- James Longstreet
James Longstreet (January 8, 1821 - January 2, 1904) was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War, the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the Eastern Theater, but also with Gen. Braxton Bragg in the Army of Tennessee in the Western Theater. - A. P. Hill
Ambrose Powell Hill (November 9, 1825 - April 2, 1865), was a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He gained early fame as the commander of "Hill's Light Division," becoming one of Stonewall Jackson's ablest subordinates. He later commanded a corps under Robert E. Lee in the Army of Northern Virginia before his death in battle just prior to the end of the war. - John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 - April 26, 1865) was an American actor from Maryland, who fatally shot President of the United States Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. Lincoln died the next day from a single gunshot wound to the head - the first American president to be assassinated. Booth was a successful professional stage actor of his day and a member of the prominent Booth family of actors. - Henry Heth
Henry "Harry" Heth (December 16, 1825 - September 27, 1899) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. He is best-remembered for precipitating the Battle of Gettysburg, accomplished inadvertently while sending some of his troops of the Army of Northern Virginia to the small Pennsylvania village, according to his memoirs, seeking shoes. - Joshua Chamberlain
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (September 8 1828 - February 24 1914) was a college professor from Maine who volunteered to join the Union Army without the benefit of any formal military education, and became a highly respected and decorated Union officer during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general). For his gallantry at Gettysburg, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. - Daniel Harvey Hill
Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12, 1821 - September 24, 1889) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and a Southern scholar. He was known as an aggressive leader, and as an austere, deeply religious man, with a dry, sarcastic humor. He was brother-in-law to Stonewall Jackson, a close friend to both James Longstreet and Joseph E. Johnston, but disagreements with both Robert E. Lee and Braxton Bragg cost him favor with Confederate President Jefferson Davis. - Joseph B. Kershaw
Joseph Brevard Kershaw (January 5, 1822 - April 13, 1894) was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Kershaw was born at Camden, South Carolina, admitted to the bar in 1843, and was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1852 to 1856. At the start of the Civil War he commanded the 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry regiment and took part in the First Battle of Bull Run. He was commissioned brigadier general on February 13, 1862, … - George T. Anderson
George Thomas Anderson (February 3, 1824 - April 4, 1901) was a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Nicknamed "Tige," Anderson was noted as one of Robert E. Lee's hardest-fighting subordinates. Anderson was born in Covington, Georgia, and attended Emory University before departing to serve as a lieutenant of Georgia cavalry during the Mexican-American War. He received a commission in the U.S. regular cavalry in 1855, only to resign in 1858. - James J. Archer
James Jay Archer (December 19, 1817 - October 24, 1864) was a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Taken as a prisoner of war at the Battle of Gettysburg, Archer was the first general captured from Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. - Joseph R. Davis
Joseph Robert Davis (1825-1896) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War and nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. His troops played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Davis was born in Mississippi becoming a lawyer and Mississippi state senator. Before the war, he led a local militia company. He entered Confederate service in the spring of 1861 as a captain in the 10th Mississippi Infantry. - Ambrose R. Wright
Ambrose Ransom Wright (April 26, 1826 - December 21, 1872) was a lawyer, Georgia politician, and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Wright, known by the nickname "Rans", was born in Louisville, Georgia. He read law under the tutelage of Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson, who later became his brother-in-law, and was admitted to the bar. - George H. Steuart
George Hume Steuart (August 24, 1828 - November 22, 1903) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, primarily serving in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nicknamed "Maryland Steuart" to avoid verbal confusion with Virginia cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart, he was noted for his zeal in promoting the secession of Maryland. Steuart was born in Baltimore. He attended the United States Military Academy in West Point, graduating 37th in the famed class of 1848, … - James Dearing
James Dearing (April 25, 1840 - April 23, 1865) was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign, making him one of the last officers to die in the war; there are claims that he was the last general officer to die in the war. Dearing was born in Campbell County, Virginia. - Harry T. Hays
