. Adams and Stovall; in 1862 commanding division, Van Dorn's Army, District of Mississippi; in December, 1862, commanding cavalry division, Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the Brigades of Hanson, Palmer and Walker; in 1863 division composed of the brigades of Helm, Preston, Brown and Adams.
26	Lafayette McLaws	Georgia	Gen. J. E. Johnston	May  23, 1862.	May  23, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Kershaw, Wofford, Humphreys and Bryan; in 1864 in command of the District of Georgia; at the battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Wofford, Kershaw, Barksdale and Semmes.
27	Ambrose P. Hill	Virginia	Gen. J. E. Johnston	May  26, 1862.	May  26, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General May 24, 1863; commanding division in Army of Northern Virginia.
28	Richard H. Anderson	S. Carolina	Gen. R. E. Lee	July 14, 1862.	July 14, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General shortly after the battle of Spotsylvania; division composed of Mahone's, Wright's, Armistead's and Martin's brigades; Posey's, Wilcox's and Pryor's brigades were subsequently added; all attached to the Army of Northern Virginia; at the battle of Fredericksburg his division was composed of the brigades of Perry, Featherston, Wright, Wilcox and Mahone.
29	J. E. B. Stuart	Virginia	Gen. R. E. Lee	July 25, 1862.	July 25, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Died of wounds May 12, 1864; division composed of the brigades of Hampton, Fitzhugh Lee and W. H. F. Lee; Chief of Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia; succeeded Lieutenant-General A. P. Hill in command of the Second corps, Army of Northern Virginia, during battle of Chancellorsville.
30	Richard Taylor	Louisiana	Gen. R. E. Lee	July 28, 1862.	July 28, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General April 8, 1864; commanding Department of Louisiana; also District of Western Louisiana.
32	Simon B. Buckner	Kentucky	Gen. B. Bragg	Aug. 16, 1862.	Aug. 16, 1862.	Sept. 26, 1862.	. . . . .
	Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General 1865; command composed of the division of Major-General A. P. Stewart, consisting of the brigades of Johnson, Brown, Bate and Clayton, and the division of Brigadier-General Wm. Preston, consisting of the brigades of Gracie, Trigg and Kelly, and of three battalions of light artillery; Army of Tennessee.