Confederate General W. Loring left the US after the end of the US Civil War. He traveled to Egypt and became an officer in the Egyptian army. He and other Civil War veterans helped organize the Egyptian army. He stayed there for nine years.
General Philip Sheridan fought as a Union general in the American Civil War
Breckenridge served as a Confederate general, rising to three star rank as a Lieutenant General. He was the last Secretary of War for the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis served as President of the Confederate States throughout the Civil War.
Due to missing records, an accurate accounting of the number who served for the Confederacy is not available. Estimates are that between 700,00 and 1,250,000 Confederate soldiers served in the American Civil War.
Robert E. Lee is most remembered as a leading general of the Confederate Army. Before the Civil War he served in the U. S. Army, including a stint as the superintendent charge of the US Military Academy at West Point.
Robert E. Lee
Richmond, Virginia
Confederate General Dabney Herndon Maury graduated from West Point in 1846. He was ranked 37th among his graduating class of cadets of 59. Maury served in Texas most of the US Civil War. Earlier he had served in the Mexican War.
General Robert E. Lee was the Confederate General in the US Civil War. He was born on January 19, the same day as Dolly Parton.
During the Civil War Xavier Blanchard Debray was a Confederate General. His name begins with the letter X.
he was general of confederate forces during the civil war
During the American Civil War, David E. Twiggs served as a general in Confederate States Army. His nickname was Bengal Tiger.