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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.
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Name. | State. | To Whom to Report. | Appoint. | Rank. | Confirm. | Accept. | |
32 | S. G. French | Mississippi | Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith | Oct. 22, 1862. | Aug. 31, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, with defensive line from the mouth of the Appomattox to Cape Fear river.
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33 | C. L. Stevenson | Virginia | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | Oct. 13, 1862. | Oct. 10, 1862. | Oct. 13, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Brown, Cumming, Pettus and Reynolds, and the light batteries of Anderson, Rowan, Corput and Carne; at another time, of the brigades of Pettus, Palmer and Cumming.
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34 | George B. Pickett | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 10, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding Department of North Carolina in 1864; commanded division in Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Garnett, Armistead, Kemper and Jenkins, to which Corse's brigade was subsequently added.
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35 | John B. Hood | Texas | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 10, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General September 20, 1863; General with temporary rank, July 18, 1864; division composed of the brigades of Robertson, Law, Benning and Jenkins; at the Battle of Fredericksburg, division composed of the brigades of Law, Toombs, Robertson and Anderson.
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36 | D. R. Jones | Georgia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | Oct. 11, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding division, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Toombs, Anderson, Drayton, Kemper, Garnett and Jenkins.
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37 | John H. Forney | Alabama | . . . . . | Oct. 27, 1862. | Oct. 27, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division consisted at first of Hebert's and Moore's brigades, and, subsequently, of the brigades of King, Waterhouse, Waul and McLain; at another time General Forney commanded a division composed of the brigades of Cockrell and Green, Army of the Mississippi.
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38 | Dabney H. Maury | Virginia | Lt. Gen. Pemberton | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding Department of the Gulf; previously in command of the Third division, Army of the West.
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39 | M. L. Smith | Florida | Lt. Gen. Pemberton | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | Apl. 30, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command of the Second District Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
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40 | John G. Walker | Missouri | Lt. Gen. T. H. Holmes | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of Hawes', McCulloch's and Randall's brigades.
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41 | Arnold Eizey | Maryland | Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith | Dec. 4, 1862. | Dec. 4, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; also in command of the Department of Richmond, Virginia.
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42 | Frank Gardner | Louisiana | Lt. Gen. Pemberton | Dec. 20, 1862. | Dec. 20, 1862. | June 10, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command at Mobile, Alabama, &c., &c.
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43 | Patrick R. Cleburne | Arkansas | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Dec. 20, 1862. | Dec. 20, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Killed at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee; division composed of the brigades of Polk, Wood and Deshler, and the light batteries of Calvert, Semple and Douglass; division afterwards composed of the brigades of Polk, Lowry, Govan and Granberry, and again of the brigades of Wood, Johnson, Liddell and Polk; Army of Tennessee.
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44 | Isaac R. Trimble | Maryland | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 23, 1863. | Jan. 17, 1863. | Apl. 23, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanded Stonewall Jackson's old division, of the Second corps, Army of Northern Virginia; at the Battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Colston, Paxton, Nicholls and Jones.
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45 | D. S. Donelson | Tennessee | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Apl. 22, 1863. | Jan. 17, 1863. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Died April 17, 1863; in command of the First division of the right wing of the Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Savage, Stewart and Maney.
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46 | Jubal A. Early | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 23, 1863. | Jan. 17, 1863. | Apl. 23, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General May 31, 1864; division composed of Early's, Hays', Lawton's and Trimble's brigades; at the Battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Hays, Gordon, Hoke and Smith, Army of Northern Virginia.
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47 | Joseph Wheeler | Georgia | Gen. Command'g Army of Tenn. |
Feb. 4, 1864. | Jan. 20, 1864. | Feb. 4, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General February 28, 1865; commanding cavalry in Tennessee, consisting of the divisions of Wharton. Martin and Kelly, and the brigades of Roddy and Morgan.
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48 | W. H. C. Whiting | Mississippi | Lt. Gen. Longstreet | Apl. 22, 1863. | Feb. 28, 1863. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding at Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1864; division composed of the brigades of Hood and Law, and the light batteries of Reilly and Balthis.
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49 | Edward Johnson | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 22, 1863. | Feb. 28, 1863. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding division of Ewell's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Walker, Steuart and J. M. Jones.
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