Generals of the Confederate Army, 1861-1865
Alphabetical M to P
Field Commands listed from Brigade to Army; Chief of Bureau at Army or Department Level; Territorial Commands from Sub-District to Military Division
Mackall, William Whann / MacRae, William / Magruder, John Bankhead / Mahone, William / Major, James Patrick / Maney, George Earl / Manigault, Arthur Middleton / Marmaduke, John Sappington / Marshall, Humphrey / Martin, James Green / Martin, William Thompson / Maury, Dabney Herndon / Maxey, Samuel Bell / McCausland, John / McComb, William / McCown, John Porter / McCulloch, Benjamin / McCullough, Henry Eustace (McCulloch) / McGowan, Samuel / McIntosh, James McQueen / McLaws, Lafayette / McNair, Evander / McRae, Dandridge / Mercer, Hugh Weedon / Miller, William / Moody, Young Marshall / Moore, John Creed / Moore, Patrick Theodore / Morgan, John Hunt / Morgan, John Tyler / Mouton, Jean Jacques Alfred Alexandre / Nelson, Allison / Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou / Page, Richard Lucian / Palmer, Joseph Benjamin / Parsons, Mosby Monroe / Paxton, Elisha Franklin / Payne, William Henry Fitzhugh / Peck, William Raine / Pegram, John / Pemberton, John Clifford / Pender, William Dorsey / Pendleton, William Nelson / Perrin, Abner Monroe / Perry, Edward Aylesworth / Perry, William Flank / Pettigrew, James Johnston / Pettus, Edmund Winston / Pickett, George Edward / Pike, Albert / Pillow, Gideon Johnson / Polignac, Camille Armand Jules Marie de (Prince) / Polk, Leonidas / Polk, Lucius Eugene / Posey, Carnot / Preston, John Smith / Preston, William (III) / Price, Sterling / Pryor, Roger Atkinson
Mackall, William Whann
District of Columbia-Maryland / Born 18 January 1816 Cecil, Maryland / Died Langley, Virginia 12 August 1891
Cadet USMA 1 July 1833 / USMA 1 July 1837 8/50 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 1st US Artillery 1 July 1837 / 1st Lieutenant USA 9 July 1838 / Regt Adjutant 20 January 1840-31 August 1841 / Brevet Captain Assistant Adjutant-General 29 December 1846 / Captain USA 1st US Artillery 20 August 1847 / Vacated 20 August 1847 / Brevet Major Assistant Adjutant-General 5 August 1853 / Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Assistant Adjutant-General 11 May 1861 Declined / Resigned USA 3 July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel ACSA Assistant Adjutant-General 9 September 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 6 March 1862 to rank from 27 February 1862 / No Record of Parole
Brevet Captain USA 23 September 1846 Brevet Major USA 20 August 1847
WIA New River Inlet 11 February 1839 WIA Chapultepec 13 September 1847 CIA Island No 10 7 April 1862 Exchanged 15 August 1862 CIA Macon 20 April 1865
Assistant Adjutant-General Department of the Pacific February 1861-20 May 1861
Assistant Adjutant-General Western Department 15 September 1861
Chief of Staff Department of East Tennessee 5 November 1862-8 December 1862
Gulf District 8 December 1862-22 December 1862
Chief of Staff Army of Tennessee 17 April 1863-12 October 1863 / Mackall’s Brigade J H Forney’s Division Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 16 October 1863-26 January 1864
Chief of Staff Army of Tennessee 26 January 1864-254 August 1864
Forces in South Georgia 23 March 1865-20 April 1865
MacRae, William
North Carolina / Born 9 September 1834 Wilmington, North Carolina / Died Augusta, Georgia 11 February 1882
Private PSCS North Carolina Infantry May 1861 / Captain PACS 5th North Carolina 11 June 1861 / 15th North Carolina 14 November 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 2 May 1862 / Colonel PACS 27 February 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS (Temporary) 22 June 1864 Unconfirmed / Brigadier-General PACS (Special) 5 November 1864 to rank from 4 November 1864 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
Cobb’s Brigade McLaws’ Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia September 1862
MacRae’s Brigade Heth’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia June 1864-9 April 1865
Magruder, John Bankhead
Virginia / Born 1 May 1807 Port Royal, Virginia / Died Houston, Texas 18 February 1871
Cadet USMA 1 July 1826 / USMA 1 July 1830 15/42 Infantry
2nd Lieutenant USA 7th US Infantry 1 July 1830 / 1st US Artillery 11 August 1831 / 1st Lieutenant USA 31 March 1836 / Captain USA 18 June 1846 / Resigned USA 20 April 1861 / Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 9 May 1861 / Colonel PACS Artillery 16 May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 17 June 1861 / Major-General PACS 7 October 1861 / No Record of Parole
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1830 Brevet Major USA 18 April 1847 Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel USA 13 September 1847
Major-General Mexican Imperial Army/ WIA Chapultepec 13 September 1847
Forces in Richmond 8 May 1861-21 May 1861
Hampton Line 21 May 1861-26 May 1861
Department of the Peninsula 26 May 1861-31 May 1861
Army of the Peninsula 26 May 1861-31 May 1861
Department of the Peninsula 17 June 1861-12 April 1862
Army of the Peninsula 17 June 1861-12 April 1862
Magruder’s Division Army of Northern Virginia 12 April 1862-May 1862
Reserve Northern Virginia 4 May 1862-25 June 1862
Magruder’s Command Northern Virginia 25 June 1862-14 July 1862
District of Texas 10 October 1862-27 November 1862 /
District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 29 November 1862-4 August 1864
District of Arkansas 4 August 1864-28 January 1865
II Corps Trans-Mississippi 4 August 1864-31 March 1865
District of Arkansas 31 January 1865-14 February 1865
District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 20 March 1865-26 May 1865
Mahone, William
Virginia / Born 1 December 1826 Southampton, Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 8 October 1895
Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 6th Virginia Infantry 20 April 1861 / Colonel PACS 2 May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 16 November 1861 / Major-General PACS (Temporary) 1 June 1864 Declined 7 June 1864 / Major-General PACS 3 August 1864 to rank from 30 July 1864 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
WIA Second Bull Run 30 August 1862
2nd Brigade Department of Norfolk 20 October 1861-12 April 1862
2nd Brigade Huger’s Division Army of Northern Virginia 12 April 1862-14 July 1862
1st Brigade R H Anderson’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 14 July 1862-30 August 1862
Mahone’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia December 1862-30 May 1863
Mahone’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 30 May 1863-7 May 1864
R H Anderson’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 7 May 1864-4 June 1864
Mahone’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 4 June 1864-9 April 1865
Major, James Patrick
Missouri / Born 14 May 1836 Fayette, Missouri / Died Austin, Texas 7 May 1877
Cadet USMA 1 July 1852 / USMA 1 July 1856 23/49 Cavalry
1st US Cavalry 1 July 1856 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 December 1856 / Resigned USA 21 March 1861 / 1st Lieutenant ACSA Cavalry 16 March 1861 / ADC (E Van Dorn and D E Twiggs) 1 June 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel 1st Cavalry Missouri State Guard 1861 / Colonel Missouri State Guard 186-11862 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS Cavalry June 1861 / Colonel PACS Artillery June 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 23 July 1863 to rank from 21 July 1863 / Paroled New Iberia, Louisiana 11 June 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1856
WIA Donaldsonville 28 June 1863
Chief Engineer Army of the West July 1862-September 1862
Major’s Brigade District of West Louisiana July 1863-March 1864
Major’s Brigade Wharton’s Cavalry Division District of West Louisiana March 1864-September 1864
2nd Brigade 1st Cavalry Division II Corps Trans-Mississippi Army September 1864-26 May 1865
Maney, George Earl
Tennessee / Born 24 August 1826 Franklin, Tennessee / Died Washington, District of Columbia 9 February 1901
2nd Lieutenant USV 1st Tennessee Infantry 1846 / Mustered Out USV 7 September 1847 / 1st Lieutenant USA 6 March 1847 / 3rd US Dragoons 9 April 1847 / Discharged USA 31 July 1848 / Captain PACS 11th Tennessee Infantry 8 May 1861 / Colonel PACS 1st Tennessee Infantry 8 May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 16 April 1862 / Paroled Greensboro, North Carolina 1 May 1865