Harry Thompson Hays (April 14, 1820 - August 21, 1876) was an American Civil War brigadier general who served in the Army of Northern Virginia. His brigade, the fabled "Louisiana Tigers", played a key role in the Battle of Gettysburg, where they ascended Culp's Hill in the darkness and overran several artillery batteries before finally being driven off for lack of support. - John M. Jones
John Marshall Jones (July 20, 1820 - May 5, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness. Jones was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. At West Point, he was nicknamed "Rum" Jones for his fondness for alcohol. He graduated in 1841, ranking 39th in a class of 52. Nineteen of his classmates would become Civil War generals, … - Arthur Fremantle
General Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle, GMCG, CB (November 1835 - 25 September 1901) was a British soldier, a member of Her Majesty's Coldstream Guards, and a notable British witness to the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Whilst holding the rank of lieutenant colonel he spent three months (from April 2 until July 16 1863) in North America, traveling through parts of the Confederate States of America and the Union. - Jerome B. Robertson
Jerome Bonaparte Robertson (March 14, 1815 - January 7, 1890) was a doctor, Indian fighter, Texas politician, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He was noted for his service in the famed Texas Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia. - William N. Pendleton
William Nelson Pendleton (December 26, 1809 - January 15, 1883) was an Episcopal priest and a Confederate general in the American Civil War, serving as Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery. Pendleton was born in Richmond, Virginia. He attended private schools, and was appointed to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated fifth in the class of 1830. In 1833 he resigned from the military to take up teaching. - Henry A. Wise
Henry Alexander Wise (December 3, 1806 - September 12, 1876) was an American statesman from Virginia. Gen. Wise was born in Drummondtown, Accomack County, Va., to a family of wealthy planters; was privately tutored until his twelfth year and then entered Margaret Academy, near Pungoteague, in Accomack County and graduated from Washington College, Pa., now Washington and Lee University, in 1825. He was admitted to the bar in 1828, and settled in Nashville, Tenn., … - Darius N. Couch
Darius Nash Couch (July 23, 1822 - February 12, 1897) was a United States Army officer, naturalist, and a Union major general in the American Civil War. Couch rose to command a corps in the Army of the Potomac, and led divisions in both the Eastern Theater and Western Theater. - Samuel McGowan
Samuel McGowan (October 19, 1819 - August 9, 1897) was a general from South Carolina in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times. Ezra Warner's book, "Generals in Gray", claims that "McGowan's career and reputation were not excelled by any other brigade commander in the Army of Northern Virginia." Born in the Laurens District of South Carolina, … - Ellis Spear
Ellis Spear (October 15, 1834 - April 3, 1917) was an officer in the 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of general during the American Civil War. Spear was born in Warren, Maine, in 1834 and was educated at Bowdoin College, graduating in 1858. Eventually Spear studied law, but when the Civil War erupted he became a recruiter and formed Company G of the 20th Maine. Spear enlisted as a captain, but was quickly promoted to the rank of major, … - Theophilus H. Holmes
Theophilus Hunter Holmes (November 13, 1804 - June 21, 1880) was a career U.S. Army officer and a Confederate general in the American Civil War. Holmes was born in Clinton, North Carolina. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1829, near the bottom of his class, and was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the 7th U.S. Infantry. - Andrew Gregg Curtin
Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1817 - October 7, 1894) was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Pennsylvania during the American Civil War. Curtin was born in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. He attended Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law and was employed as a lawyer. His first public office was as Secretary of the Commonwealth. In 1855, Governor James Pollock appointed him as Superintendent of Public Schools. - William McComb
Although born in Pennsylvania, General William McComb became a Confederate general and commanded a brigade in the Third Corps. Born in Mercer County on November 21, 1828, McComb went to Tennessee in 1854 and took up residence in Clarksville. In Clarksville, McComb engaged in a variety of manufacturing interests including erecting a flour mill on the Cumberland River. Although of Northern birth, McComb chose to enlist in the Confederate army. - Gustavus Woodson Smith
Gustavus Woodson Smith (November 30, 1821 - June 24, 1896), more commonly known as G.W. Smith, was a career U.S. Army officer who fought in the Mexican-American War, a civil engineer, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Smith was born in Georgetown, Kentucky. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, he was trained as a civil engineer. - James B. Gordon
James B. Gordon (November 2, 1822 - May 18, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was killed in action at the Battle of Meadow Bridge. Gordon was born in Wilkes County, North Carolina. After studying at Emory and Henry College in Virginia, he returned to Wilkes County and became a successful mercantile businessman and a prominent member of the community. - Thomas H. Carter
