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Brigadier Generals:
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Name |
Date of rank |
Place of birth |
| George Burgwyn Anderson* |
June 9, 1862 |
Hillsborough |
| Lawrence Simmons Baker |
July 23, 1863 |
Gates County |
| Rufus Barringer |
June 1, 1864 |
Cabarrus County |
| John Decatur Barry^ |
August 3, 1864 |
Wilmington |
| Lawrence O'Bryan Branch* |
November 16, 1861 |
Enfield |
| Thomas Lanier Clingman |
May 17, 1862 |
Hunstville |
| John Rogers Cooke |
November 1, 1862 |
Jefferson Barracks, Missouri |
| William Ruffin Cox^ |
May 31, 1864 |
Scotland Neck |
| Junius Daniel* |
September 1, 1862 |
Halifax |
| Richard Caswell Gatlin |
July 8, 1861 |
Lenoir County |
| Archibald Campbell Godwin* |
August 5, 1864 |
Nansemond County, Virginia |
| James Byron Gordon* |
September 28, 1863 |
Wilkesboro |
| Robert Daniel Johnston |
September 1, 1863 |
Lincoln County |
| William Whedbee Kirkland |
August 29, 1863 |
Hillsborough |
| James Henry Lane |
November 1, 1862 |
Mathews Court House, Virginia |
| Collett Leventhorpe |
February 3, 1865 |
Devonshire, England |
| William Gaston Lewis^ |
May 31, 1864 |
Rocky Mount |
| William MacRae |
November 4, 1864 |
Wilmington |
| James Green Martin |
May 15, 1862 |
Elizabeth City |
| James Johnston Pettigrew* |
February 26, 1862 |
Tyrrell County |
| Matthew Whitaker Ransom |
June 13, 1863 |
Warren County |
| William Paul Roberts |
February 21, 1865 |
Gates County |
| Alfred Moore Scales |
June 13, 1863 |
Reidsville |
| Thomas Fentress Toon^ |
May 31, 1864 |
Columbus County |
| Robert Brank Vance |
March 1, 1863 |
Buncombe County |
Major Generals:
| Bryan Grimes |
February 15, 1865 |
Pitt County |
| Robert Frederick Hoke |
April 20, 1864 |
Lincolnton |
| William Dorsey Pender* |
May 27, 1863 |
Edgecombe County |
| Stephen Dodson Ramseur*^ |
June 1, 1864 |
Lincolnton |
| Robert Ransom Jr. |
May 26, 1863 |
Warren County |
| William Henry Chase Whiting* |
February 28, 1863 |
Biloxi, Mississippi |
Lieutenant Generals:
| Daniel Harvey Hill |
July 11, 1863 |
York District, South Carolina |
| Theophilus Hunter Holmes |
October 10, 1862 |
Sampson County |
*killed in battle
^temporary appointment
Several North Carolina natives living in other Confederate
states also served as generals in the Civil War.
In 1862 there were four general grades in the Confederate
Army: brigadier-general, major-general, lieutenant-general, and general being the highest attainable rank. All wore the
same insignia making it impossible to identify a general's rank by his insignia. General Robert E. Lee, nevertheless, wore the insignia of colonel. During informal communication, however, each may be addressed as general.
The general grades may also be abbreviated in various forms: major-general, for example, may
be abbreviated to Maj. Gen. Jones; Maj. General Jones; Maj-Gen. Jones, etc. Formally, however, it is Major General Jones or
Major-General Jones.
Sources: North Carolina Museum of History; Walter Clark, Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions
from North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865 (Volumes 1-5); North Carolina Office of Archives and History, Department of
Cultural Resources; United States Military Academy (West Point): Customs and Courtesies; Virginia Military Institute: Military Customs and Courtesies; Official Records of the Confederate and Union and Armies.
