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The list of American Civil War (Civil War) generals has been divided into five articles: an introduction on this page, a list of Union Army generals, a list of Union brevet generals, a list of Confederate Army generals and a list of prominent acting Confederate States Army generals, which includes officers appointed to duty by E. Kirby Smith, officers whose appointments were never confirmed or ...
The following list shows the names of substantive, full grade general officers (Regular U.S. Army or U.S. Volunteers) effectively appointed, nominated, confirmed and commissioned (by signed and sealed document) who served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1]
List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals since 2010; List of United States Marine Corps four-star generals; List of United States Marine Corps tombstone lieutenant generals; United States military seniority; List of brigadier generals in the United States Regular Army before February 2, 1901; List of major generals in the United ...
This is a complete list of major generals in the United States Regular Army before July 1, 1920. For most of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the rank of major general was the highest possible in the Regular Army. It was also one of the rarest: until 1915, there were at most eight major generals on active duty at any given time.
List of American Civil War generals (Confederate) List of American Civil War generals (Acting Confederate) List of American Civil War generals (Union) List of American Civil War brevet generals (Union) List of female United States military generals and flag officers
This is a category of general officers in the armed forces of any of the following American governments: American colonies of Britain; United States; Confederate States; The rank of general exists in the U.S. Army, Marine Corps and Air Force, and historically in the state or colonial militias.
See incomplete appointments section in List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate). Martin, William T. Brigadier general rank, nom: December 2, 1862 conf: April 22, 1863 Major general rank: November 10, 1863 nom: November 12, 1863 conf: January 25, 1864 Captain, Mississippi Cavalry, July 8, 1861. Jeff Davis Legion, major, October ...
Encyclopedia of the American Civil War: A Political, Social, and Military History (2002), 1600 entries in 2700 pages in 5 vol or 1-vol editions; Woodworth, Steven E. ed. American Civil War: A Handbook of Literature and Research (1996) (ISBN 0-313-29019-9), 750 pages of historiography and bibliography