Confederate Generals
Confederate Generals of the Civil War
CSA General in Chief Joseph R. Johnston
February 3, 1807 – March 21, 1891
West Point: Graduates 1829 ( 13th in class of 46)
CSA General in Chief Robert E. Lee
January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870
West Point: Graduates 1829 (2nd in class of 46)
CSA General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
January 21,1824 – May 10, 1863
West Point: Graduates 1846 (17th in class of 59)
CSA General James “Old Pete” Longstreet
January 8, 1821 – January 2, 1904
West Point: Graduates 1842 ( 54th in class of 56)
CSA General Ambrose P. Hill
November 9, 1825 – April 2, 1865
West Point: Graduates 1847 ( 15th in class of 38)
Confederate Generals of the Civil War
CSA Cavalry Major General J.E.B Stuart
Februry 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864 (Yellow Tavern,Va.)
West Point: Graduates 1854 ( 13th in class of 46)
CSA General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893
West Point: Graduates 2nd in class of 1838
(“Fired the opening shots of the Civil War on Ft. Sumter on April 12,1861”)
June 1, 1831 – August 30, 1879
West Point: Graduates 1853 ( 44th in class of 52 )
Confederate Generals of the Civil War
CSA Major General John B. Gordon
February 6, 1832 – January 9, 1904
University of Georgia ( Lawyer )
CSA General Nathan Bedford ” Old Bed” Forrest ( “Forrests’ Cavalry Corps )
July 13, 1821 – October 19, 1877
Not as formally educated, Nathan was a true antebellum gentleman and successful Southern businessman who would become ” Devil Forrest ” to Union forces for his tenacious and often brutal attacks.
March 22, 1817 – September 27, 1876
West Point: Graduates 1837 ( 5th in class of 50 )
CSA General Jubal “Old Jube” Early
November 3, 1816 – March 2, 1894
West Point: Graduates 1837 (18th in class of 50 )
CSA General Lewis “Lo” Armistead
February 18, 1817 – July 5, 1863 ( Dies from wounds received on July 3 at Battle of Gettysburg)
“Lo” Armistead led his brigade to the “High Water Mark of the Confederacy” during “Pickett’s Charge“ at “The Battle of Gettysburg” on July 3, 1863.