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Johnston was then offered a state commission as a brigadier general, which he declined, accepting instead a commission as a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army on May 14. Johnston relieved Colonel Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson of command at Harpers Ferry in May and organized the Army of the Shenandoah in July. [13]
John Bell Hood (June 1 [2] or June 29, [3] 1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. Hood's impetuosity led to high losses among his troops as he moved up in rank. Bruce Catton wrote that "the decision to replace Johnston with Hood was probably the single largest mistake that either government made ...
Colonel and brevet brigadier general, U.S. Army. Commanded Department of Utah, 1858–1859, then Department of the Pacific. Resigned as colonel and brevet brigadier general, U.S. Army, May 3, 1861. In command of all Confederate forces west of Allegheny Mountains. Killed on the first day at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, aged 59. Johnston, George Doherty
Robert E. Lee, the best known CSA general.Lee is shown with the insignia of a Confederate colonel, which he chose to wear throughout the war. Much of the design of the Confederate States Army was based on the structure and customs of the United States Army [1] when the Confederate States Congress established the Confederate States War Department on February 21, 1861. [2]
Although Johnston preferred Longstreet as his replacement, command of the Army of Northern Virginia shifted to G. W. Smith, the senior major general, for a single day. [72] On June 1, Richardson's division of Sumner's corps engaged Longstreet's men, routing Lewis Armistead 's brigade, but the brigades of Pickett, William Mahone , and Roger ...
He joined the Confederate States Army as a colonel on March 7 and was given command of Forts Morgan and Gaines in Alabama. He was subsequently promoted to brigadier general (June 17) and major general (October 7). By October 10, 1862, he was one of the first Confederate lieutenant generals. [3]
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 ...
Danville Leadbetter (August 26, 1811 – September 26, 1866) was a career U.S. Army officer and later he served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War.. A trained engineer, Leadbetter supervised the construction of forts before and during the war, and is noted for his controversial involvement in the November 1863 Battle of Fort Sanders in eastern Tennessee.