The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States of America between 1861–1865. Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). The Confederates, led by Jefferson Davis fought against the Union, which was supported by all the free states and the five border slave states.
Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a US military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a volunteer army from each state, leading to declarations of secession by four more Southern slave states. Both sides raised armies as the Union assumed control of the border states early in the war and established a naval blockade. In September 1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal[1], and dissuaded the British from intervening.[2]
The American Civil War was the deadliest war in American history, resulting in the deaths of 620,000 soldiers and an undetermined number of civilian casualties.
A general officer is an officer of high military rank and in the uniformed services of the United States, general officers are commissioned officers above the field officer ranks, the highest of which is colonel in the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force and captain, in the Navy, Coast Guard, Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (PHSCC), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps (NOAACC). During the Civil War both the Union and the Confederates required leadership in order to develop strategies and command troops through the various battles. A large number of Generals were promoted on both sides to facilitate the defeat of their rival.
In 1860, at the outbreak of the Civil War, there were only a select number of general officers serving in the United States Army. The following is a list of those officers who had been promoted to the rank of general prior to April 1, 1861 either by substantive rank or rank or brevet. Those officers with a brevet rank also held a lower substantive rank of an earlier date. The highest rank the officer received before the aforementioned date is shown, substantive or brevet. The allegiance of the officer during the Civil War is also shown.
Name[3] | Rank | Date of Appointment | Allegiance |
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Winfield Scott | Brevet Lieutenant General | 29 March 1847 | U.S.A. |
David E. Twiggs | Brevet Major General | 23 September 1846 | C.S.A. |
John E. Wool | Brevet Major General | 23 February 1847 | U.S.A. |
George Gibson | Brevet Major General | 30 May 1847 | U.S.A. |
William S. Harney | Brigadier General | 14 June 1858 | U.S.A. |
Edwin V. Sumner | Brigadier General | 16 March 1861 | U.S.A. |
Joseph E. Johnston | Brigadier General | 28 June 1860 | C.S.A. |
Sylvester Churchill | Brevet Brigadier General | 23 February 1847 | U.S.A. |
Joseph G. Totten | Brevet Brigadier General | 29 March 1847 | U.S.A. |
John Garland | Brevet Brigadier General | 20 August 1847 | U.S.A. |
Timothy P. Andrews | Brevet Brigadier General | 13 September 1847 | U.S.A. |
Thomas Lawson | Brevet Brigadier General | 30 May 1848 | U.S.A. |
Albert S. Johnston | Brevet Brigadier General | 18 November 1857 | C.S.A. |
Following the attack on Fort Sumter the U.S. Army re-instituted the promotion of volunteer officers. On May 16, 1861 three appointments were made to Major General of U.S. Volunteers. These officers (in order they were appointed) were John A. Dix, Benjamin F. Butler and Nathaniel P. Banks.[4] These three officers thus outranked all other volunteer officers for the duration of the war. The following day 34 appointments were made to Brigadier General of U.S. Volunteers.[5] The first three names to appear on the appointment list were Samuel P. Heintzelman, David Hunter and Erasmus D. Keyes (Ulysses S. Grant's name appeared 18th on the list). By 1865 there were over 1,000 generals by substantive or brevet rank in the Regular Army, Volunteer Army or state militias.
