List of Confederate Regular Army officers
This listing shows the names and ranks of some of the Regular Army of the Confederate States of America (ACSA) officers, as well as their ranks in the volunteer Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), if any. These officers fought for the Confederate States during the American Civil War. These lists also show the final regular unit they served in, if known.
A
Name | ACSA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
John Adams* | captain | brigadier general | Regular Cavalry[1] |
Samuel F. Adams | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Soloman Adams | captain | none | unknown |
Edward Porter Alexander | captain | brigadier general | Regular Engineers[2] |
John A. Alexander | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Joseph A. Alexander | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
L. A. Alexander | cadet | none | unknown |
T. Bullitt Alexander | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
W. K. Alexander | cadet | none | unknown |
Benjamin Alston | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Charles D. Anderson | first lieutenant | colonel | Regular Artillery[3] |
Edward Willoughby Anderson | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Richard H. Anderson | major | lieutenant general | Company A, Regular Cavalry[4] |
Robert H. Anderson | first lieutenant | brigadier general | Regular Artillery[5] |
Samuel Smith Anderson | lieutenant colonel | none | unknown |
William Wallace Anderson | surgeon | none | unknown |
Garnett Andrews, Jr. | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
John Urquhart Ansley | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
James J. Archer | captain | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[6] |
James W. Archer | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
John Archer | captain | none | unknown |
William S. Archer | captain | none | unknown |
Frank S. Armistead | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Lewis A. Armistead* | major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[6] |
Frank C. Armstrong | second lieutenant | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[7] |
John Grange Ashe | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Samuel A. Ashe | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
R. W. Atkinson | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Alfred A. Ayer | cadet | none | unknown[8] |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
Ba–Bl
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
Edward F. Bagley* | first lieutenant | major | unknown |
George H. Bagwell | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Briscoe G. Baldwin, Jr. | first lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
William E. Baldwin | captain | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[9] |
Joseph D. Balfour* | first lieutenant | major | unknown |
Charles P. Ball | second lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Glover A. Ball | captain | major | unknown |
James P. Baltzell | second lieutenant | captain | Company A, Regular Cavalry[10] |
Harris Barksdale | cadet | second lieutenant | unknown |
John T. Mason Barnes | second lieutenant | captain | 1st Battery, Regular Artillery[11] |
William H. Barnett | cadet | none | unknown |
William F. Barnell | first lieutenant | none | Winder's Company, Regular Artillery[12] |
James Barrow* | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
R. L. Barton | cadet | none | unknown |
Seth M. Beall | captain | brigadier general | unknown |
William N. R. Beall | captain | brigadier general | Regular Cavalry[13] |
Henri T. Beauregard | cadet | none | unknown |
P.G.T. Beauregard | general | brigadier general | various departments[14] |
Rene T. Beauregard | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
M. Herman Bechter | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Robert F. Beckham* | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Barnard E. Bee* | major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[15] |
John S. Berney | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
James H. Berrien | assistant surgeon | none | unknown |
James McPherson Berrien | second lieutenant | first lieutenant | unknown |
Thomas J. Berry | first lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
William B. Blair | major | colonel | unknown |
Edward D. Blake | captain | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
William T. Blakistone | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
John Rufus Blocker | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Joseph Guy Blount | second lieutenant | major | Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln.[16] |
Henry L. Blow | second lieutenant | first lieutenant | Company C, C.S. Recruits[17][18] |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
Bo–Bu
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
John L. Boatwright | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
William R. Boggs | captain | brigadier general | Regular Engineers[2] |
Henry Bolton | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Richard Vanderhost Bonneau | captain | major | unknown |
William G. Bonner | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Richard Marshall Booker | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
John C. Booth | captain | major | Regular Artillery[19] |
Harold Borland | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Alexander R. Boteler, Jr. | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
James W. Bowles | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
Jefferson Davis Bradford | first lieutenant | major | unknown |
William K. Bradford | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
William R. Bradfute | captain | colonel | unknown |
John Bradley | second lieutenant | captain | Staff duty, Trans-Mississippi Dept.[20] |
Braxton Bragg | general | none | Second Corps, Army of Tennessee[21] |
John L. Branch* | first lieutenant | none | unknown |
George C. Brand | cadet | none | unknown |
Charles Brewer | assistant surgeon | none | unknown |
Richard H. Brewer* | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Jacob Brice | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
William W. Brickell | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Robert Little Brodie | assistant surgeon | none | unknown |
Charles H. Brown | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Charles M. Brown | cadet | none | unknown |
John A. Brown | captain | colonel | unknown |
Richard L. Brown, Jr. | cadet | none | unknown |
William Leroy Brown | major | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
Thomas J. Bruton | second lieutenant | first lieutenant | unknown |
Henry Bryan | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
James A. Bryan | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
