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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.
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| MAJOR-GENERALS, IN ORDER OF RANK—Continued. | |||||||
| Name. | State. | To Whom to Report. | Appoint. | Rank. | Confirm. | Accept. | |
| 71 | W. H. F. Lee | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Apl. 23, 1864 | Apl. 23, 1864 | June 9, 1864 | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Chambliss, Barringer and Roberts, and of two batteries horse artillery, Captain McGreggor, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 72 | John B. Gordon | Georgia | Gen. R. E. Lee | May 14, 1864. | May 14, 1864. | May 14, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Lieutenant-General in the spring of 1865 by promotion at the hands of General R. E. Lee; division composed of the brigades of Evans, Terry and York, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 73 | Bushrod R. Johnson | Tennessee | Gen. Beauregard | May 26, 1864. | May 21, 1864. | May 26, 1864. | Oct. 13, 1862. |
Remarks: Division was composed of Ransom's, Johnson's, Wise's, Elliott's and Gracie's brigades, and the Sixty-fourth Georgia regiment, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 74 | J. B. Kershaw | S. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 2, 1864. | May 18, 1864. | June 2, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Conner, Wofford, Humphreys and Bryan, Army of Tennessee.
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| 75 | C. J. Polignac | France | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | June 13, 1864. | Apl. 8, 1864. | June 13, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the Second Texas brigade and Mouton's brigade.
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| 76 | J. F. Fagan | Arkansas | Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith | June 13, 1864. | Apl. 25, 1864. | June 13, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding District of Arkansas.
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| 77 | William Mahone | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 3, 1864. | July 30, 1864. | . . . . . | Oct. 13, 1862. |
Remarks: Assigned to command of Anderson's old division, composed of the brigades of Generals Wright, Weisiger, Saunders, Harris and Finnegan, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 78 | S. D. Ramseur | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | June 1, 1864. | June 1, 1864. | June 1, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Assigned to the command of General Early's old division, at that time composed of the brigades of Pegram, Johnston and Godwin, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 79 | E. C. Walthall | Mississippi | Gen. J. E. Johnston | June 10, 1864. | June 6, 1864. | June 10, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Canty, Reynolds and Quarles, Army of Tennessee; again, of the brigades of Quarles, Shelley and D. H. Reynolds. Stewart's corps, Army of Tennessee.
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| 80 | H. D. Clayton | Alabama | Gen. J. E. Johnston | July 8, 1864. | July 7, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Stovall, Baker and Henry R. Jackson; at another time, of the brigades of M. A. Stovall, R. L. Gibson, A. Baker and J. T. Holtzclaw; Army of Tennessee.
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| 81 | John C. Brown | Tennessee | Gen. J. B. Hood | Aug. 4, 1864. | Aug. 4, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of Govan's and Smith's brigades, Army of Tennessee.
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| 82 | L. L. Lomax | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Aug. 10, 1864. | Aug. 10, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Johnson, Jackson, Imboden, Vaughn and McCausland, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 83 | Henry W. Allen | Louisiana | . . . . . | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding division In Trans-Mississippi Department.
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| 84 | J. L. Kemper | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Mch. 1, 1864. | Mch. 1, 1864. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command of the reserve forces of Virginia.
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| 85 | J. S Marmaduke | Missouri | Gen. E. K. Smith | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Clarke and Harrison.
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| 86 | A. R. Wright | Georgia | Gen. Beauregard | Nov. 23, 1864. | Nov. 23, 1864. | Febr'y, 1865. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding division during the siege of Savannah in December, 1864, composed of the brigades of Mercer and John K. Jackson.
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| 87 | John Pegram | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Killed in action at Hatcher's Run; commanding Early's old division, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 88 | Pierce M. B. Young | Georgia | Gen. B. Bragg | Dec. 12, 1864. | Dec. 12, 1864. | Dec. 22, 1864. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Lewis, Ferguson and Hannon, Wheeler's corps.
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| 89 | M. Calvin Butler | S. Carolina | Gen. J. E. Johnston | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of Wright and Logan, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 90 | T. L. Rosser | Texas | Gen. R. E. Lee | 1864 | 1864 | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of the cavalry brigades of McCausland and Dearing, and subsequently of the brigades of Payne and Mumford, Army of Northern Virginia.
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| 91 | G. W. Custis Lee | Virginia | Gen. R. E. Lee | Jan. 1, 1865. | Jan. 1, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: In command of local brigade and reserves for the immediate defence of Richmond, Virginia.
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| 92 | William Preston | Kentucky | Gen. E. K. Smith | Jan. 1, 1865. | Jan. 1, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Assigned to the command of the division of Major-General Polignac, after his return to France; in October, 1863, in command of a division, Longstreet's corps, Army of the Tennessee, composed of the brigades of Gracie, Twiggs and Kelly.
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| 93 | William B. Taliaferro | Virginia | Gen. Wm. J. Hardee | Jan. 1, 1865. | Jan. 1, 1865. | . . . . . | . . . . . |
Remarks: Commanding division of mixed troops after the evacuation of Charleston; previously in command of James Island, Souh Carolina.
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| 94 | Bryan Grimes | N. Carolina | Gen. R. E. Lee | Feb. 23, 1865. | Feb. 23, 1865. | Feb. 23, 1865. | . . . . . |
Remarks: Division composed of his old brigade and the brigades of Battle, Cook and Cox, Army of Northern Virginia.
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