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Name. | State. | To Whom to Report. | Appoint. | Rank. | Confirm. | Accept. | |
342 | Preston, John S. | S. Carolina | . . . . . | June 10, 1864. | June 10, 1864. | June 10, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: In charge of the Bureau of Conscription.
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343 | Preston, William | Kentucky | Gen. Beauregard | Apl. 18, 1862. | Apl. 14, 1862. | Apl. 18, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General 1865; commanded the 3d brigade in Major-General John C. Breckinridge's division, composed of the 20th Tennessee, the 60th North Carolina, the 1st, 3d and 4th Florida regiments and Mebane's Light Battery.
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344 | Price, Sterling | Missouri | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command of the Missouri State Guard, and received into Confederate service with the rank of Major-General.
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345 | Pryor, Roger A. | Virginia | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Apl. 16, 1862. | Apl. 16, 1862. | Apl. 16, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Resigned July 19th, 1862; brigade composed of the 14th Louisiana, the 14th Alabama, the 2d Florida and the 3d Virginia regiments and Coppen's Light Battery; brigade at one time composed of the 3d Virginia, 14th Alabama and the 2d, 5th and 8th Florida regiments, Army of Northern Virginia.
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346 | Quarles, Wm. A. | Tennessee | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Sept. 5, 1863. | Aug. 25, 1863. | Jan. 25, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade in Walthall's division, Stewart's corps, Army of Tennessee, composed of the 42d, 48th, 46th and 55th consolidated, the 53d and 49th Tennessee regiments, the 1st Alabama and the 4th and 30th Louisiana regiments.
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347 | Raines, Gabriel J. | N. Carolina | . . . . . | Sept. 23, 1861. | Sept. 23, 1861. | Dec. 13, 1861. | . . . . . |
Remarks: In charge of the Bureau of Conscription; again, Chief of the Torpedo and Sub-terra Shell Department.
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348 | Raines, James E. | Tennessee | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | Nov. 4, 1862. | Nov. 4, 1862. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Killed at the Battle of Stone's River December 31, 1862; brigade composed of the 11th Tennessee, 29th North Carolina and the 41st Georgia regiments, the 3d Georgia battalion and Captain McTyere's Light Battery.
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349 | Ramseur, Stephen D. | N. Carolina | Gen. T. J. Jackson | Nov. 1, 1862. | Nov. 1, 1862. | Apl. 22, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General June 1, 1864; brigade composed of the 2d, 4th, 14th and 30th North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Army of Northern Virginia.
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350 | Randall, Horace | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade in Walker's division; killed in action at Jenkins' Ferry.
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351 | Randolph, George W. | Virginia | Maj. Gen. Magruder | Feb. 13, 1862. | Feb. 13, 1862. | Feb. 13, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Resigned December 13, 1862; at one time Secretary of War.
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352 | Ransom, Matt. W. | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 15, 1863. | June 13, 1863. | Feb. 16, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 24th, 25th, 35th, 49th and 56th North Carolina regiments, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
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353 | Ransom, Robert, Jr. | N. Carolina | Maj. Gen. Huger | Mch. 6, 1862. | Mch. 1, 1862. | March 6, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General May 26, 1863; assigned to command of the 1st brigade, camp near Kingston, North Carolina, numbering some 4,000 men.
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354 | Reid, John C. | Alabama | Gen. J. E. Johnston | 1864. | 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Acting as Brigadier-General in recruiting, mustering into service and brigading cavalry in Northern Alabama.
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355 | Reynolds, A. E. | Mississippi | Gen. R. E. Lee | March, 1865. | March, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Colonel commanding Tilghman's brigade after he was killed at Battle of Baker's Creek; afterwards Senior Colonel commanding brigade of General Jos. R. Davis, during his absence, composed of the 26th, 2d, 11th and 42d Mississippi regiments, the 1st Alabama regiment and the 55th North Carolina regiment.
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356 | Reynolds, A. W. | Virginia | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Sept. 17, 1863. | Sept. 14, 1863. | Feb. 17, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 54th and 63d Virginia regiments and the 58th and 60th North Carolina regiments, Major-General Stevenson's division.
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357 | Reynolds, D. H. | Arkansas | Gen. L. Polk | Mch. 12, 1864. | Mch. 5, 1864. | May 16, 1864. | Oct. 13, 1862 |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 1st and 2d Arkansas cavalry regiments, dismounted, the 4th, 25th and 31st Arkansas infantry regiments and the 4th Arkansas infantry battalion; the 39th regiment North Carolina infantry was subsequently added, and was afterwards exchanged for the 9th Arkansas infantry regiment.
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358 | Richardson, R. V. | Tennessee | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Dec. 3, 1863. | Dec. 1, 1863. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 12th, 14th and 15th regiments Tennessee cavalry, McDonald's battalion, and the 7th Tennessee regiment was subsequently added.
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359 | Ripley, Roswell S. | S. Carolina | . . . . . | Aug. 15, 1861. | Aug. 15, 1861. | Aug. 15, 1861. | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command at Charleston, South Carolina; brigade, at the Battle of Fredericksburg, composed of the 4th and 44th Georgia and the 1st and 3d North Carolina regiments, D. H. Hill's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
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360 | Roane, J. Selden | Arkansas | Gen. Van Dorn | Mch. 20, 1862. | Mch. 20, 1862. | Mch. 20, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Assigned to duty at Little Rock, reorganizing the scattered forces, after the withdrawal of Price and Van Dorn; commanded a brigade attached to Major-General Sam. Jones' division, Army of the West.
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