WIA Ringgold 26 November 1863 CIA Jonesboro 31 August 1864
2nd Brigade 2nd Division I Corps Army of Mississippi 6 April 1862-2 July 1862
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Army of Mississippi 2 July 1862-15 August 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division Right Wing Army of Mississippi 15 August 1862-20 November 1862
3rd Brigade 1st Division Polk’s Corps Army of Tennessee 20 November 1862-12 November 1863
Maney’s Brigade Walker’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 12 November 1863-25 November 1863
Maney’s Brigade Cheatham’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 20 February 1864-July 1864
Cheatham’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee July 1864-31 August 1864
Manigault, Arthur Middleton
South Carolina / Born 26 October 1824 Charleston, South Carolina / Died 17 August 1886
Sergeant-Major South Carolina Militia / 2nd Lieutenant USV Palmetto South Carolina Infantry 1846 / 1st Lieutenant USV 1847 / Mustered Out USV 1848 / Captain South Carolina Militia December 1860 / ADC (F W Pickens) April 1860 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS Assistant Adjutant-General and Inspector-General 10 April 1861 / ADC (P G T Beauregard) 10 April 1861 / Colonel PACS 10th South Carolina Infantry 31 May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 27 April 1863 to rank from 26 April 1863 / No Record of Parole
WIA Churubusco 28 August 1847 WIA Resaca 14 May 1864 WIA Franklin 30 November 1864
First Sub-District of South Carolina 10 December 1861-6 October 1862
4th Brigade Reserve Corps Army of Mississippi June 1862-2 July 1862
4th Brigade Withers’ Division Army of Mississippi 2 July 1862-15 August 1862
4th Brigade Withers’ Division Right Wing Army of Mississippi 15 August 1862-20 November 1862
4th Brigade 2nd Division Polk’s Corps Army of Tennessee 20 November 1862-April 1863
2nd Brigade 2nd Division I Corps Army of Tennessee April 1863-September 1863
Manigault’s Brigade Hindman’s Division Longstreet’s Corps Army of Tennessee September 1863-October 1863
Manigault’s Brigade Hindman’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee October 1863-November 1863
Manigault’s Brigade J P Anderson’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee November 1863-December 1863
Manigault’s Brigade J P Anderson’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee December 1863-April 1864
Manigault’s Brigade Hindman’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee April 1864-September 1864
Manigault’s Brigade E Johnson’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee September 1864-30 November 1864
Marmaduke, John Sappington
Missouri / Born 14 March 1833 Arrow Rock, Missouri / Died Jefferson City, Missouri 28 December 1887
Cadet USMA 1 July 1853 / USMA 1 July 1857 30/38 Infantry
1st US Infantry 1 July 1857 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 7th US Infantry 1 August 1857 / Resigned USA 17 April 1861 / Colonel 1st Missouri Militia Rifles May 1861 / 1st Lieutenant ACSA Infantry 16 March 1861 / 1st Lieutenant ACSA Cavalry 16 March 1861 / 1st Lieutenant ACSA Assistant Adjutant-General 16 March 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 1st Battalion Arkansas Infantry 19 September 1861 / Colonel PACS 18th Arkansas Infantry 18 December 1861 / 3rd Confederate Infantry 28 January 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS (Temporary) 26 September 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 25 May 1863 to rank from 15 November 1862 / Major-General PACS 18 March 1865 to rank from 17 March 1865 / Paroled Fort Warren, Massachusetts 24 July 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1857
WIA Shiloh 7 April 1862 CIA Mine Creek 25 October 1864
4th Brigade III Corps Army of Mississippi May 1862-October 1862
4th Brigade 3rd Division Right Wing Army of Mississippi October 1862-November 1862
4th Brigade Cavalry I Corps Trans-Mississippi Army November 1862-January 1863
Cavalry Division District of Arkansas January 1863-September 1864
1st Division Cavalry Corps Trans-Mississippi Army September 1864-October 1864
2nd Division Army of Missouri October 1864-25 October 1864
Marshall, Humphrey
Kentucky / Born 13 January 1812 Frankfort, Kentucky / Died Louisville, Kentucky 28 March 1872
Cadet USMA 1 September 1828 / USMA 1 July 1832 42/45 Mounted Rifles
US Mounted Rangers 1 July 1832 / 1st US Dragoons 4 March 1833 / Resigned USA 30 April 1833 / Captain Kentucky Militia / Major Kentucky Militia / Lieutenant-Colonel Kentucky Militia / Colonel USV 1st Kentucky Cavalry 9 June 1846 / Mustered Out USV 7 July 1847 / Brigadier-General PACS 30 October 1861 / Resigned PACS 16 June 1862 / Reappointed Brigadier-General PACS 20 June 1862 to rank from 30 October 1861 Unconfirmed / Resigned PACS 17 June 1863 / No Record of Parole
Brevet 3rd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1832 Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 4 March 1833 to rank from 1 July 1832
Army of Eastern Kentucky 1 November 1861-8 March 1862
District of Abingdon 2 May 1862-9 May 1863
Martin, James Green
North Carolina / Born 14 February 1819 Elizabeth City, North Carolina / Died 4 October 1878
Cadet USMA 1 July 1836 / USMA 1 July 1840 14/42 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 1st US Artillery 1 July 1840 / 1st Lieutenant USA 16 February 1847-2 December 1853 / Captain USA Assistant Quartermaster 5 August 1847 / Resigned USA 14 June 1861 / Captain ACSA Cavalry 16 March 1861 / Adjutant-General North Carolina Militia 20 September 1861 / Major-General North Carolina Militia 28 September 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 2 June 1862 to rank from 15 May 1862 / Resigned PACS 25 July 1862 Refused / Reappointed Brigadier-General PACS 11 August 1862 to rank from 15 May 1862 / Paroled Ashville, North Carolina 3 May 1865
Brevet Major USA 20 August 1847
WIA Churubusco 20 August 1847 WIA Ware Bottom Church 20 May 1864
Martin’s Brigade Department of North Carolina 19 June 1862-25 July 1862
1st Brigade D H Hill’s Division Defences of Richmond 25 July 1862-18 August 1862
Department of North Carolina 2 June 1862-16 July 1862
District of North Carolina 18 August 1862-19 September 1862
Martin’s Brigade Ransom’s Division Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia May 1863-28 September 1863
District of Cape Fear 28 September 1863-18 April 1864
Martin’s Brigade Pickett’s Division Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia 18 April 1864-10 May 1864
Martin’s Brigade Pickett’s Division Defences of Richmond 10 May 1864-17 May 1864
Martin’s Brigade Ransom’s Division Defences of Richmond 17 May 1864-31 May 1864
Martin’s Brigade Hoke’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 31 May 1864-23 June 1864
District of Western North Carolina 14 January 1864-3 May 1865
Martin, William Thompson
Kentucky-Mississippi / Born 25 March 1823 Glasgow, Kentucky / Died Natchez. Mississippi 16 March 1910
Captain PACS Adams Mississippi Cavalry Company 18 May 1861 / Major PACS Jeff Davis Legion 24 October 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 2nd Mississippi Cavalry 13 February 1862 / Colonel {PACS July 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 2 December 1862 / Major-General PACS 12 November 1863 to rank from 10 November 1863 / Paroled Meridian, Mississippi 11 May 1865
1st Division Cavalry Corps Army of Mississippi February 1863-14 March 1863
2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee 14 March 1863-November 1863
Martin’s Command Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee November 1863-24 November 1863
Cavalry Corps Tennessee 24 November 1863-1 December 1863
Cavalry Department of Tennessee February 1864-April 1864
1st Division Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee April 1864-15 August 1864
Sub-District of Northwest Mississippi 5 December 1864-15 January 1865
District of Mississippi and East Louisiana 15 January 1865-24 January 1865
Maury, Dabney Herndon
Virginia / Born 21 May 1822 Fredericksburg, Virginia / Died Peoria, Illinois 11 January 1900
Cadet USMA 1 July 1842 / USMA 1 July 1846 37/42 Mounted Rifles