John C. Herbert Bryant | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Walter R. Bullock | second lieutenant | first lieutenant | unknown |
Philip Burkhart | captain | none | unknown |
William Estey Burnet* | first lieutenant | colonel | Spanish Fort Garrison |
N. B. Burnwell | cadet | none | unknown |
James H. Burton | major | none | unknown |
John R. B. Burtwell | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Thomas Bush* | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Lawrence L. Butler | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Lee. M. Butler | second lieutenant | captain | Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln.[22] |
William Butler | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown[23] |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
C
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
William L. Cabell* | major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[24] |
J. Lawrence Calhoun | major | none | unknown |
Dennis Callahan | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Charles Carroll Campbell | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
George Watson Carr | captain | lieutenant colonel | Regular Infantry[25] |
Charles H. Causey | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Robert A. Chambers | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Nathaniel Rives Chambliss | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
William Henry Chapman | cadet | none | unknown |
Theodore O. Chestney | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Frederick L. Childs | captain | lieutenant colonel | Regular Artillery[26] |
Robert H. Chilton | colonel | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[27] |
Richard M. Christian | cadet | none | unknown |
Thomas Clairborne, Jr. | major | none | unknown |
S. Churchill Clark* | cadet | captain | unknown |
John J. Clarke | second lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
William J. Clarke | captain | colonel | unknown |
Hugh Lawson Clay | lieutenant colonel | none | unknown |
Arthur Clayton | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
George Wesley Clayton | second lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
James H. Cobb | cadet | none | unknown |
Robert Granderson Cole | captain | lieutenant colonel | Regular Infantry[28] |
Charles Read Collins* | captain | colonel | Regular Engineers[29] |
James A. Collins | cadet | none | unknown |
Aurelius F. Cone | first lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
E.S. Cook | cadet | none | unknown |
John R. Cooke | first lieutenant | brigadier general | Regular Artillery[30] |
John W. Cooper | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Samuel Cooper | general | none | Adjutant & Inspector General, CSA[31] |
Samuel M. Cooper | first lieutenant | major | unknown |
James L. Corley | major | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
Edward N. Covey | assistant surgeon | none | unknown |
James G. Cowan | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
James A. Craige | cadet | none | unknown |
George B. Crittenden | colonel | major general | Regular Infantry[32] |
Alexander H. Cross | captain | none | unknown |
Nathaniel Savage Crowell | assistant surgeon | none | unknown |
Jacob Culbertson | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Alfred Cumming, Jr. | major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry[33] |
Arthur S. Cunningham | first lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln.[34] |
Edward Cunningham | first lieutenant | major | unknown |
George A. Cunningham | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Wilfred E. Cutshaw | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
Richard M. Cuyler | captain | lieutenant colonel | Regular Artillery[35][36] |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
D
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Dabney* | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Robert F. Dancy* | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Philip P. Dandridge | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
J.E.P. Dangerfield | captain | none | unknown |
Edmund P. Dargan | cadet | none | unknown |
Matthew L. Davis, Jr. | captain | colonel | unknown |
F.H. Deane | cadet | none | unknown |
James Dearing* | second lieutenant | brigadier general | unknown |
St. Clair Dearing | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
George Deas | lieutenant colonel | none | unknown |
William A. Deas | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Julius Adolphis De Lagnel | captain | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
David Camden De Leon | surgeon | none | unknown |
Stevens T. Dent | cadet | none | unknown |
John H. Denys | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Clarence Derrick | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
William Davis DeSaussure* | captain | colonel | unknown |
James Deshler* | captain | brigadier general | unknown |
John Hemphill Dickens | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Jesse J. Dickenson | cadet | none | unknown |
Edward Dillon | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Joseph Dixon* | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Joseph Koger Dixon | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
James C. Dobbin, Jr. | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Samuel Donelson | cadet | second lieutenant | unknown |
Grey Doswell | cadet | none | unknown |
W.S. Downer | major | none | unknown |
W.F. Drinkard | captain | none | unknown |
Franklin B. DuBarry | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Dudley M. Du Bose | first lieutenant | brigadier general | unknown |
Johnson K. Duncan | captain | brigadier general | unknown |
William Watkins Dunlap | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Harvie Sheffield Duval | second lieutenant | none | unknown[37] |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
E
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
John Eady | first lieutenant | unknown | Co. G 2nd LA Infantry |
Henry J. Eagan | first lieutenant | unknown | Co. D 14th LA Infantry |
James Eagon | third lieutenant | unknown | Co. A, 3rd Regt. 1st Brig, 1st Div. LA Militia |
Thomas F. Eanes | second lieutenant | first lieutenant | Co. H 5th LA Infantry |
Thomas Langston East | first lieutenant | first lieutenant | Co. A 27th LA Infantry |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
L
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
William Walter Leake[38] | Captain | none | Cochrane's Brigade, Army of Tennessee |
W
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
---|---|---|---|
James Augustus Washington[39] | Colonel | none | 50th North Carolina |
References
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Weinert, Richard P., Jr., The Confederate Regular Army, White Mane Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-942597-27-3.