Thomas Henry Carter (June 13, 1831 - June 2, 1908) was an artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. His battalion played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Carter was a member of an old and distinguished Virginia family, born the third of five children to Thomas Nelson Carter and Juliet (Gaines) Carter in King William County. His father was a first cousin to Robert E. Lee, … - Lafayette Guild
LaFayette Guild (1826 - July 4, 1870) was a surgeon in the antebellum U.S. Army, a noted pioneer in the study of yellow fever, and then a leading medical administrator in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He served directly under General Robert E. Lee as the Medical Director for the Army of Northern Virginia for all its major campaigns, including the Gettysburg Campaign and the Overland Campaign. - Joseph W. Latimer
Joseph White Latimer (August 27, 1834 - August 1, 1863), "The Boy Major," was a promising young officer in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia's artillery branch during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Born in Oak Ridge, Prince William County, Virginia, Latimer was educated at the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and studied artillery tactics under Stonewall Jackson. - George P. Doles
George Pierce Doles (May 14, 1830 - June 2, 1864) was a Georgia businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps. George Doles was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of Josiah and Martha (Pierce) Doles. His father was a tailor by occupation. Doles was educated in the town's common schools. - Charles W. Field
Charles William Field (April 6, 1828 - April 9, 1892) was a career military officer, serving in the United States Army and then, during the American Civil War, in the Confederate States Army. His division was considered as one of the finest in the Army of Northern Virginia. Field was one of a handful of American officers who advised the army of Egypt following the Civil War. - Samuel Garland Jr.
Samuel Garland, Jr., (December 16, 1830 - September 14, 1862) was an attorney and Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was killed during the Maryland Campaign while defending Fox's Gap at the Battle of South Mountain. The grand-nephew of James Madison, Garland was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. His father, Samuel Garland, Sr., was a well known attorney, but died when his son was only five years old. - Alonzo Cushing
Lt. Alonzo Cushing (January 19, 1841 - July 3, 1863); a graduate of West Point class of 1861, he commanded Battery A of the 4th US Artillery at The Battle of Gettysburg during The American Civil War. Hailed as heroic in his actions defending against Pickett's Charge on the third day of the battle, despite being horrifically wounded. - Albert Rust
Albert Rust (1818-1870) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Albert Rust was born in 1818 in Fauquier County, Virginia. He moved to Union County, Arkansas, around 1837 and studied law there. Rust was admitted to the bar and won election to the Arkansas House of Representatives where he served from 1842 to 1848, and then again from 1852 to 1854. - Edward Lloyd Thomas
Edward Lloyd Thomas (March 23, 1825 - March 8, 1898) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War from the state of Georgia. Born in Clarke County, Georgia, Thomas, a graduate of Emory College, served in the Mexican War and as a plantation farmer in Georgia prior to the outbreak of the War. When the War broke out, Thomas became colonel of the 35th Georgia Infantry in October 1861. - George Hillyer
George Hillyer (March 17, 1835 - October 2,1927) was an American politician, serving as mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, as well as a state assemblyman and senator. He was also an officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Hillyer was born in Athens, Georgia, one of eight children of Judge Junius Hillyer, a United States Congressman and solicitor of the U.S. Treasury. He graduated from Mercer University in 1854, studied law, and, starting in 1857, … - Edward A. Perry
Edward Aylesworth Perry (March 15 1831 - October 15 1889) was a general under Robert E. Lee during the American Civil War and the fourteenth governor of Florida. Born in Richmond, Massachusetts, Perry moved to Greenville, Alabama in 1853, after briefly attending Yale University. In Alabama, he taught and studied law with Hillary Herbert (who was a hero at Gettysburg and Secretary of the Navy under Grover Cleveland). - David Gregg McIntosh
David Gregg McIntosh (March 16, 1836 - October 16, 1916) was a Confederate artillery officer during the American Civil War from the state of South Carolina. McIntosh was born in Society Hill, South Carolina. In 1855, he graduated from the University of South Carolina. When the Civil War broke out, McIntosh was practicing law in his hometown. He became captain of Company D, 1st South Carolina Infantry. - William Ransom Johnson Pegram
William Ransom Johnson Pegram, known as "Willie" or "Willy", (June 29, 1841 - April 2, 1865) was an important young artillery officer in Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded in the Battle of Five Forks. He was the younger brother of Confederate General John Pegram, who was also killed in action. Born in a house along Main Street in Richmond, Virginia, …
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