US Mounted Rifles 1 July 1846 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 3rd US Artillery 1 July 1847 / US Mounted Rifles 19 February 1848 / 1st Lieutenant USA 27 January 1853 / Regt Adjutant 15 September 1858-10 April 1860 / Assistant Adjutant-General 17 April 1860 / Dismissed USA 25 June 1861 / Captain ACSA Cavalry 16 March 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 21st Mississippi Infantry 28 August 1861 / Colonel PACS Assistant Adjutant-General October 1861 / Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 6 December 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 14 March 1862 to rank from 12 March 1862 / Major-General PACS 4 November 1862 / Paroled Meridian, Mississippi 11 May 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1846 Brevet 1st Lieutenant USA 18 April 1847 Brevet Captain 17 April 1860
WIA Camargo 1846 WIA Cerro Gordo 17 April 1847
Assistant Adjutant-General Department of Alabama and West Florida January 1862-March 1862
Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General Army of the West March 1862-April 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division Army of the West April 1862-May 1862
3rd Division Army of the West May 1862-27 June 1862 / Army of the West 26 June 1862-5 July 1862
3rd Division Army of the West 3 July 1862-October 1862
3rd Division Army of West Tennessee October 1862-December 1862
3rd Division Army of Mississippi 30 December 1862-15 April 1863
Gulf District 4 November 1862-7 December 1862
Department of East Tennessee 15 February 1863-11 May 1863
Gulf District 1 April 1863-25 July 1864
Department of Alabama and East Mississippi 26 July 1864-15 August 1864
Gulf District 15 August 1864-21 November 1864
Department of Alabama Mississippi and Eastern Louisiana 22 November 1864-12 December 1864
Gulf District 12 December 1864-4 May 1865
Maxey, Samuel Bell
Kentucky / Born 30 March 1825 Tompkinsville, Kentucky/ Died Eureka Springs, Arkansas 16 August 1895
Cadet USMA 1 July 1842 / USMA 1 July 1846 58/59 Infantry
7th US Infantry 1 July 1846 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 8th US Infantry 23 February 1847 / 7th US Infantry 18 July 1847 / Resigned USA 17 September 1849 / Colonel PACS 9th Texas Infantry May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 7 March 1862 to rank from 4 March 1862 / Major-General PACS 19 May 1864 to rank from 18 April 1864 Unconfirmed / No Record of Parole
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1846 Brevet 1st Lieutenant USA 20 August 1847
Maxey’s Brigade X Division I Corps Army of Mississippi 9 April 1862-July 1862
1st Brigade Cheatham’s Division Army of Mississippi July 1862-15 August 1862
Maxey’s Brigade District of East Louisiana September 1862-May 1863
Maxey’s Brigade French’s Division Department of Mississippi and West Louisiana 23 May 1863-October 1863
District of the Indian Territory 11 December 1863-9 January 1864
Cavalry Division Department of Arkansas 18 April 1864-9 May 1864
District of the Indian Territory 9 May 1864-21 July 1864
2nd Cavalry Division Trans-Mississippi Army 21 July 1864-14 February 1865
District of the Indian Territory 21 February 1865-1 March 1865
Maxey’s Division District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 7 April 1865-26 May 1865
McCausland, John
Missouri-Virginia / Born 13 September 1836 St Louis, Missouri / Died Mason, West Virginia 22 January 1927
Colonel Virginia Militia 3 May 1861 / Colonel PACS 36th Virginia Infantry 16 July 1861 / Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 6 December 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 21 May 1864 to rank from 18 May 1864 / Paroled Charleston, West Virginia 22 May 1865
2nd Brigade Floyd’s Division Army of Central Kentucky January 1863-3 March 1862
4th Brigade Department of Southwestern Virginia 8 May 1862-25 November 1862
McCausland’s Brigade Trans-Allegheny Department 25 November 1862-27 June 1864
Cavalry Brigade Ransom’s Division Valley District 27 June 1864-10 August 1864
Cavalry Brigade Lomax’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 10 August 1864-29 March 1865
McCausland’s Brigade Rosser’s Division Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia 29 March 1865-9 April 1865
McComb, William
Pennsylvania-Tennessee / Born 21 November 1828 Mercer, Pennsylvania / Died Gordonsville, Virginia 21 July 1918
Private PACS 14th Tennessee Infantry May 1861 / 2nd Lieutenant PACS May 1861 / Major PACS 26 April 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 15 August 1862 / Colonel PACS 2 September 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 7 February 1865 to rank from 20 January 1865 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
WIA Cold Harbor 27 June 1862 WIA Antietam 17 September 1862 WIA Chancellorsville 3 May 1863
McComb’s Brigade Heth’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 20 January 1865-9 April 1865
McCown, John Porter
Tennessee / Born 19 August 1815 Sevierville, Tennessee / Died Little Rock, Arkansas 22 January 1879
Cadet USMA 1 September 1835 / USMA 1 July 1840 10/42 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 4th US Artillery 1 July 1840 / 1st Lieutenant USA 30 September 1843 / Regt Quartermaster 29 March 1847-12 January 1849 / Captain USA 9 January 1851 / Resigned USA 17 May 1861 / Captain ACSA Artillery 16 March 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel ACSA Artillery 9 May 1861 / Colonel PACS Tennessee Artillery 17 May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 12 October 1861 / Major-General PACS 11 March 1862 to rank from 10 March 1862 / Paroled Salisbury, North Carolina 12 May 1865
Brevet Captain USA 18 April 1847
2nd Brigade Western District 7 September 1861-24 October 1861
Army of the West 20 June 1862-25 June 1862
3rd Division Western District 24 October 1861-28 February 1862
McCown’s Command Western District 28 February 1862-April 1862
2nd Division Army of the West April 1862-27 June 1862
McCown’s Division II Corps Army of Mississippi 27 June 1862-3 July 1862
McCown’s Division Department of East Tennessee 3 July 1862-November 1862
Department of East Tennessee 24 August 1862-22 September 1862
Department of East Tennessee 27 September 1862-20 October 1862
District of the Tennessee 27 September 1862-22 February 1863
3rd Division Hardee’s Corps Army of Tennessee November 1862-February 1863
McCulloch, Benjamin
Tennessee-Texas / Born 11 November 1811 Rutherford, Tennessee / KIA Pea Ridge, Arkansas 7 March 1862
2nd Lieutenant Army of Texas 1835 / 1st Lieutenant Army of Texas 21 April 1836 / 1st Lieutenant Texas Rangers 1838-1839 / Captain 1st Texas Rangers 26 April 1846 / Major-General Texas Militia April 1846 / Mustered Out USV 30 July 1846 / Major USV Quartermaster 16 July 1847 / Resigned 6 September 1847 / Major-General Texas Militia 1861 / Colonel Texas Cavalry 14 February 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 11 May 1861
CIA Ciudad Mier 1842
Indian Territory 13 May 1861-10 September 1861
Forces in Missouri 2 July 1861-3 August 1861
Western Army 4 August 1861-19 January 1862
District of the Indian Territory 10 September 1861-21 November 1861
1st Division Army of the West 19 January 1862-7 March 1862
McCullough, Henry Eustace (McCulloch)
Tennessee / Born 6 December 1816 Rutherford, Tennessee / Died Rockport, Texas 12 March 1895
1st Lieutenant Army of Texas 1838-1843 / Captain USV Texas Rangers 1846 / Mustered Out USV 1851 / Colonel Texas Militia 5 February 1861 / Colonel PACS 1st Texas Mounted Rifles 15 April 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 14 March 1862 / Paroled San Antonio, Texas 19 August 1865
CIA Ciudad Mier 1842
Department of Texas 4 September 1861-26 May 1862
Western District of Texas 3 December 1861-29 November 1862
Sub-District of the Rio Grande 24 April 1862-28 May 1862
Western Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 29 November 1862-23 July 1863
Northern Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 9 July 1863-26 May 1865
Eastern Sub-District of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona 15 August 1863-29 August 1863
3rd Brigade 2rd Division III Corps Trans-Mississippi Army September 1864-26 May 1865
McGowan, Samuel
South Carolina / Born 9 October 1819 Laurens, South Carolina / Died 9 August 1897
Private USV Palmetto South Carolina Infantry 1847 / Captain USV Assistant Quartermaster 4 January 1847 / Discharged USV 15 October 1848 / Major-General South Carolina Militia 1861 / ADC (M L Bonham) March 1861-July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 14th South Carolina Infantry 9 September 1861 / Colonel PACS 11 August 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 23 January 1862 to rank from 17 January 1863 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