- Wright, Marcus J., General Officers of the Confederate Army, J. M. Carroll & Co., 1983, ISBN 0-8488-0009-5.
Notes
- ↑ Eicher, p. 99.
- 1 2 Weinert, p. 99.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 15.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 28.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 104.
- 1 2 Eicher, p. 107.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 23.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 119. Appendix A: List of Regular Army Officers, 'A' last name list.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 114.
- ↑ Weinert, pp. 12, 34-5. Baltzell, a graduate of VMI, was relieved from duty with the regular cavalry in September 1862, and served out the war with the Army of Tennessee & paroled on April 26, 1865.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 75.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 83.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 123.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 125. February 27-April 26, 1865; 2nd in command of Dept. of N.C. & Southern Va., Dept. of S.C., Ga. & Fla., and Dept. of Tennessee.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 125.
- ↑ Wenert, p. 87. Book index erroneously gives p. 86.
- ↑ Weinert, pp. 56-7. Originally was the Infantry School battln. Unit also served as Company K, 22nd Louisiana, in the PACS. Blow had served in the 21st Louisiana but was commissioned into the regulars in January 1862.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 119. Appendix A: List of Regular Army Officers, 'Ba-Bl' last name list.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 52. Had served as 1st Lt. in 4th U.S. Art. Led arsenal at Batton Rouge until city captured, then led arsenal in Fayetteville, N.C. until his death in 1862.
- ↑ Weinert, pp. 30, 40-1. Although commissioned into the Regular Infantry, he led Co. A of the Regular Cavalry in 1862-4, requested transfer to Trans-Mississippi Dept., resigned from PACS and from May 2, 1864, he was in Texas on staff duty for the rest of the war.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 141.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 86. In late 1862 he was attached to the staff of Brig. Gen. S.R. Gist, and therefore "probably saw very little service with the company."
- ↑ Weinert, pp. 119-20. Appendix A: List of Regular Army Officers, 'Bo-Bu' last name list.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 158.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 13, 16. As of May 28, 1861, commanded recruit depot at Bellona Arsenal in Richmond, Va.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 82, 86. Had been a 2nd Lt. in 1st U.S. Artillery, resigned March 4, 1861. Commanded the arsenals at Charleston, S.C., Augusta, Ga., and Fayetteville, N.C., then in 1863 was lt. colonel of the 2nd N.C. Local Defense Troops in the PACS.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 171.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 15. Commanded recruiting at Augusta, Ga. in 1861.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 100. Entered PACS, served as colonel of the 15th Va. Cavalry; on May 7, 1864, was killed in action at Todd's Tavern.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 183.
- ↑ Wright, p. 9.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 191.
- ↑ Eicher, p. 194.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 87. Served in May & June 1862, then entered PACS and was sent to Virginia for service as lt. colonel.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 16. Was a lt. in the U.S. Navy. Commanded recruiting depot at the arsenal in Savannah, Ga. in 1861.
- ↑ Weinert, p. 120. Appendix A: List of Regular Army Officers, 'C' last name list.
- ↑ Weinert, pp. 120-1. Appendix A: List of Regular Army Officers, 'D' last name list.
- ↑ "Confederate soldiers". Grace Episcopal Cemetery. West Feliciana cemeteries. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
- ↑ S. Allardice. Confederate colonels: a biographical register
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