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| Name. | State. | To Whom to Report. | Appoint. | Rank. | Confirm. | Accept. | |
| 240 | Jones, Thomas M. | . . . . . | . . . . . | 1862. | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade in the Department of Alabama and Western Florida.
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| 241 | Jones, W. E. | Virginia | Comd'g at Winchester |
Oct. 3, 1862. | Sept. 19, 1862. | Oct. 3, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Killed in action; commanding cavalry brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; also in command of Valley District, Virginia.
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| 242 | Jordon, Thomas | Virginia | Gen. Beauregard | Sept. 26, 1862. | April 14, 1862. | Sept. 26, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Chief of Staff to General Beauregard.
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| 243 | Kelley, J. H. | Alabama | Gen. B. Bragg | Nov. 17, 1863. | Nov. 16, 1863. | Feb. 17, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade in Wheeler's cavalry; brigade composed of the 63d Virginia, the 58th North Carolina, the 5th Kentucky and the 65th Georgia regiments; subsequently in command of a division in Wheeler's corps, composed of the brigades of Allen, Dibrell and Hannon.
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| 244 | Kemper, J. L. | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 3, 1862. | June 3, 1862. | Sept. 30, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General March 1, 1864; brigade composed of the 1st, 3d, 7th, 11th and 17th Virginia regiments, Pickett's division, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia; for a time the 24th Virginia regiment was attached to this brigade.
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| 245 | Kennedy, J. D. | S. Carolina | . . . . . | Dec. 22, 1864. | Dec. 22, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 2d, 3d, 7th, 8th, 15th, and 20th South Carolina regiments and James' 3d South Carolina battalion, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 246 | Kershaw, J. B. | S. Carolina | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Feb. 15, 1862. | Feb. 13, 1862. | Feb. 13, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General May 18, 1864; brigade composed of the 2d, 3d, 7th, 8th, 15th and 20th South Carolina regiments, McLaws' division, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 247 | King, Wm. H. | . . . . . | . . . . . | July 15, 1864. | Apl. 8, 1864. | . . . . . | |
Remarks: Assigned to the command of "Walker's division of infantry," Trans-Mississippi Department; afterwards in command of a Texas brigade in General Polignac's division.
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| 248 | Kirkland, Wm. W. | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 31, 1863. | Aug. 29, 1863. | Feb. 16, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 26th, 44th, 47th, 52d and 11th North Carolina infantry regiments, and subsequently of the 17th, 66th, 50th and 42d regiments North Carolina infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 249 | Lagnel, J. A. de | Virginia | Gen. Huger | Apl. 18, 1862. | Apl. 15, 1862. | Apl. 18, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: On duty in the Ordnance Bureau at Richmond.
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| 250 | Lane, James H. | N. Carolina | Gen. T. J. Jackson | Nov. 1, 1862. | Nov. 1, 1862. | Apl. 23, 1863. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Brigade composed of the 7th, 18th, 28th, 33d and 37th North Carolina regiments, Pender's division, A. P. Hill's corps, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 251 | Lane, Walter P. | Texas | Maj. Gen. Wharton | Mch. 18, 1865. | Mch. 18, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade of Texas cavalry in Major-General John A. Wharton's division, Trans-Mississippi Department.
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| 252 | Law, E. M. | Alabama | Gen. R. E. Lee | Oct. 3, 1862. | Oct. 3, 1862. | Oct. 3, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General April 9, 1865; brigade composed of the 15th, 44th, 47th and 48th and 4th Alabama regiments, Hood's division, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia; at the Battle of Fredericksburg, his brigade composed of the 6th, 54th and 57th North Carolina and the 4th and 44th Alabama regiments.
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| 253 | Lawton, Alex'r R. | Georgia | Commanding Department of Georgia |
Apl. 13, 1861. | Apl. 13, 1861. | Aug. 29, 1861. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Subsequently Quartermaster-General of the Confederacy; brigade consisted of the 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th and 61st Georgia regiments, Ewell's division, Jackson's corps, Army of Northern Virginia; at one time in command of Ewell's division.
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| 254 | Leadbetter, D. | Alabama | Gen. E. K. Smith | Mch. 6, 1862. | Feb. 27, 1862. | March 6, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding in Knoxville, Tennessee, in February, 1862; afterwards in command of a brigade composed of the 20th and 23d Alabama regiments and Colonel Vaughn's Tennessee regiment.
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| 255 | Lee, Edwin G. | Virginia | Gen. J. E. Johnston | Sept. 23, 1864. | Sept. 23, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command at Staunton, Virginia; subsequently detailed on secret service of the Confederacy.
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| 256 | Lee, Fitzhugh | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | July 25, 1862. | July 24, 1862. | Sept. 30, 1862. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted Major-General September 3, 1863; brigade composed of the 1st, 3d, 4th, 5th and 9th Virginia cavalry regiments, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 257 | Lee, G. W. C. | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 25, 1863. | June 25, 1863. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding brigade of local troops for the defence of Richmond; previously was an aid-de-camp to President Davis, with the rank of Colonel; promoted Major-General early in 1865.
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| 258 | Lee, Robert E. | Virginia | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Promoted General August 31, 1861, to take rank from June 14, 1861.
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