Recommended Reading:
Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Description: When
Generals in Gray was published in 1959, scholars and critics immediately hailed it as one of the few indispensable books on
the American Civil War. Historian Stanley Horn, for example, wrote, "It is difficult for a reviewer to restrain his enthusiasm
in recommending a monumental book of this high quality and value." Here at last is the paperback edition of Ezra J. Warner’s
magnum opus with its concise, detailed biographical sketches and—in an amazing feat of research—photographs of
all 425 Confederate generals. Continued below...
The only exhaustive guide to the South’s command, Generals in Gray belongs on the shelf of anyone
interested in the Civil War. RATED 5 STARS!
Advance to:
Recommended Reading:
Civil War High Commands (1040
pages) (Hardcover). Description: Based
on nearly five decades of research, this magisterial work is a biographical register and analysis of the people who most directly
influenced the course of the Civil War, its high commanders. Numbering 3,396, they include the presidents and their
cabinet members, state governors, general officers of the Union and Confederate armies (regular, provisional, volunteers,
and militia), and admirals and commodores of the two navies. Civil War High Commands will become a cornerstone
reference work on these personalities and the meaning of their commands, and on the Civil War itself. Errors of fact and interpretation
concerning the high commanders are legion in the Civil War literature, in reference works as well as in narrative accounts. Continued below.
The present work brings together for the first time in
one volume the most reliable facts available, drawn from more than 1,000 sources and including the most recent research. The
biographical entries include complete names, birthplaces, important relatives, education, vocations, publications, military
grades, wartime assignments, wounds, captures, exchanges, paroles, honors, and place of death and interment. In addition to its main component, the biographies, the volume also
includes a number of essays, tables, and synopses designed to clarify previously obscure matters such as the definition of
grades and ranks; the difference between commissions in regular, provisional, volunteer, and militia services; the chronology
of military laws and executive decisions before, during, and after the war; and the geographical breakdown of command structures.
The book is illustrated with 84 new diagrams of all the insignias used throughout the war and with 129 portraits of the most
important high commanders.
Recommended
Reading: Who Was Who in the Civil War (600 pages) (Hardcover),
by Stewart Sifakis. Description: It
provides biographical sketches of all the major participants of the Civil War: Generals, politicians and even famous - or
infamous - characters such as Jesse James and Bloody Bill Anderson. RATED A SOLID 5 STARS. Continued below...
Recommended
Reading: Who Was Who in the Confederacy, by Stewart Sifakis. Description: It provides biographical sketches of all the major Confederate participants
of the Civil War.
Recommended
Reading: Confederate Military
History Of North Carolina: North Carolina
In The Civil War, 1861-1865. Description:
The author, Prof. D. H. Hill, Jr., was the son of Lieutenant General Daniel Harvey Hill (North
Carolina produced only two lieutenant generals and it was the second highest rank in the army) and
his mother was the sister to General “Stonewall” Jackson’s wife. In Confederate
Military History Of North Carolina, Hill discusses North Carolina’s massive task of preparing and mobilizing
for the conflict; the many regiments and battalions recruited from the Old North State; as well as the state's numerous
contributions during the war. Continued below...
During Hill's Tar Heel State
study, the reader begins with interesting and thought-provoking statistical data regarding the 125,000 "Old North State"
soldiers that fought during the course of the war and the 40,000 that perished. Hill advances with the Tar Heels to the first
battle at Bethel, through numerous bloody campaigns and battles--including North
Carolina’s contributions at the "High Watermark" at Gettysburg--and concludes
with Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Recommended
Reading: The Civil War in North Carolina.
Description: Numerous battles and skirmishes
were fought in North Carolina during the Civil War, and
the campaigns and battles themselves were crucial in the grand strategy of the conflict and involved some of the most famous
generals of the war. John Barrett presents the complete story of military engagements across the state, including the classical
pitched battle of Bentonville--involving Generals Joe Johnston and William Sherman--the siege of Fort Fisher, the amphibious campaigns on the
coast, and cavalry sweeps such as General George Stoneman's Raid.
The American Civil War Generals from North Carolina, Photo, Photos, List
of North Carolina’s Civil War Generals Names, History, Facts, Birthplace, Residence, Burial place, Pictures, Photographs,
Confederate Service Record and Records
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