WIA Cold Harbor 27 June 1862 WIA Second Bull Run 29 August 1862 WIA Chancellorsville 3 May 1863 WIA Spotsylvania 12 May 1864
McGowan’s Brigade A P Hill’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 19 January 1863-3 May 1863
McGowan’s Brigade Wilcox’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia April 1864-12 May 1864
McGowan’s Brigade Wilcox’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 18 August 1864-9 April 1865
McIntosh, James McQueen
Florida / Born 1828 Fort Brooke, Florida Territory / KIA Pea Ridge, Arkansas 7 March 1862
Cadet USMA 1 July 1845 / USMA 1 July 1849 43/43 Infantry-Cavalry
1st US Infantry 1 July 1849 / 8th US Infantry 11 February 1851 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 1st US Infantry 15 May 1851 / 1st Lieutenant USA 1st US Cavalry 3 March 1855 / Captain USA 16 January 1857 / Resigned USA 7 May 1861 / Captain ACSA Infantry 16 March 1861 / Captain ACSA Cavalry 16 March 1861 / ADC (H M Rector) April 1861 / Colonel PACS 2nd Arkansas Mounted Rifles 1 May 1861 / ADC (B McCulloch) 29 July 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 17 January 1862 to rank from 24 January 1862
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1849
WIA Wilson’s Creek 10 August 1861
1st Brigade McCulloch’s Division Western Department January 1862-March 1862
Cavalry Brigade McCulloch’s Division Army of the West March 1862-7 March 1862
McLaws, Lafayette
Georgia / Born 15 January 1821 Augusta, Georgia / Died Savannah, Georgia 24 July 1897
Cadet USMA 1 July 1838 / USMA 1 July 1842 48/56 Infantry
6th US Infantry 1 July 1842 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 7th US Infantry 16 March 1844 / 1st Lieutenant USA 16 February 1847 / Captain USA 24 August 1851 / Resigned USA 23 May 1861 / Major ACSA Infantry 16 March 1861 / Assistant Quartermaster 18 April 1861-June 1861 / Colonel PACS 10th Georgia Infantry 17 June 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 25 September 1861 / Major-General PACS 23 May 1862 / No Record of Parole
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1842
WIA Texas 1845
1st Brigade Army of the Peninsula 3 October 1861-10 November 1861
2nd Division Army of the Peninsula 10 November 1861-10 April 1862
McLaws’ Division Magruder’s Command Army of Northern Virginia 12 April 1862-May 1862
2nd Division Right Wing I Corps Army of Northern Virginia May 1862-July 1862
McLaws’ Division defences of Richmond July 1862-26 August 1862
McLaws’ Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 26 August 1862-20 September 1863
I Corps Northern Virginia 20 September 1863-17 December 1863
Defences of Savannah 18 May 1864-17 December 1864
Third Sub-District of South Carolina 1 August 1864-17 October 1864
Fifth Sub-District of South Carolina 17 October 1864-22 January 1865
McLaws’ Division Army of Tennessee January 1865-26 May 1865
Fifth Sub-District of South Carolina 10 April 1865-10 May 1865
McNair, Evander
North Carolina-Arkansas / Born 15 April 1820 Laurel Hill, North Carolina / Died Hattiesburg, Mississippi 13 November 1902
Private USV 1st Mississippi Rifles 1846 / Sergeant USV / Mustered Out USV 1848 / Captain PACS 4th Arkansas Infantry 17 August 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS May 1861 / Colonel PACS 29 October 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 4 November 1862 / No Record of Parole
WIA Chickamauga 20 September 1863
3rd Brigade 3rd Division Army of East Tennessee May 1862-25 August 1862
1st Brigade 3rd Division Army of Kentucky 25 August 1862-20 November 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division Department of East Tennessee 20 November 1862-December 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Tennessee December 1862-31 December 1862
1st Brigade French’s Division Military Division of the West 20 June 1863-20 August 1863
McNair’s Brigade French’s Division Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 20 August 1863-20 September 1863
McNair’s Brigade French’s Division Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 20 November 1863-1864
2nd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Trans-Mississippi Army 23 September 1864-26 May 1865
McRae, Dandridge
Arkansas / Born 10 October 1829 Baldwin, Alabama / Died Searcy, Arkansas 23 April 1899
Captain Inspector-General Arkansas Militia 1861 / Major PACS 3rd Battalion Arkansas Infantry 15 July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 21st Arkansas Infantry 3 December 1861 / Colonel PACS 28th Arkansas Infantry January 1862 / 36th Arkansas Infantry July 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 5 November 1862 / Resigned PACS 30 November 1864 / No Record of Parole
2nd Brigade 2nd Division Trans-Mississippi Army December 1862-27 February 1863
McRae’s Brigade Price’s Division District of Arkansas 27 February 1863-March 1864
Sub-District of Eastern Arkansas March 1864-April 1864
Mercer, Hugh Weedon
Virginia / Born 27 February 1808 Fredericksburg, Virginia / Died Baden-Baden, Germany 6 June 1877
Cadet USMA 1 July 1824 / USMA 1 July 1828 3/33 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 1 July 1828 / 1st Lieutenant USA 10 October 1834 / Resigned USA 30 April 1835 / Colonel PACS 1st Georgia Infantry 13 April 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 29 October 1861 / Paroled Macon, Georgia 13 May 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1828
Second Sub-District of South Carolina 26 May 1862-18 July 1862
District of Georgia 28 December 1862-17 June 1864
Mercer’s Brigade W H T Walker’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 2 May 1864-22 July 1864
W H T Walker’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 22 July 1864-224 July 1864
Mercer’s Brigade Cleburne’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 24 July 1864-10 August 1864
Mercer’s Brigade Reserve Forces of Georgia 10 August 1864-January 1865
Mercer’s Brigade Reserve Forces of Georgia 2 March 1865-20 April 1865
Mercer’s Brigade A R Wright’s Division Department of South Carolina Georgia and Florida January 1865-2 March 1865
Miller, William
New York-Florida / Born 3 August 1820 Ithaca, New York / Died Point Washington, Florida 8 August 1909
USV 1846-1848 / Major PACS Florida Infantry Battalion 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 3rd Florida Battalion 1861 / 1st Florida Infantry April 1862 / Colonel PACS 15 August 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS (Temporary) 2 August 1864 / Paroled Tallahassee, Florida 21 May 1865
WIA Perryville 8 October 1862 WIA Stones River 2 January 1863
J C Brown’s Brigade J P Anderson’s Division Left Wig Army of Mississippi 8 September 1862-8 October 1862
Reserve Forces of Florida 8 September 1864-10 May 1865
District of Florida 29 September 1864-1 February 1865
Moody, Young Marshall
Virginia / Born 23 June 1822 Chesterfield, Virginia / Died New Orleans, Louisiana 18 September 1866
Captain PACS 11th Alabama Infantry May 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 43rd Alabama Infantry April 1862 / Colonel PACS 4 November 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 11 March 1865 to rank from 4 March 1865 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
WIA Drewry’s Bluff 16 May 1864 CIA Appomattox 8 April 1865
Gracie’s Brigade B R Johnson’s Division IV Corps Army of Northern Virginia 2 December 1864-8 April 1865
Moore, John Creed
Tennessee / Born 28 February 1824 Hawkins, Tennessee / Died Osage, Texas 31 December 1910
Cadet USMA 1 July 1845 / USMA 1 July 1849 17/43 Artillery
4th US Artillery 1 July 1849 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 10 October 1850 / 1st Lieutenant USA 18 October 1853 / Resigned USA 28 February 1855 / Captain ACSA Artillery 16 March 1861 / Captain PACS Louisiana Artillery March 1861 / Colonel PACS 2nd Texas Infantry September 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 19 September 1862 to rank from 26 May 1862 / Resigned PACS 3 February 1864
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1849
CIA Vicksburg 4 July 1863 Exchanged 16 October 1863
Defences of Galveston 25 June 1861-2 October 1861
District of Galveston 2 October 1861-9 December 1861
District of Houston 3 January 1862-25 February 1862
4th Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of Mississippi May 1862-3 June 1862
