List of Confederate Regular Army officers
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This listing shows the names and ranks of some of the Regular Army of the Confederate States of America (ASCA)
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.
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
officers, as well as their ranks in the volunteer Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS)
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
, if any. These officers fought for the Confederate States
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
. These lists also show the final regular unit they served in, if known.
A
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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John Adams* | captain Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States The Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States were a rank insignia system devised by the forces of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War... |
brigadier general Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States The Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States were a rank insignia system devised by the forces of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War... |
Regular Cavalry |
Samuel F. Adams | second lieutenant Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States The Ranks and insignia of the Confederate States were a rank insignia system devised by the forces of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War... |
none | unknown |
Soloman Adams | captain | none | unknown |
Edward Porter Alexander Edward Porter Alexander Edward Porter Alexander was an engineer, an officer in the U.S. Army, a Confederate general in the American Civil War, and later a railroad executive, planter, and author.... |
captain | brigadier general | Regular Engineers |
John A. Alexander | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Joseph A. Alexander | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
L. A. Alexander | cadet Cadet A cadet is a trainee to become an officer in the military, often a person who is a junior trainee. The term comes from the term "cadet" for younger sons of a noble family.- Military context :... |
none | unknown |
T. Bullitt Alexander | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
W. K. Alexander | cadet | none | unknown |
Benjamin Alston | first lieutenant First Lieutenant First lieutenant is a military rank and, in some forces, an appointment.The rank of lieutenant has different meanings in different military formations , but the majority of cases it is common for it to be sub-divided into a senior and junior rank... |
colonel Colonel Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures... |
unknown |
Charles D. Anderson | first lieutenant | colonel | Regular Artillery |
Edward Willoughby Anderson | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Richard H. Anderson Richard H. Anderson Richard Heron Anderson was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House... |
major Major Major is a rank of commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every military in the world.When used unhyphenated, in conjunction with no other indicator of rank, the term refers to the rank just senior to that of an Army captain and just below the rank of lieutenant colonel. ... |
lieutenant general | Company A, Regular Cavalry |
Robert H. Anderson Robert Houston Anderson Robert Houston Anderson was a cavalry and artillery officer in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:... |
first lieutenant | brigadier general | Regular Artillery |
Samuel Smith Anderson | lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence... |
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 James J. Archer James Jay Archer was a lawyer and an officer in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War, and he later served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.... |
captain | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
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 Lewis Addison Armistead Lewis Addison Armistead was a Confederate brigadier general in the American Civil War, who was wounded, captured, and died after Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg.-Early life:... * |
major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
Frank C. Armstrong Frank Crawford Armstrong Frank Crawford Armstrong was a United States Army cavalry officer and later a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War... |
second lieutenant | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
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 |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
Ba–Bl
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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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 William Edwin Baldwin William Edwin Baldwin was a Confederate Army officer during the American Civil War.A bookstore owner and member of the local militia in Columbus, Mississippi, Baldwin enlisted in the Confederate Army soon after Mississippi announced its secession from the Union, accepting a commission as Colonel... |
captain | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
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 |
Harris Barksdale | cadet | second lieutenant | unknown |
John T. Mason Barnes | second lieutenant | captain | 1st Battery, Regular Artillery |
William H. Barnett | cadet | none | unknown |
William F. Barnell | first lieutenant | none | Winder Charles Sidney Winder Charles Sidney Winder , was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate general officer in the American Civil War. He was killed in action during the Battle of Cedar Mountain.-Early life and career:... 's Company, Regular Artillery |
James Barrow* | second lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
R. L. Barton | cadet | none | unknown |
Seth M. Beall | captain | brigadier general | unknown |
William N. R. Beall William Beall William Nelson Rector Beall was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is most noted for his supply efforts on behalf of Confederate prisoners of war.-Early life and career:... |
captain | brigadier general | Regular Cavalry |
Henri T. Beauregard | cadet | none | unknown |
P.G.T. Beauregard P. G. T. Beauregard Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was a Louisiana-born American military officer, politician, inventor, writer, civil servant, and the first prominent general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Today he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard, but he rarely used... |
general | brigadier general | various departments |
Rene T. Beauregard | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
M. Herman Bechter | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Robert F. Beckham* | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
Barnard E. Bee Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr. Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, one of the first general officers to be killed in the war. During that battle, he was responsible for the... * |
