There were hundreds of Confederate Generals in the war. The leading was Lieutenant General Robert E. Lee. In early 1865, President Davis appointed Lee to be what is considered the general in chief of Confederate military forces.
There were hundreds of Confederate Generals in the war. The leader was Robert E. Lee.
Casualty rates among Confederate generals during the US Civil War were high. In the war, 55% of all Rebel generals were either killed or wounded . This amounted to 235 of the 435 generals. Most of the Confederate losses among generals occurred as they led their troops into battle.
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Felix Zollicoffer and Samuel Zook were Generals during the Civil War. Felix Zollicoffer was a Confederate General. Samuel Zook was a Union General.
they were two generals during the civil war
Richmond was the capital of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
Robert E. Lee, who was appointed General-in-Chief, late in the war. Many Confederate Generals were Virginians, including Joe Johnston and Stonewall Jackson.
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William A. Quarles was a Confederate General during the Civil War. Confederate Captain William Quantrill and his "Quantrill's Raiders" were Confederate soldiers during the Civil War.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, James Kemper, James H. Lane, James A. Walker and John G. Walker were Confederate Generals during the Civil War. Jefferson Davis was the Confederate President during the war. James Island (South Carolina), Jenkins' Ferry (Arkansas), Johnsonville (Tennessee) and Jonesborough (Georgia) were the scenes of Civil War battles. James A. Logan, James S. Wadsworth, John Newton and Joseph Hooker were Union Generals during the Civil War.
There were several generals during the Civil War who were leaders of confederate troops, but probably you are thinking of Robert E. Lee, who commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia.
Dixie was the Confederate anthem.
During the course of the US Civil War, two Confederate generals who were killed in action were generals Sidney Johnston and Stonewall Jackson.Johnston was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 and Stonewall Jackson was killed during the Battle of Chancellorsville. On the Northern side, generals were also lost in battle, however, most historians believe that none of them were crucial figures in the Union's war efforts.