2nd Brigade 3rd Division Army of the West 10 June 1862-16 October 1862
2nd Brigade 3rd Division Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 21 October 1862-April 1863
2nd Brigade Forney’s Division Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana April 1863-4 July 1863
Moore’s Brigade Cheatham’s Division Hardee’s Corps Army of Tennessee November 1863-December 1863
Eastern Division and Western Division District of the Gulf 10 December 1863-28 January 1864
Moore, Patrick Theodore
Ireland-Virginia / Born 22 September 1821 Galway, Ireland / Died Richmond, Virginia 19 February 1883
Captain Virginia Militia 1861 / Colonel 1st Virginia Militia 21 April 1861 / Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 15 June 1861 / Colonel PACS 1st Virginia Infantry 1 July 1861 / ADC (J E Johnston) October 1861-31 May 1862 / ADC (J Longstreet)31 May 1862-July 1862 / Judge Advocate General 20 December 1862 / Colonel ACSA Judge Advocate General 28 April 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS 23 September 1864 to rank from 20 September 1864 / Paroled Manchester, Virginia 30 April 1865
WIA Blackburn’s Ford 18 July 1861
Moore’s Brigade Reserve Forces of Virginia 18 May 1864-December 1864
1st Brigade Virginia Reserves Department of Richmond December 1864-April 1865
Morgan, John Hunt
Alabama / Born 1 June 1825 Huntsville, Alabama / KIA Greeneville, Tennessee 4 September 1864
Private USV 1st Kentucky Cavalry 1846 / 1st Lieutenant USV 1846 Mustered Out USV 1847 / Captain Kentucky Militia 1852-1854 / Kentucky Militia 1857-1861 / Captain PACS 2nd Kentucky Cavalry September 1861 / Colonel PACS 4 April 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 11 December 1862
CIA West Point, Ohio 26 July 1863 Escaped 26 November 1863
Cavalry Brigade 2nd Division Department of East Tennessee May 1862
1st Brigade Cavalry Department of East Tennessee 31 October 1862
2nd Brigade Cavalry Department of East Tennessee 20 November 1862-25 February 1863
3rd Division Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee 25 February 1863-15 March 1863
Morgan’s Division Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee 16 March 1863-26 July 1863
Morgan’s Brigade Department of East Tennessee December 1863-2 May 1864
Morgan’s Brigade Trans-Allegheny Department 2 May 1864-22 June 1864
Trans-Allegheny Department 25 February 1864-4 March 1864
Trans-Allegheny Department 22 June 1864-22 August 1864
Morgan, John Tyler
Tennessee-Alabama / Born 20 June 1824 Athens, Tennessee / Died Washington, District of Columbia 11 June 1907
Private PACS Alabama Infantry April 1861 / Major PACS 5th Alabama Infantry 5 May 1861 / Resigned PACS May 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 5th Alabama 20 November 1861 / Resigned PACS May 1862 / Colonel PACS 51st Alabama Infantry Partisan Rangers 11 August 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 6 June 1863 Declined 14 July 1863 / Colonel PACS 51st Alabama Cavalry 6 September 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS 17 November 1863 to rank from 16 November 1863 / Paroled Meridian, Mississippi 12 May 1865
Cavalry Brigade 3rd Division Department of East Tennessee May 1862-July 1862
1st Brigade 2nd Division Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee September 1863-24 November 1863
Martin’s Division Cavalry Corps Department of East Tennessee 24 November 1863-February 1864
Morgan’s Brigade 1st Division Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee April 1864-5 August 1864
Reserve Cavalry Brigade Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee 5 August 1864-1865
Mouton, Jean Jacques Alfred Alexandre
Louisiana / Born 18 February 1829 Opelousas, Louisiana / KIA Mansfield, Louisiana 8 April 1864
Cadet USMA 1 July 1846 / USMA 1 July 1850 38/44 Infantry
7th US Infantry 1 July 1850 / Resigned USA 16 September 1850 / Brigadier-General Louisiana Militia 1850-1861 / Captain ACSA Infantry 16 March 1861 / Resigned ACSA 16 July 1861 / Colonel PACS 18th Louisiana Infantry 5 October 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 16 April 1862
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1850
WIA Shiloh 7 April 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of Mississippi April 1862-7 April 1862
1st Brigade 1st Division District of West Louisiana January 1863-November 1863
1st Division District of West Louisiana November 1863-8 April 1864
Nelson, Allison
Georgia-Texas / Born 11 March 1822 Fulton, Georgia / Died Austin, Texas 7 October 1862
Captain USV Georgia Rangers 1847 / Mustered Out USV 1848 / Cuban Army of Liberation / Colonel PACS 10th Texas Infantry September 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 26 September 1862 to rank from 12 September 1862
Nelson’s Brigade Trans-Mississippi Department 20 August 1862-28 September 1862
2nd Division I Corps Army of the West 28 September 1862-7 October 1862
Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou
Louisiana / Born 20 August 1834 Donaldsonville, Louisiana / Died 4 January 1912
Cadet USMA 1 July 1851 / USMA 1 July 1855 12/34 Artillery
2nd US Artillery 1 July 1855 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 3rd US Artillery 19 October 1855 / Resigned USA 1 October 1856 / Captain PACS 8th Louisiana Infantry 9 June 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 9 June 1861 / Colonel PACS 15th Louisiana Infantry 24 July 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 14 October 1862 / Paroled 18 June 1865 Shreveport, Louisiana
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1855
WIA Winchester 25 May 1862 CIA Winchester 26 May 1862 Exchanged 30 September 1862 WIA Chancellorsville 2 May 1863
2nd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 16 January 1863-2 May 1863
Nicholls’ Brigade Reserve Forces of Virginia 17 May 1864-28 July 1864
Page, Richard Lucian
Virginia / Born 20 December 1807 Clarke, Virginia / Died Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania 9 August 1901
Midshipman USN 1 March 1824 / Passed Midshipman USN 20 February 1830 / Lieutenant USN 26 March 1834 / Commander USN 14 September 1855 / USS Germantown 1860-1861 / Dismissed USN 18 April 1861 / ADC (J Letcher) 1861 / Captain Virginia Navy 1861 / Commander CSN 23 October 1861 to rank from 26 March 1861 / Captain CSN May 1862 / Colonel PACS Artillery 12 June 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS (Special) 7 March 1864 to rank from 1 March 1864 / Paroled Fort Delaware, Delaware 24 July 1865
CIA Fort Morgan 23 August 1864
Savannah Squadron 1861-5 March 1862 / Norfolk Navy Yard 7 March 1862
Savannah Squadron 31 March 1863-13 May 1863 / Charlotte Navy Yard October 1862-1864
Page’s Brigade District of the Gulf 1 March 1864-23 August 1864
Palmer, Joseph Benjamin
Tennessee / Born 1 November 1825 Rutherford, Tennessee / Died Murfreesboro, Tennessee 4 November 1890
Captain PACS 18th Tennessee Infantry May 1861 / Colonel PACS 11 June 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS (Temporary) 3 December 1864 to rank from 15 November 1864 / Paroled Greensboro, North Carolina 1 May 1865
CIA Fort Donelson 16 February 1862 Exchanged 15 August 1862 WIA Stones River 2 January 1863 WIA Chickamauga 19 September 1863 WIA Jonesboro 1 September 1864 WIA Bentonville 19 March 1865
2nd Brigade Army of Middle Tennessee 20 October 1862-7 November 1862
2nd Brigade Breckinridge’s Division Right Wing Army of Mississippi 7 November 1862-20 November 1862
2nd Brigade 3rd Division Polk’s Corps Army of Tennessee 20 November 1862-2 January 1863
District of Western North Carolina 18 November 1863-4 December 1863
Palmer’s Brigade Stevenson’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 27 June 1864-9 April 1865
Palmer’s Brigade Cheatham’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 9 April 1865-26 April 1865
Parsons, Mosby Monroe
Virginia-Missouri / Born 21 May 1822 Charlottesville, Virginia / KIA Nuevo Leon, Mexico 15 August 1865
Captain USV 1st Missouri Mounted Rifles May 1846 / Mustered Out USV June 1847 / Brigadier-General Missouri State Guard 18 May 1861-9 April 1861 / Resigned Missouri State Guard 5 November 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 5 November 1862 / Major-General PACS 13 May 1864 to rank from 30 April 1864 Unconfirmed / Paroled Shreveport, Louisiana 6 June 1865 / Imperial Army of Mexico 1865
CIA Shreveport 5 May 1865
Missouri State Guard 9 April 1862-5 November 1862