Union generals: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
Confederate generals: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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Abbott, Henry Livermore | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | Posthumous d. May 6, 1894, The Wilderness |
File:Joseph Carter Abbott - Brady-Handy.jpg | Abbott, Joseph Carter | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:John Joseph Abercrombie - Brady-Handy.jpg | Abercrombie, John Joseph | Union | Brigadier General | son-in-law of Robert Patterson |
File:Charles Francis Adams, Jr..jpg | Adams, Charles Francis Jr. | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | Grandson of John Quincy Adams Son of Charles Francis Adams, Sr., United States Minister to the Court of St. James (Great Britain) |
File:Charles Albright congressman - Brady-Handy.jpg | Albright, Charles | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Barton S. Alexander.jpg | Alexander, Barton Stone | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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Alexander, Edmund Brooke | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Russell Alexander Alger2.jpg | Alger, Russell Alexander | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Michigan, Secretary of War, and Senator |
File:Anthony J. Allaire.jpg | Allaire, Anthony Johnson | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Thomas Allcock.jpg | Allcock, Thomas | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:RAllen.jpg | Allen, Robert | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Allen, Thomas Scott | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | post war Secretary of State of Wisconsin |
File:Benjamin Alvord mathematician - Brady-Handy.jpg | Alvord, Benjamin | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Adelbert Ames.jpg | Ames, Adelbert | Union | Brevet Major General | Was a Medal of Honor recipient post war Governor and U.S. Senator from Mississippi |
File:JAmmen.jpg | Ammen, Jacob | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Anderson, John Francis | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:NicholasLongworthAnderson.jpg | Anderson, Nicholas Longworth | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Major Robert Anderson.jpg | Anderson, Robert | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Christopher Columbus Andrews - Brady-Handy.jpg | Andrews, Christopher Columbus | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:GLAndrews.jpg | Andrews, George Leonard | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Samuel C. Armstrong.gif | Armstrong, Samuel Chapman | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Gen-LGrnold.jpg | Arnold, Lewis Golding | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Gen-RArnold.jpg | Arnold, Richard | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:ASAsboth.jpg | Asboth, Alexander Sandor | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:SDAtkins.JPG | Atkins, Smith Dykins | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Christopher C. Augur - Brady-Handy.jpg | Augur, Christopher Columbus | Union | Major General | —
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File:William W Averell.png | Averell, William Woods | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Averill, John Thomas | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Romeyn B. Ayres - Brady-Handy.jpg | Ayres, Romeyn Beck | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Napoleon J T Dana.jpg | Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh | Union | Major General | father-in-law of John C. Tidball |
File:John W Davidson.jpg | Davidson, John Wynn | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Davies, Henry Eugene | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:T A Davies UA ACW.JPG | Davies, Thomas Alfred | Union | Brevet Major General | uncle of Henry E. Davies |
File:Edmund Davis.jpg | Davis, Edmund Jackson | Union | Brigadier General | post war Governor of Texas |
File:Jefferson C. Davis.jpg | Davis, Jefferson Columbus | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Richard Delafield.jpg | Delafield, Richard | Union | —
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Dennis, Elias Smith | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Dent, Frederick Tracy | Union | Brigadier General | brother-in-law of Ulysses S. Grant |
File:Pd james w denver.jpg | Denver, James W. | Union | Brigadier General | Denver, CO is named in his honor |
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De Russy, Gustavus Adolphus | Union | —
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File:General Régis de Trobriand.jpg | De Trobriand, Régis | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:GenChasDevens.jpg | Devens, Charles Jr. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Thomas C. Devin.jpg | Devin, Thomas Casimer | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Dewey, Joel A. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:GWDeitzler.jpg | Deitzler, George Washington | Union | Major General | —
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File:General Dix.jpg | Dix, John Adams | Union | Major General | highest ranking volunteer officer antebellum U.S. Senator from New York U.S. Secretary of the Treasury post war Governor of New York |
File:Gen-cdodge.jpg | Dodge, Charles Cleveland | Union | Brigadier General | youngest general at the time of his appointment |
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Dobler, John | Union | —
