List Of General Officers C.S.A. As of January 22, 1862

List Of General Officers C.S.A. As of January 22, 1862

LIST OF GENERAL OFFICERS C.S.A.
As of January 22, 1862

North Carolina Standard
Raleigh
January 22, 1862

The following interesting statistics of the Confederate Army organization are
due to one of the Richmond correspondents of the Courier. In the list of
brigadier generals in the Provisional Army, the regular order of appointment is
perhaps otherwise correct. The dates of graduates from West Point are taken
from Gardner’s Dictionary of the U.S. Army.

Generals in the Regular Army
Samuel Cooper of Virginia, Adjutant General
Albert S. Johnston of Texas, commanding in Kentucky
Joseph E. Johnston of Virginia, commanding in northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee of Virginia, commanding in south Atlantic coast
P.T.G. Beauregard of Louisiana, commanding Army of the Potomac

Major Generals in the Provisional Army
Daniel E. Twiggs of Georgia, resigned
Leonidas Polk of Louisiana, commanding at Memphis
Braxton Bragg of Louisiana, commanding at Pensacola
Earl Van Dorn of Mississippi, Army of the Potomac
Gustovus W. Smith of Kentucky, Army of the Potomac
Theophilus H. Holmes of N. Carolina, Army of the Potomac
William J. Hardee of Georgia, in Missouri
Benjamin Huger of S. Carolina, commanding at Norfolk
James Longstreet of Alabama, Army of the Potomac
John B. Magruder of Virginia, commanding at Yorktown
Thomas J. Jackson of Virginia, commanding, northwestern Virginia
Mansfield Loveil of Virginia, commanding, coast of Louisiana
Edmund Kirby Smith of Florida, Army of the Potomac
George B. Crittendon of Kentucky, commanding in eastern Tennessee

Brigadier Generals in the Provisional Army
Milledge L. Bonham of S. Carolina, Army of the Potomac
John B. Floyd of Virginia, commanding Army Kennwha
Henry A. Wise of Virginia, awaiting orders
Benjamin McCullock of Texas, in Missouri
Henry R. Jackson, resigned
Robert S. Garnet of Virginia, killed in action
William H.T. Walker of Georgia, resigned
Barnard E. Bee of S. Carolina, killed in action
Alexander R. Lawton of Georgia, commanding coast of Georgia
Gideon J. Pillow of Tennessee, in Kentucky
Samuel R. Anderson of Tennessee, in Kentucky
Daniel S. Donelson of Tennessee, on the coast of S. Carolina
David R. Jones of S. Carolina, Army of the Potomac
Jones M. Withers of Alabama, commanding, coast of Alabama
John C. Pemberton of Virginia, coast of S. Carolina
Richard S. Ewell of Virginia, Army of the Potomac
John H. Winder of Maryland, at Richmond
Jubal A. Early of Virginia, Army of the Potomac
Thomas B. Flournoy of Arkansas, died in Arkansas
Samuel Jones of Virginia, Army of the Potomac
Arnold Elzey of Maryland, Army of the Potomac
Daniel Hill of North Carolina, Army of the Potomac
Henry H. Sibley of Louisiana, Texas frontier
William H. C. Whiting of Georgia, Army of the Potomac
William W. Loring of North Carolina, in western Virginia
Richard H. Anderson of South Carolina, at Pensacola
Albert Pike of Arkansas, Indian Commissioner
Thomas T. Fauntleroy of Virginia, resigned
Robert Toombs of Georgia, Army of the Potomac
Daniel Ruggles of Virginia, in Louisiana
Charles Clark of Mississippi, Army of the Potomac
Roswell T. Ripley of South Carolina, coast of South Carolina
Isaac R. Trimble of Maryland, Army of the Potomac
John B. Grayson of Kentucky, died in Florida
Paul D. Hebert of Louisiana, on the coast of Texas
Richard C. Gatlin of North Carolina, commanding, coast of North Carolina
Felix K. Zollicoffer of Tennessee, in eastern Kentucky
Benjamin Cheatham of Tennessee, in Kentucky
Joseph R. Anderson of Virginia, on the coast of North Carolina
Simon B. Buckner of Kentucky, in Kentucky
Leroy Pope Walker of Alabama, in Alabama
Albert G. Blanchard of Louisiana, at Norfolk
Gabriel J. Rains of North Carolina, at Yorktown
J.E.B. Stuart of Virginia, Army of the Potomac
Lafayette McLaws of Georgia, at Yorktown
Thomas F. Drayton of South Carolina, on the coast of South Carolina
Adley H. Gladden of Louisiana, at Pensacola
John Porter McCown of Tennessee, in Kentucky
Lloyd Tilghman of Kentucky, in Kentucky
Nathan G. Evans of South Carolina, on the coast of South Carolina
Cadmus M. Wilcox of Tennessee, Army of the Potomac
Philip St. George Cooke of Virginia, died in Virginia
R.E. Rhodes of Alabama, Army of the Potomac
Richard Taylor of Louisiana, Army of the Potomac
Louis T. Wigfall of Texas, Army of the Potomac
James H. Trapler of South Carolina, on the coast of Florida
Samuel G. French of Mississippi, Army of the Potomac
William H. Carroll, east Tennessee (no other information)
Hugh W. Mercer of Georgia, -------- (no other information)
Humphrey Marshall of Kentucky, in Kentucky
John C. Breckenridge of Kentucky, in Kentucky
Richard Griffith of Mississippi, Army of the Potomac
Alexander P. Stewart of Kentucky, in Kentucky
William Montgomery Gardner of Georgia, on furlough
Richard B. Garnet of Virginia, Army of the Potomac
William Mahone of Virginia, at Norfolk
L. O’Brien Branch of North Carolina, on the coast of North Carolina
Maxey Gregg of South Caroline, on the coast of South Carolina