1st Brigade 3rd Division I Corps Trans-Mississippi Army 5 November 1862-24 March 1864
3rd Division I Corps Trans-Mississippi Army 24 March 1864-29 January 1865
District of Arkansas 29 January 1865-1 February 1865
District of Arkansas 15 February 1865-7 March 1865
District of Arkansas 12 March 1865-30 March 1865
Paxton, Elisha Franklin
Virginia-Tennessee / Born 4 March 1828 Rockbridge, Virginia / KIA Chancellorsville, Virginia 3 May 1863
1st Lieutenant PACS 4th Virginia Infantry 18 April 1861 / Major PACS 27th Virginia Infantry 14 October 1861 / ADC (T J Jackson) 30 May 1862 / Major PACS Assistant Quartermaster 4 August 1862 / Assistant Adjutant-General 15 August 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 1 November 1862
WIA First Bull Run 21 July 1861
Paxton’s Brigade Taliaferro’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 6 November 1862-24 March 1863
1st Brigade Colston’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 24 March 1863-3 May 1863
Payne, William Henry Fitzhugh
Virginia / Born 27 January 1830 Fauquier, Virginia / Died Washington, District of Columbia 29 March 1904
Captain Virginia Militia 1859 / Private PACS April 1861 / Captain PACS 4th Virginia Cavalry 26 April 1861 / Major PACS 17 September 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 9 June 1862 / 2nd North Carolina Cavalry September 1862 / Colonel PACS 4th Virginia Cavalry May 1864 / Brigadier-General PACS (Special) 4 November 1864 to rank from 1 November 1864 / Paroled Johnson’s Island, Ohio 29 May 1865
WIA & CIA Williamsburg 5 May 1862 Exchanged 15 August 1862 WIA & CIA Hanover 30 June 1863 Exchanged 8 May 1864 WIA Five Forks 1 April 1865 CIA Warrenton 14 April 1865
Lomax’s Brigade F Lee’s Division Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia 7 August 1864-1 November 1864
Payne’s Brigade F Lee’s Division Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia 9 November 1864-February 1865
Payne’s Brigade Munford’s Division Cavalry Army of Northern Virginia February 1865-1 April 1865
Peck, William Raine
Tennessee-Louisiana / Born 31 January 1818 Jefferson City, Tennessee / Died Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana 22 January 1871
Private PACS 9th Louisiana Infantry 7 July 1861 / Captain PACS 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 24 April 1862 / Colonel PACS 8 October 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS 22 February 1865 to rank from 18 February 1865 / Paroled Vicksburg, Mississippi 6 June 1865
WIA Winchester 19 September 1864
York’s Brigade Gordon’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 12 September 1864-January 1865
Peck’s Brigade C A Evans’ Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia January 1865-March 1865
Pegram, John
Virginia / Born 24 January 1832 Petersburg, Virginia / KIA Dabney’s Mill, Hatcher’s Run, Virginia 6 February 1865
Cadet USMA 1 July 1850 / USMA 1 July 1854 10/46 Dragoons
1st US Dragoons 1 July 1854 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Dragoons 3 March 1855 / 1st Lieutenant USA 28 February 1857 / Regt Adjutant 8 September 1857-8 August 1859 / Resigned USA 10 May 1861 / 1st Lieutenant ACSA Artillery 16 March 1861 / Captain ACSA Cavalry 16 March 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel ACSA Cavalry July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 20th Virginia Infantry 1 July 1861 / Colonel PACS Engineers April 1862 / Assistant Adjutant-General 16 August 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 10 November 1862 to rank from 7 November 1862
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1854
CIA Elkins 13 July 1861 Exchanged 24 January 1862 WIA Wilderness 5 May 1864
Chief of Staff Department of East Tennessee 31 October 1862-20 November 1862
Chief of Staff and Assistant Adjutant-General Army of Kentucky 16 August 1862
2nd Brigade Cavalry Department of East Tennessee 31 October 1862-20 November 1862
1st Brigade Cavalry Department of East Tennessee 20 November 1862-December 1862
Pegram’s Brigade Wheeler’s Cavalry Army of Tennessee December 1862-April 1863
1st Brigade Cavalry III Corps Army of Tennessee April 1863-July 1863
Chief Engineer Military Division of the West 17 July 1863-August 1863
Pegram’s Division Forrest’s Cavalry Corps Army of Tennessee August 1863-September 1863
Pegram’s Brigade Early’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 11 October 1863-5 May 1864
Pegram’s Brigade Ramseur’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia July 1864-20 September 1864
Pegram’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 20 September 1864-6 February 1865
Pemberton, John Clifford
Pennsylvania / Born 10 August 1814 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / Died Penllyn, Pennsylvania 13 July 1881
Cadet USMA 1 July 1833 / USMA 1 July 1837 27/50 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 4th US Artillery 1 July 1837 / 1st Lieutenant USA 19 March 1842 / Captain USA 16 September 1850 / Resigned USA 29 April 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel ACSA 28 March 1861 / Assistant Adjutant-General 29 April 1861 / Colonel PACS 8 May 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 9 May 1861 / Major PACS Artillery 15 June 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 17 June 1861 / Major-General PACS 10 January 1862 to rank from 14 January 1862 / Lieutenant-General PACS 13 October 1862 to rank from 10 October 1862 / Resigned as General PACS 9 May 1864 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS Artillery 12 May 1864 / Inspector-General 7 January 1865 / No Record of Parole
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1837 Brevet Captain USA 23 September 1846 Brevet Major USA 8 September 1847
WIA Mexico City 8 September 1847 CIA Vicksburg 4 July 1863 Exchanged 13 October 1863 CIA Salisbury 12 April 1865
Pemberton’s Brigade Department of Norfolk June 1861-November 1861
Fourth Sub-District of South Carolina 10 December 1861-18 March 1862
Department of South Carolina and Georgia 14 March 1862-23 September 1862
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 1 October 1862-11 October 1862
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 14 October 1862-4 July 1862
Army of Mississippi 7 December 1862-9 December 1862
Army of Mississippi 17 December 1862-4 July 1863
Chief of Artillery Department of Richmond 12 May 1864-9 January 1865
Pender, William Dorsey
North Carolina / Born 2 February 1834 Edgecombe, North Carolina / DOW Staunton, Virginia 18 July 1863
Cadet USMA 1 July 1850 / USMA 1 July 1854 19/46 Artillery
1st US Artillery 1 July 1854 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 16 August 1854 / 1st US Dragoons 3 March 1855 / 1st Lieutenant USA 17 May 1858 / Regt Adjutant 31 August 1860-31 January 1861 / Resigned USA 21 March 1861 / Captain ACSA Artillery 16 March 1861 / Colonel PACS 3rd North Carolina Infantry 27 May 1861 / 6th North Carolina Infantry 6 August 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS (Temporary) 3 June 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 30 September 1862 to rank from 22 July 1862 / Major-General PACS 27 May 1863
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1854
WIA Malvern Hill 1 July 1862 WIA Second Bull Run 29 August 1862 WIA Antietam 17 September 1862 WIA Fredericksburg 13 December 1862 WIA Chancellorsville 3 May 1863 MWIA Gettysburg 2 July 1863
6th Brigade 2nd Division Centre Army of Northern Virginia 27 May 1862-1 July 1862
6th Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia July 1862-29 August 1862
6th Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia September 1862-17 September 1862
6th Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia October 1862-13 December 1862
6th Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia January 1863-3 May 1863
2nd Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 3 May 1863-3 May 1863
Pender’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 30 May 1863-2 July 1863
Pendleton, William Nelson
Virginia / Born 26 December 1809 Richmond, Virginia / Died Lexington, Virginia 15 January 1883
Cadet USMA 1 July 1826 / USMA 1 July 1830 5/42 Artillery
2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Artillery 1 July 1830 / 4th US Artillery 27 October 1832 / Resigned USA 31 October 1833 / Captain ACSA Artillery 16 March 1862 / Captain PACS Virginia Artillery 1 May 1861 / Colonel PACS 13 July 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 25 March 1862 to rank from 26 March 1862 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1830