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File:GMDodge.jpg | Dodge, Grenville Mellen | Union | Major General | —
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File:CDoolittle.jpg | Doolittle, Charles C. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Doubledayo.jpg | Doubleday, Abner | Union | Major General | fired the first shot from Fort Sumter |
File:NSDow2.jpg | Dow, Neal | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:AlfredNDuffie.jpg | Duffié, Alfred N. | Union | —
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File:Ebenezerdumontindiana.jpg | Dumont, Ebenezer | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Duryee4s.jpg | Duryée, Abram | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Duryée, Jacob Eugene | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Gen-duval.jpg | Duval, Isaac Hardin | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:WDwight.jpg | Dwight, William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:ABDyer.jpg | Dyer, Alexander Brydie | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Gen Amos B Eaton.jpg | Eaton, Amos Beebe | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Edwards, John | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Edwards, Oliver | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Thomas W Egan.jpg | Egan, Thomas W. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Alfred W Ellet.jpg | Ellet, Alfred W. | Union | Brigadier General | brother of Charles Ellet, Jr.; uncle of Charles Rivers Ellet |
File:W L Elliott BGen ACW.JPG | Elliott, Washington Lafayette | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:William H. Emory - Brady-Handy.jpg | Emory, William Hemsley | Union | Major General | Emory Peak is named in his honor |
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Estey, George Peabody | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Eustis, Henry Lawrence | Union | Brigadier General | son of Abraham Eustis | |
File:Gen-ChasEwing.jpg | Ewing, Charles | Union | Brigadier General | brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. and Hugh B. Ewing, brother-in-law of William T. Sherman |
File:Hugh Boyle Ewing.jpg | Ewing, Hugh Boyle | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of Thomas Ewing, Jr. and Charles Ewing, brother-in-law of William T. Sherman |
File:Gen-TEwingJr.jpg | Ewing, Thomas Jr. | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of Hugh B. Ewing and Charles Ewing, brother-in-law of William T. Sherman |
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File:William Gamble USA.JPG | Gamble, William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:General James Garfield - Brady-Handy.jpg | Garfield, James Abram | Union | Brigadier General | 20th President of the United States |
File:Kenner Garrard framed.jpg | Garrard, Kenner | Union | Brevet Major General | cousin of Theophilus T. Garrard |
File:GarrardTT.JPG | Garrard, Theophilus T. | Union | Brigadier General | cousin of Kenner Garrard |
File:John W. Geary - Brady-Handy.jpg | Geary, John W. | Union | Brevet Major General | pre-war Governor of Kansas Territory post war Governor of Pennsylvania |
File:Gettygw1m.jpg | Getty, George W. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:John Gibbon.jpg | Gibbon, John | Union | Major General | —
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File:Alfred Gibbs.jpg | Gibbs, Alfred | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:CCGilbert.jpg | Gilbert, Charles Champion | Union | Major General | appointed acting major general by orders of Horatio G. Wright |
File:James I Gilbert.jpg | Gilbert, James Isham | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:ACGillem.jpg | Gillem, Alvan Cullem | Union | Major General | —
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File:Quincy Adams Gillmore.jpg | Gillmore, Quincy Adams | Union | Major General | —
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File:GHGordon.jpg | Gordon, George Henry | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Willis Gorman and wife.jpg | Gorman, Willis A. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Charles Kinnaird Graham.jpg | Graham, Charles Kinnaird | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Graham, Lawrence Pike | Union | —
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File:Gordon Granger - Brady-Handy.jpg | Granger, Gordon | Union | Major General | —
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File:RSGranger.jpg | Granger, Robert S. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:LAGrant.jpg | Grant, Lewis A. | Union | Brigadier General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:GenUSGrant.jpg | Grant, Ulysses S. | Union | General | received the Thanks of Congress General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1864–1869) 18th President of the United States |
File:George S. Greene.jpg | Greene, George Sears | Union | Brevet Major General | 2nd cousin of Nathaniel Greene father of Francis V. Greene |
File:David McMurtrie Gregg.jpg | Gregg, David McMurtrie | Union | Brevet Major General | cousin of Andrew G. Curtin cousin of John Irvin Gregg |
File:Walter Q. Gresham - Brady-Handy.jpg | Gresham, Walter Q. | Union | Brevet Major General | post war U.S. Postmaster General post war U.S. Secretary of the Treasury post war U.S. Secretary of State |
File:Benjamin H Grierson.JPG | Grierson, Benjamin H. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:CharlesGriffin.jpg | Griffin, Charles | Union | Brevet Major General | brother-in-law of Samuel S. Carroll |