major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
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. |
Henry L. Blow | second lieutenant | first lieutenant | Company C, C.S. Recruits |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
Bo–Bu
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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John L. Boatwright | second lieutenant | captain | unknown |
William R. Boggs | captain | brigadier general | Regular Engineers |
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 |
Harold Borland | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Alexander R. Boteler, Jr. Alexander Boteler Alexander Robinson Boteler was a nineteenth century politician and clerk from Virginia.-Biography:Born in Shepherdstown, Virginia , Boteler graduated from Princeton College in 1835 and engaged in agriculture and literary pursuits... |
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. Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War The Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War was the major military and naval operations west of the Mississippi River. The area excluded the states and territories bordering the Pacific Ocean, which formed the Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War.The campaign classification... |
Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was... |
general | none | Second Corps, Army of Tennessee Second Corps, Army of Tennessee The Second Corps, Army of Tennessee was a military formation in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.-Formation:The Corps was originally formed before the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862 by combining Daniel Ruggles' Alabama Division and Braxton Bragg's Army of Pensacola. The Corps was... |
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. |
William Butler | first lieutenant | colonel | unknown |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
C
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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William L. Cabell William Lewis Cabell -External links:* from the published 1880, hosted by the... * |
major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
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 |
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 |
Robert H. Chilton | colonel Colonel Colonel , abbreviated Col or COL, is a military rank of a senior commissioned officer. It or a corresponding rank exists in most armies and in many air forces; the naval equivalent rank is generally "Captain". It is also used in some police forces and other paramilitary rank structures... |
brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
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 |
Charles Read Collins* | captain | colonel | Regular Engineers |
James A. Collins | cadet | none | unknown |
Aurelius F. Cone | first lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | unknown |
E.S. Cook | cadet | none | unknown |
John R. Cooke John Rogers Cooke John Rogers Cooke was a Confederate general during the American Civil War. He was the son of Union general Philip St. George Cooke and the brother-in-law of Confederate cavalry leader Jeb Stuart.-Biography:... |
first lieutenant | brigadier general | Regular Artillery |
John W. Cooper | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
Samuel Cooper Samuel Cooper (general) Samuel Cooper was a career United States Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and the Mexican-American War. Although little-known today, Cooper was also the highest ranking Confederate general during the American Civil War... |
general | none | Adjutant Adjutant general An Adjutant General is a military chief administrative officer.-Imperial Russia:In Imperial Russia, the General-Adjutant was a Court officer, who was usually an army general. He served as a personal aide to the Tsar and hence was a member of the H. I. M. Retinue... & Inspector General Inspector General An Inspector General is an investigative official in a civil or military organization. The plural of the term is Inspectors General.-Bangladesh:... , CSA |
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 |
Alexander H. Cross | captain | none | unknown |
Nathaniel Savage Crowell | assistant surgeon | none | unknown |
Jacob Culbertson | first lieutenant | captain | unknown |
Alfred Cumming, Jr. Alfred Cumming (general) Alfred Cumming was a brigadier general for the Confederacy in the American Civil War.-Early life:... |
major | brigadier general | Regular Infantry |
Arthur S. Cunningham | first lieutenant | lieutenant colonel | Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln. |
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 |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
D
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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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 James Dearing James Dearing was a Confederate States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of High Bridge during the Appomattox Campaign, making him one of the last officers to die in the war; there are claims that he was the last general officer to die in the... * |
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 James Deshler James Deshler was a career United States Army officer and a graduate of West Point. He was a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War and died on the field of battle.-Early life and career:... * |
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 Dudley M. Du Bose Dudley McIver Du Bose was a lawyer, soldier, and a U.S. Representative from Georgia.-Early life:Du Bose was born in Shelby County, Tennessee. He attended the University of Mississippi at Oxford, and graduated from the Lebanon Law School in 1856... |
first lieutenant | brigadier general | unknown |
Johnson K. Duncan Johnson K. Duncan Johnson Kelly Duncan was one of the few generals in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War who was born and raised in the North. An antebellum officer in the U.S... |
captain | brigadier general | unknown |
William Watkins Dunlap | second lieutenant | major | unknown |
Harvie Sheffield Duval | second lieutenant | none | unknown |
* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.
E
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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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.
W
Name | ASCA rank | PACS rank | Last unit served |
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James Augustus Washington James Augustus Washington James Augustus Washington was a Confederate colonel during the American Civil War. Born in Goldsboro, North Carolina 8th March 1831, he joined the Confederate States Army in April 1861 as a sergeant in the Goldsboro Rifles, which became A company, 27th North Carolina Regiment. He became captain of... |
Colonel | none | 50th North Carolina |