WIA First Bull Run 21 July 1861
Chief of Artillery Army of the Shenandoah 13 July 1861-20 July 1861
Chief of Artillery Army of the Potomac 21 July 1861-14 March 1862
Chief of Artillery Army of Northern Virginia 14 March-1862-9 April 1865
Perrin, Abner Monroe
South Carolina / Born 2 February 1827 Edgefield, South Carolina / KIA Spotsylvania, Virginia 12 May 1864
2nd Lieutenant USA Infantry 5 March 1847 / 12th US Infantry 9 April 1847 / 1st Lieutenant USA 31 December 1847 / Discharged USA 25 July 1848 / Captain PACS 14th South Carolina Infantry July 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS November 1862 / Colonel PACS 20 February 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS 17 September 1863 to rank from 10 September 1863
WIA Fredericksburg 13 December 1862
McGowan’s Brigade A P Hill’s Division II Corps Army of Northern Virginia 3 May 1863-3 May 1863
1st Brigade Pender’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 30 May 1863-21 September 1863
Perrin’s Brigade Wilcox’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 21 September 1863-May 1864
Perrin’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia May 1864-12 May 1864
Perry, Edward Aylesworth
Massachusetts-Florida / Born 15 March 1831 Richmond, Massachusetts / Died Kerrville, Texas 15 October 1889
Captain PACS 2nd Florida Infantry May 1861 / Colonel PACS 10 May 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 15 September 1862 to rank from 28 August 1862 / Paroled Montgomery, Alabama 6 June 1865
WIA Frayser’s Farm 30 June 1862 WIA Wilderness 6 May 1864
Perry’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 10 November 1863-30 May 1863
Perry’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia August 1863-6 May 1864
Reserve Forces of Alabama 28 September 1864-31 May 1865
Perry, William Flank
Georgia-Alabama / Born 12 March 1823 Jackson, Georgia / Died Bowling Green, Kentucky 18 December 1901
Private PACS 44th Alabama Infantry 6 May 1862 / Major PACS 16 May 1862 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 1 September 1862 / Colonel PACS 17 September 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 28 February 1865 to rank from 21 February 1865 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
WIA Gettysburg 2 July 1863 WIA Second Deep Bottom 1864
Law’s Brigade Hood’s Division Department of East Tennessee 19 December 1863-April 1864
Law’s Brigade Field’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 3 June 1864-9 April 1865
Pettigrew, James Johnston
North Carolina / Born 4 July 1828 Tyrrell, North Carolina / DOW Bunker Hill, Virginia 17 July 1863
Colonel South Carolina Militia / Private PACS Hampton Legion April 1861 / Colonel PACS 1st South Carolina Rifles April 1861 / Colonel PACS 22nd North Carolina (12th NCST) 11 July 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 28 February 1862 to rank from 26 February 1862
WIA & CIA Fair Oaks 31 May 1862 Exchanged 15 August 1862 WIA Gettysburg 3 July 1863 MWIA Falling Waters 14 July 1863
French’s Brigade District of Aquia 15 March 1862-April 1862
5th Brigade 5th Division Army of Northern Virginia April 1862-31 May 1862
5th Brigade 1st Division Left Wing Army of Northern Virginia May 1862-31 May 1862
1st Brigade D H Hill’s Division Defences of Richmond 15 August 1862-9 September 1862
Pettigrew’s Brigade Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia 19 September 1862-26 February 1863
Pettigrew’s Brigade Department of Southern Virginia 26 February 1863-5 May 1863
Pettigrew’s Brigade Heth’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 5 May 1863-1 July 1863
Heth’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 1 July 1863-3 July 1863
Pettus, Edmund Winston
Alabama / Born 6 July 1821 Limestone, Alabama / Died Hot Springs, North Carolina 27 July 1907
Lieutenant USV Alabama Infantry 1846 / Mustered Out USV 1848 / Major PACS 20th Alabama Infantry 9 September 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS 8 October 1861 / Colonel PACS 28 May 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS 19 September 1863 to rank from 18 September 1863 / Paroled Salisbury, North Carolina 2 May 1865
CIA Stones River 29 December 1862 Exchanged CIA Port Gibson 1 May 1863 Escaped CIA Vicksburg 4 July 1863 Exchanged 12 September 1863 WIA Bentonville 19 March 1865
Pettus’ Brigade Breckinridge’s Division Army of Tennessee 3 November 1863-12 November 1863
Pettus’ Brigade Stevenson’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee 12 November 1863-20 February 1864
Pettus’ Brigade Stevenson’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 20 February 1864-17 December 1864
Stevenson’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 17 December 1864-19 March 1865
Pettus’ Brigade Stevenson’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 9 April 1865-26 April 1865
Pickett, George Edward
Virginia / Born 28 January 1825 Richmond, Virginia / Died Norfolk, Virginia 30 July 1875
Cadet USMA 1 July 1842 / USMA 1 July 1846 59/59 Infantry
8th US Infantry 1 July 1846 / 2nd Lieutenant USA 2nd US Infantry 3 March 1847 / 7th US Infantry 13 July 1847 / 8th US Infantry 18 July 1847 / 1st Lieutenant USA Infantry 28 June 1849 / Captain USA 9th US Infantry 3 March 1855 / Resigned USA 25 June 1861 / Major ACSA Artillery 16 March 1861 / Colonel PACS Artillery 23 July 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 14 January 1862 / Major-General PACS 10 October 1862 / Paroled Appomattox, Virginia 9 April 1865
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USMA 1 July 1846 Brevet 1st Lieutenant USA 20 August 1847 Brevet Captain USA 13 September 1847
WIA Gaines’ Mill 27 June 1862
Rappahannock Line Department of Fredericksburg 23 September 1862-22 October 1861
District of Aquia 22 October 1861-28 February 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division Army of the Potomac 28 February 1862-14 March 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division Army of Northern Virginia 14 March 1862-May 1862
3rd Brigade 2nd Division Right Wing Army of Northern Virginia May 1862-June 1862
3rd Brigade 1st Division Centre Army of Northern Virginia June 1862-27 June 1862
Pickett’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia September 1862-25 February 1863
Pickett’s Division Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia 23 February 1863-1 April 1863
Pickett’s Division Department of Southwestern Virginia 1 April 1863-1 May 1863
Pickett’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 1 May 1863-23 September 1863
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia 23 September 1863-18 April 1864
Pickett’s Division Defences of Richmond 10 May 1864-19 May 1864
Pickett’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 19 May 1864-8 April 1865
Pike, Albert
Massachusetts-Arkansas / Born 29 December 1809 Boston, Massachusetts / Died Washington, District of Columbia 2 April 1891
Captain Arkansas Militia / Captain USV Arkansas Mounted Infantry June 1846 / Mustered Out USV July 1847 / Brigadier-General PACS 15 August 1861 / Resigned PACS 12 July 1862
Department of the Indian Territory 22 November 1861-20 January 1862
Pillow, Gideon Johnson
Tennessee / Born 8 June 1806 Williamson, Tennessee / Died Helena, Arkansas 8 October 1878
Brigadier-General Tennessee Militia 1833-1836 / Brigadier-General USV 1 July 1846 / Major-General USA 13 April 1847 / Discharged USA 20 July 1848 / Major-General Tennessee Militia 9 May 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 9 July 1861 / Resigned PACS 21 October 1861 Cancelled 2 February 1862 / Resigned 10 October 1862 Rescinded 10 December 1862 / Reappointed Brigadier-General PACS 10 December 1862 to rank from 9 July 1861 / Commissary-General of Prisoners 10 February 1865 / Bureau of Prison Camps 14 February 1865 / Paroled Montgomery, Alabama 5 May 1865
WIA Cerro Gordo 18 April 1847 WIA Chapultepec 12 September 1847 CIA Union Springs, Alabama 20 April 1865
Army of Liberation 23 June 1861-1 September 1861
1st Division Western Department 1 September 1861-October 1861
1st Division Western District 24 October 1861-9 February 1862
3rd Division Army of Central Kentucky 9 February 1862-15 February 1862
3rd Division Army of Central Kentucky 23 February 1862-11 March 1862