Griffin, Simon Goodell | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:WGrose.jpg | Grose, William | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Cuvier Grover.jpg | Grover, Cuvier | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Hackleman, Pleasant Adam | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Corinth |
File:Henry Wager Halleck - Brady-Handy.jpg | Halleck, Henry Wager | Union | Major General | General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1862–1864) |
Hamblin, Joseph Eldridge | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Governor Hamilton.jpg | Hamilton, Andrew J. | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Texas |
File:CSHamiltonMGgen.jpg | Hamilton, Charles Smith | Union | Major General | —
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Hamilton, Schuyler | Union | Major General | grandson of Alexander Hamilton brother-in-law of Henry W. Halleck | |
File:Cyrus Hamlin.jpg | Hamlin, Cyrus | Union | Brigadier General | son of Hannibal Hamlin |
File:GenWmAHammond.jpg | Hammond, William Alexander | Union | Brigadier General | Surgeon General of the United States Army (1862–1864) |
File:WinfieldSHancock.png | Hancock, Winfield Scott | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress |
Hardie, James Allen | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Hardin, Martin Davis | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Harding, Abner Clark | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:ChasGHarker.jpg | Harker, Charles Garrison | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain |
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Harland, Edward | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:William Selby Harney 1.jpg | Harney, William Selby | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:ThomasMHarris.jpg | Harris, Thomas Maley | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:GenBenHarrison.jpg | Harrison, Benjamin | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | grandson of William Henry Harrison post war U.S. Senator from Indiana 23rd President of the United States |
File:WHarrow.jpg | Harrow, William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:JohnFHartranft.jpg | Hartranft, John F. | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient post war Governor of Pennsylvania |
File:George L Hartsuff.jpg | Hartsuff, George Lucas | Union | Major General | —
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File:MiloSHascall.jpg | Hascall, Milo Smith | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Haskin, Joseph Abel | Union | —
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File:Edward Hatch.jpg | Hatch, Edward | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:John P Hatch.jpg | Hatch, John Porter | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:Herman Haupt.jpg | Haupt, Herman | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Genjphawkins.jpg | Hawkins, John Parker | Union | Brevet Major General | brother-in-law of Edward Canby |
File:Joseph Roswell Hawley - Brady-Handy.jpg | Hawley, Joseph Roswell | Union | Brigadier General | post war Governor and U.S. Senator from Connecticut |
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Hayes, Joseph | Union | —
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File:President Rutherford Hayes 1870 - 1880 Restored.jpg | Hayes, Rutherford Birchard | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Ohio 19th President of the United States |
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Haynie, Isham N. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Alexander Hays.jpg | Hays, Alexander | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of the Wilderness |
File:WilliamHays.jpg | Hays, William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:William Babcock Hazen - Brady-Handy.jpg | Hazen, William Babcock | Union | Major General | —
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Heckman, Charles Adam | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Samuel P. Heintzelman - Brady-Handy.jpg | Heintzelman, Samuel P. | Union | Major General | —
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File:FJHerron.jpg | Herron, Francis Jay | Union | Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
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Heckman, Charles A. | Union | —
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File:Gen-EWHinks.jpg | Hincks, Edward Winslow | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Gen Ethan Allen Hitchcock.jpg | Hitchcock, Ethan A. | Union | Major General | —
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Hobart, Harrison Carroll | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:EHHobson.jpg | Hobson, Edward H. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Joseph Holt.jpg | Holt, Joseph | Union | Brigadier General | pre-war U.S. Postmaster General U.S. Secretary of War Judge Advocate General of the United States Army |
File:Joseph Hooker - Brady-Handy--restored.jpg | Hooker, Joseph | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress |
File:Gen Alvin P Hovey 06985r.jpg | Hovey, Alvin P. | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Indiana |
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Hovey, Charles Edward | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Oliver Otis Howard.jpg | Howard, Oliver Otis | Union | Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient received the Thanks of Congress |
File:Albion P. Howe - Brady-Handy.jpg | Howe, Albion Parris | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Howell, Joshua B. | Union | —
