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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.
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BRIGADIER-GENERALS OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.
  Name. State. To Whom to Report. Appoint. Rank. Confirm. Accept.
1 Adams, Charles W. Arkansas Maj. Gen. Price 1862. 1862. 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding brigade in Major-General Price's army.
2 Adams, Daniel W. Louisiana Gen. Beauregard May  23, 1862. May  23, 1862. Sept. 30, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding Mississippi brigade, General Breckinridge's division, Army of Tennessee, composed of the 13th, 20th, 16th, 25th and 19th Louisiana and 32d Alabama regiments, Austin's battalion of sharp-shooters and Slocomb's light battery.
3 Adams, John Tennessee Gen. J. E. Johnston May  23, 1862. Dec. 29, 1862. Feb. 17, 1864  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Killed at Battle of Franklin; commanded brigade in Loring's division, Stewart's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the 6th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 23d and 43d Mississippi regiments.
4 Adams, Wirt Mississippi Gen. Wm. J. Hardee Sept. 28, 1863. Sept. 25, 1863. Jan. 25, 1864.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Brigade composed of Colonel Wood's regiment, the 11th and 17th Arkansas regiments consolidated, the 14th Confederate regiment, the 9th Tennessee battalion and King's light battery.
5 Alcorn, J. L.  . . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . .   . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding a brigade of Mississippi State troops at Columbus, Kentucky.
6 Alexander, E. Porter Georgia Lt. Gen. Longstreet Mch.   1, 1864. Feb. 26, 1864. May  28, 1864.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: In command of the artillery attached to the 1st corps (Longstreet's), Army of Northern Virginia.
7 Allen, Henry W. Louisiana Gen. E. K. Smith Aug. 19, 1863. Aug. 19, 1863. Jan. 25, 1864.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Promoted Major-General; resigned January 10, 1864; elected Governor of Louisiana.
8 Allen, William W. Alabama Gen. J. E. Johnston Mch.   1, 1864. Feb. 26, 1864. June  9, 1864. Oct. 13, 1862.
 
Remarks: Promoted Major-General in the spring of 1865; brigade at first composed of the 1st, 3d, 8th and 10th Confederate regiments, and subsequently of the 1st, 3d, 4th, 9th, 12th and 51st regiments Alabama cavalry, Army of the West.
9 Anderson, C. D. Georgia Gen. G. W. Smith May, 1864. May, 1864. May, 1864.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Held commission in Georgia State forces; commanding the 3d Georgia brigade, composed of the 7th, 8th and 9th regiments.
10 Anderson, George B. N. Carolina Gen R. E. Lee June  9, 1862. June  9, 1862. Sept. 30, 1862  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Died October 16, 1862, from the effect of wounds received at Sharpsburg; brigade composed of the 2d, 4th, 14th and 30th, North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
11 Anderson, George T. Georgia Gen. Longstreet Nov.   1, 1862. Nov.   1, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th Georgia regiments and the 1st Kentucky regiment; the 59th Georgia regiment was afterwards substituted for the 1st Kentucky, whose term of service had expired; all of the Army of Northern Virginia.
12 Anderson, Joseph R. Virginia Gen R. E. Lee Sept. 3, 1861. Sept. 3, 1861. Dec. 13, 1861.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 14th, 35th, 45th and 49th Georgia regiments and the 3d Louisiana battalion, Army of Northern Virginia; resigned July 19, 1862.
13 Anderson, J. Patton. Florida Gen. B. Bragg Feb. 10, 1862. Feb. 10, 1862. Feb. 10, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Promoted Major-General February 17, 1864; brigade composed of the 1st Florida, 17th Alabama and the 5th and 8th Mississippi regiments; subsequently in command of Major-General Hindman's division, Polk's corps, Army of Tennessee.
14 Anderson, R. H. S. Carolina Gen. R. E. Lee July 19, 1861. July 19, 1861. Aug. 29, 1861.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Promoted Major-General July 14, 1862; brigade composed of Colonel Gladden's 1st Louisiana Regular infantry, Colonel Anderson's 1st Florida regiment, Colonel Jackson's 5th Georgia regiment, the 7th and 8th Mississippi regiments, and Colonel Tyler's battalion of marines; brigade afterwards composed of the 4th, 5th and 6th South Carolina Volunteers and the 2d South Carolina Rifles, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
15 Anderson, Robert H. Georgia Gen. J. B. Hood July 26, 1864. July 26, 1864.  . . . . .   . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 5th Georgia and the 1st, 3d, 8th and 10th Confederate regiments cavalry, Army of Tennessee.
16 Anderson, Samuel R. Tennessee Gen R. E. Lee July  9, 1861. July  9, 1861. Aug. 29, 1861.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Resigned May 10, 1862; brigade was composed of the 1st, 7th and 14th Tennessee regiments and one company of cavalry.
17 Archer, J. J. Virginia Gen R. E. Lee June  3, 1862. June  3, 1862. Sept. 30, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 1st, 14th and 7th Tennessee regiments, the 13th Alabama regiment and the 5th Alabama battalion, Heth's division, A. P. Hill's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
18 Armistead, L. A. Virginia Gen. Huger Apl.   1, 1862. Apl.   1, 1862. Apl.   1, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Killed in action at Gettysburg; brigade composed of the 9th, 14th, 38th, 53d and 57th Virginia regiments, Army of Northern Virginia.
19 Armstrong, Frank C. Arkansas Gen. J. E. Johnston Apl. 23, 1863. Jan. 20, 1863. Apl. 23, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding brigade in Chalmer's division, Forrest's cavalry corps, Army of the West.