2nd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 2 January 1863-16 January 1863
Cavalry District of Northern Alabama 1 January 1864-10 February 1865
Commissary-General of Prisoners 10 February 1865-30 March 1865
Polignac, Camille Armand Jules Marie de (Prince)
France-Louisiana / Born 16 February 1832 Millemont, France / Died Paris, France 15 November 1913
Lieutenant 3rd Chasseurs French Army May 1853 / 4th Hussars French Army 1854 / Lieutenant 4th Chasseurs French Army July 1855 / Discharged French Army February 1859 / Lieutenant-Colonel ACSA Infantry 16 July 1861 / Assistant Inspector-General 2 May 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 10 January 1863 / Major-General PACS 11 June 1864 to rank from 8 April 1864 / Resigned PACS 16 March 1865 / No Record of Parole / Major French Army July 1870 / Lieutenant-Colonel French Army September 1870 / General de Brigade French Army October 1870 / General de Division French Army 1 November 1870
Assistant Inspector-General Army of Mississippi 2 May 1862-June 1862
Chief of Staff Army of Mississippi 2 May 1862
Assistant-Inspector-General Western Department 17 July 1862-July 1863
Polignac’s Brigade District of West Louisiana July 1863-November 1863
Polignac’s Brigade 2nd Division District of West Louisiana November 1863-8 April 1864
2nd Division I Corps Trans-Mississippi Army 8 April 1864-17 March 1865
Polk, Leonidas
North Carolina / Born 10 April 1806 Raleigh, North Carolina / KIA Pine Mountain, Georgia 14 June 1864
Cadet USMA 1 July 1823 / USMA 1 July 1827 8/38 Artillery
US Artillery 1 July 1827 / Resigned USA 1 December 1827 / Major-General PACS 25 June 1861 / Resigned PACS 6 November 1861 Refused 12 November 1861 / Lieutenant-General PACS 10 October 1862
Brevet 2nd Lieutenant USA 1 July 1827
WIA Columbus, Kentucky 11 November 1861
Western Department 25 June 1861-10 September 1861
First Geographical Division 2 September 1861-5 March 1862
Western Department 24 October 1861-3 November 1861
First Grand Division Mississippi 5 March 1862-28 March 1862
I Corps Mississippi 29 March 1862-14 August 1862
Right Wing Mississippi 15 August 1862-6 November 1862
Army of Mississippi 29 September 1862-7 November 1862
Western Department 24 October 1862-2 November 1862
I Corps Mississippi 7 November 1862-20 November 1862
I Corps Tennessee 20 November 1862-29 September 1863
Left Wing Tennessee 19 September 1863-20 September 1863
Army of Mississippi 23 October 1863-14 June 1864
Department of Tennessee 22 December 1863-26 December 1863
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana 23 December 1863-28 January 1864
Army of Tennessee 22 December 1863-26 December 1863
Department of Alabama and East Mississippi 28 January 1864-4 May 1864
III Corps Tennessee 28 January 1864-14 June 1864
Polk, Lucius Eugene
North Carolina / Born 10 July 1833 Salisbury, North Carolina / Died Columbia, Tennessee 1 December 1892
Private PACS 15th Arkansas Infantry May 1861 / 2nd Lieutenant PACS January 1862 / Colonel PACS 11 April 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 20 December 1862 to rank from 13 December 1862 / Retired PACS 31 July 1864
WIA Shiloh 6 April 1862 WIA Richmond 30 August 1862 WIA Perryville 8 October 1862 WIA New Hope Church 25 May 1864 WIA Kennesaw Mountain 27 June 1864
2nd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 14 December 1862-30 December 1862
1st Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 30 December 1862-April 1863
4th Brigade 2nd Division II Corps Army of Tennessee April 1863-September 1863
Polk’s Brigade Cleburne’s Division II Corps Army of Tennessee September 1863-April 1864
Polk’s Brigade Cleburne’s Division I Corps Army of Tennessee April 1864-27 June 1864
Posey, Carnot
Mississippi / Born 5 August 1818 Woodville, Mississippi / DOW Charlottesville, Virginia 13 November 1863
1st Lieutenant USV 1st Mississippi Rifles 1846/ Mustered Out USV 1848 / Captain PACS Mississippi Infantry 21 May 1861 / Colonel PACS 16th Mississippi Infantry 4 June 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS (Special) 5 March 1863 to rank from 1 November 1862
WIA Buena Vista 23 February 1847 WIA Cross Keys 8 June 1862 MWIA Bristoe Station 14 October 1863
Featherston’s Brigade Wilcox’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 30 August 1862-November 1862
Posey’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia 19 January 1863-30 May 1863
Posey’s Brigade R H Anderson’s Division III Corps Army of Northern Virginia 30 May 1863-14 October 1863
Preston, John Smith
Virginia / Born 20 April 1809 Abingdon, Virginia / Died Columbia, South Carolina 1 May 1881
ADC (P G T Beauregard) April 1861-June 1861 / Assistant Adjutant-General June 1861 / Lieutenant-Colonel PACS Assistant Adjutant-General 13 August 1861 / Colonel PACS 23 April 1863 Superintendent Bureau of Conscription 30 July 1863 / Brigadier-General PACS (Special) 10 June 1864 / No Record of Parole
Assistant Adjutant-General Army of the Potomac June 1861-8 October 1861
Assistant Adjutant-General Department of South Carolina Georgia and East Florida 5 November 1861-January 1862
Chief of Bureau of Conscription 30 July 1863-17 March 1865
Preston, William (III)
Kentucky / Born 16 October 1816 Louisville, Kentucky / Died Lousiville, Kentucky 21 September 1887
Captain Kentucky Militia 1846 / Lieutenant-Colonel USV 4th Kentucky Infantry October 1847 / Mustered Out USV 1848 / Colonel PACS ADC (A S Johnston) September 1861-6 April 1862 / Brigadier-General PACS 16 April 1862 to rank from 14 April 1862 / Major-General PACS Trans-Mississippi Unconfirmed 1 January 1865 / Paroled 2 June 1865
2nd Brigade I Corps Army of Mississippi May 1862-June 1862
3rd Brigade 1st Division II Corps Army of Tennessee 12 December 1862-9 May 1863
District of Abingdon 9 May 1863-7 January 1864
1st Brigade III Corps Army of Tennessee 18 May 1863-16 September 1863
Department of East Tennessee 26 June 1863-25 July 1863
Preston’s Division III Corps Army of Tennessee 16 September 1863
Price, Sterling
Virginia-Missouri / Born 20 September 1809 Prince Edward, Virginia / Died St Louis, Missouri 29 September 1867
Brigadier-General Missouri Militia / Colonel USV 2nd Missouri Infantry 12 August 1846 / Brigadier-General USV 20 July 1847 / Discharged USV 25 November 1848 / Major-General Missouri State Guard 18 May 1861 / Major-General PACS 6 March 1862 / No Record of Parole
WIA Wilson’s Creek 10 August 1861 WIA Pea Ridge 7 March 1862
Missouri State Guard 18 May 1861-17 March 1862
1st Division Army of the West 17 March 1862-April 1862
2nd Division Army of the West April 1862-May 1862
Army of the West 3 July 1862-28 September 1862
District of the Tennessee 21 July 1862-27 September 1862
District of Missouri 20 August 1862-28 September 1862
2nd Division II Corps Army of Mississippi 28 September 1862-7 December 1862
II Corps Mississippi 7 December 1862-28 February 1863
Price’s Division District of Arkansas 30 March 1863-24 July 1863
District of Arkansas 24 July 1863-25 September 1863
Price’s Division District of Arkansas 30 March 1863-24 July 1863 25 September 1863-11 March 1864
District of Arkansas 11 March 1864-1 August 1864
Cavalry Corps Trans-Mississippi 4 August 1864-8 September 1864
Army of Missouri 8 September 1864-3 December 1864
Cavalry Corps Trans-Mississippi 3 December 1864-12 March 1865
District of Arkansas 8 March 1865-11 March 1865
Pryor, Roger Atkinson
Virginia / Born 19 July 1828 Petersburg, Virginia / Died New York, New York 14 March 1919
ADC (P G T Beauregard) 11 April 1861 / Colonel PACS ADC (J F Davis) April 1861 / Colonel PACS 3rd Virginia Infantry 20 April 1861 / Colonel Provisional Army of Virginia 15 June 1861 / Brigadier-General PACS 1 April 1862 to rank from 16 April 1862 / Resigned PACS 18 August 1863 / ADC (B R Johnson) May 1864 / Private PACS Special Courier 3rd Virginia Cavalry / Paroled 25 February 1865
CIA Petersburg 27 November 1864
5th Brigade 2nd Division Army of Northern Virginia April 1862-May 1862
5th Brigade 2nd Division Right Wing Army of Northern Virginia May 1862-June 1862
5th Brigade 1st Division Centre Army of Northern Virginia July 1862-August 1862
Pryor’s Brigade Anderson’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia August 1862-17 September 1862
Pryor’s Brigade Pickett’s Division I Corps Army of Northern Virginia September 1862-10 November 1862
Pryor’s Brigade Department of Southern Virginia 10 November 1862-December 1862
American Civil War High Command 