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File:Andrew A. Humphreys - Brady-Handy.jpg | Humphreys, Andrew Atkinson | Union | Major General | —
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File:HJHunt.jpg | Hunt, Henry Jackson | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of Lewis Cass Hunt brother-in-law of John P. Hawkins brother-in-law of Gustavus A. DeRussy |
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Hunt, Lewis Cass | Union | —
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File:David Hunter.jpg | Hunter, David | Union | Major General | —
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File:Stephen A. Hurlbut - Brady-Handy.jpg | Hurlbut, Stephen A. | Union | Major General | —
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File:Rufus Ingalls.jpg | Ingalls, Rufus | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:C F Jackson ACW.JPG | Jackson, Conrad Feger | Union | Brigadier General | Was killed in action during the Battle of Fredericksburg |
File:JasSJackson.jpg | Jackson, James Streshly | Union | Brigadier General | Was killed at the Battle of Perryville |
File:N J Jackson ACW.jpg | Jackson, Nathaniel J. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Jackson, Richard Henry | Union | —
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File:CharlesDJameson.jpg | Jameson, Charles Davis | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Andrew Johnson photo portrait head and shoulders, c1870-1880-Edit1.jpg | Johnson, Andrew | Union | Brigadier General | pre-war Governor and U.S. Senator from Tennessee, 17th President of the United States, postwar U.S. Senator from Tennessee |
File:Richard W. Johnson.jpg | Johnson, Richard W. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:PHJones.jpg | Jones, Patrick Henry | Union | brigadier general | —
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File:HMJudah.jpg | Judah, Henry M. | Union | brigadier general | —
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File:RSMackenzie.jpg | Mackenzie, Ranald Slidell | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Maltby, Jasper Adalmorn | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Joseph K. Mansfield.jpg | Mansfield, Joseph King Fenno | Union | Major General | killed at the battle of Antietam |
File:MDManson.jpg | Manson, Mahlon Dickerson | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Randolph B. Marcy - Brady-Handy.jpg | Marcy, Randolph B. | Union | Brigadier General | father-in-law of George B. McClellan |
File:Gilman Marston - Brady-Handy.jpg | Marston, Gilman | Union | Brigadier General | post war U.S. Senator from New Hampshire |
File:Martindale.jpg | Martindale, John Henry | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Pennsylvania-Sweitzer.jpg | Mason, John Sanford | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Matthies, Karl Leopold | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:JMcArthur.jpg | McArthur, John | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:GAMcCall.jpg | McCall, George Archibald | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:GeorgeMcClellan.jpeg | McClellan, George Brinton | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1861–1862) post war Governor of New Jersey |
File:John Alexander McClernand.jpg | McClernand, John Alexander | Union | Major General | —
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File:Alexander McDowell McCook.jpg | McCook, Alexander McDowell | Union | Major General | brother of Robert L. McCook brother of Daniel McCook, Jr. |
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McCook, Daniel Jr. | Union | Brigadier General | mortally wounded at the battle of Kennesaw Mountain brother of Robert L. McCook brother of Alexander McCook |
File:Edward M. McCook - Brady-Handy.jpg | McCook, Edward Moody | Union | Major General | cousin of Robert L. McCook cousin of Alexander McCook cousin of Daniel McCook, Jr. |
File:RLMcCook.jpg | McCook, Robert Latimer | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of Alexander McCook brother of Daniel McCook, Jr. mortally wounded in 1862 by bushwahckers |
File:Irv mcdowell.jpg | McDowell, Irvin | Union | Major General | —
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File:George Francis McGinnis.jpg | McGinnis, George Francis | Union | Brigadier General | —
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McIntosh, John Baillie | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:T J McKean BGen ACW.JPG | McKean, Thomas Jefferson | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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McKinstry, Justus | Union | —
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File:Gen-nmclean.jpg | McLean, Nathaniel Collins | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:J W McMillan ACW.jpg | McMillan, James Winning | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:JohnMcNeil.jpg | McNeil, John | Union | Major General | —
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File:Brady-GeneralMcPherson.jpg | McPherson, James Birdseye | Union | Major General | killed at the battle of Atlanta |
File:George G. Meade Standing.jpg | Meade, George Gordon | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress |
File:Meagher4s.jpg | Meagher, Thomas Francis | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:New-Meigs.jpg | Meigs, Montgomery Cunningham | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Solomon Meredith - Brady-Handy.jpg | Meredith, Solomon | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Meredith, Sullivan Amory | Union | —