The West Point Generals
Class of:
1815: Samuel Cooper
1820: John H. Wender
1822: Isaac R. Tremble
1825: Daniel S. Donelson, Benjamin Huger
1826: Albert S. Johnston, J.B. Grayson
1827: Leonidas Polk, Gabriel J. Rains
1828: T.F. Drayton, Hugh W. Mercer
1829: Joseph E. Johnston, R.E. Lee, Theophilus H. Holmes, Albert G. Blanchard
1830: John B. Magruder
1832: George P. Crittendon, P. St. George Cooke, Humphrey Marshall, Richard C. Gatlin
1833: Daniel Ruggles
1835: James M. Withers
1836: J.R. Anderson, Lloyd Tilghman
1837: Braxton Bragg, W.H.T. Walker, J.A. Early, J.C. Pemberton, Arnold Elzey, H.H. Sibley
1838: William J. Hardee, James H. Trapler
1839: Alexander R. Lawton, J.P. McCown
1840: Richard S. Ewell, Paul O. Herbert, Richard B. Garnett
1841: Robert S. Garnet, Samuel Jones
1842: Earl Van Dorn, G.W. Smith, Mansfield Lovell, J. Longstreet, Daniel H. Hill,
Richard H. Anderson, Lafayette McLaws, A.P. Stewart
1843: Roswell S. Ripley, S.G. French
1844: Simon B. Buckner
1845: E. Kirby Smith, Barnard E. Bee, William H.C. Whiting
1846: Thomas J. Jackson, Cadmus M. Wilcox, David R. Jones, W.M. Gardner
1848: Nathan G. Evans
1854(?): J.E.B. Stuart

The following generals were appointed to the old U.S. Army without passing through
West Point Academy: David E. Twiggs, appointed in 1842; William W. Loring,
appointed in 1846; Thomas T. Fauntleroy, appointed in 1836.

The following generals saw service in the Mexican war:
M.L. Benham
Henry R. Jackson
Gideon J. Pillow
Samuel R. Anderson
Charles Clark
Thomas C. Hindman
John C. Breckenridge
Benjamin F. Cheatham
Richard Griffith
Albert Pike
Adley H. Gladden
Maxey Gregg

The following generals participated in the Texas War and the War with Mexico:
Ben McCulloch, Louis T. Wigfall

The following generals saw no previous military service previous to the present war:
Jno. E. Floyd, Henry A. Wise, Robert Toombs, Richard Taylor, Thomas R. Flournoy,
L. Pope Walker, F.K. Zollicoffer, William Mahone, L. O’B. Branch, William H. Carroll,
R.E. Rhodes. Some, however, received a military education at state institutions.

The following were born in the north although previous to the war they were citizens of
southern states: General Cooper, born in New York; Ripley in Ohio; Pemberton in
Pennsylvania; Whiting, Pike, Ruggles, and Blanchard, all from Massachusetts;
French, New Jersey.

The following generals are South Carolinians: Huger, Bonham, Bee (now dead),
D.R. Jones, Ripley, R.H. Anderson, Drayton, Evans, Trapier and Gregg.
The following are natives of South Carolina although citizens of other states:
Longstreet of Alabama, Lawton of Georgia, Danielson of Tennessee, Withers of Alabama,
Hill of North Carolina, Gladden of Louisiana, and Wigfall of Texas.

Transcribed by Christine Spencer, May, 2007