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File:Wesley Merritt.jpg | Merritt, Wesley | Union | Major General | post war Military Governor of the Philippines |
File:Nelson Appleton Miles.jpg | Miles, Nelson Appleton | Union | Major General | received the Medal of Honor General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army post war Military Governor of Puerto Rico |
File:John Franklin Miller.jpg | Miller, John Franklin | Union | Brevet Major General | post war U.S. Senator from California |
File:SMiller1863.jpg | Miller, Stephen | Union | Brigadier General | Governor of Minnesota |
File:Robert H. Milroy - Brady-Handy.jpg | Milroy, Robert H. | Union | Major General | —
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File:Ormsby Mitchel.jpg | Mitchel, Ormsby MacKnight | Union | Major General | died of typhoid fever in 1862 |
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Mitchell, John Grant | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Robert Byington Mitchell.jpg | Mitchell, Robert Byington | Union | Major General | post war Governor of New Mexico Territory |
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Montgomery, William Reading | Union | —
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File:Thomas Moonlight.jpg | Moonlight, Thomas | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | post war Governor of Wyoming Territory |
File:GWMorell.jpg | Morell, George W. | Union | Major General | —
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Morgan, Charles Hale | Union | —
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File:EDMorgan.jpg | Morgan, Edwin Denison | Union | Major General | pre-war Governor of New York post war U.S. Senator from New York |
File:George W. Morgan.jpg | Morgan, George W. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Morgan, James Dada | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Morris, William Hopkins | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Morton, James St. Clair | Union | —
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File:Gershom Mott - Brady-Handy.jpg | Mott, Gershom | Union | Major General | —
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File:J A Mower.jpg | Mower, Joseph A. | Union | Major General | —
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File:JNagleACW.jpg | Nagle, James | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:HMNaglee.jpg | Naglee, Henry Morris | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:James Scott Negley.jpg | Negley, James S. | Union | Major General | —
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Neill, Thomas Hewson | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:GenWNelson.jpg | Nelson, William | Union | Major General | murdered by Jefferson C. Davis in 1862 |
File:John Newton (ACW).jpg | Newton, John | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Nickerson, Franklin Stillman | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Richard James Oglesby.jpg | Oglesby, Richard James | Union | Major General | post war Governor and U.S. Senator from Illinois |
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Oliver, John Morrison | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Emerson Opdycke - Brady-Handy.jpg | Opdycke, Emerson | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Eord.jpg | Ord, Edward O.C. | Union | Major General | —
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Orme, William Ward | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:T O Osborn ACW.jpg | Osborn, Thomas Ogden | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Peter J Osterhaus.jpg | Osterhaus, Peter Joseph | Union | Major General | —
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File:Joshua T Owen.jpg | Owen, Joshua Thomas | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:General Charles Paine.jpg | Paine, Charles Jackson | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Paine, Eleazar Arthur | Union | Brigadier General | cousin of Halbert E. Paine |
File:Halbert Eleazer Paine.jpg | Paine, Halbert E. | Union | Brevet Major General | cousin of Eleazar A. Paine |
File:Innis N. Palmer - Brady-Handy.jpg | Palmer, Innis Newton | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:JohnMPalmer.png | Palmer, John M. | Union | Brigadier General | post war Governor and U.S. Senator from Illinois |
File:William Jackson Palmer.jpg | Palmer, William Jackson | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:John Parke - Brady-Handy.jpg | Parke, John G. | Union | Major General | —
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Parsons, Lewis Baldwin | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:MRPatrick.jpg | Patrick, Marsena Rudolph | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Patterson, Francis Engle | Union | Brigadier General | son of Robert Patterson; shot himself in 1862 |
File:Robert Patterson.jpg | Patterson, Robert | Union | Major General | father of Francis E. Patterson |
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Paul, Gabriel René | Union | Brigadier General | blinded at Gettysburg |
File:JJPeck.jpg | Peck, John J. | Union | Major General | —
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File:Galusha Pennypacker.jpg | Pennypacker, Galusha | Union | Major General | Was a Medal of Honor recipient; youngest person to hold the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army, at the age of 20 |
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Penrose, William Henry | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:John smith phelps.jpg | Phelps, John S. | Union | Brigadier General | post war Governor of Missouri |
File:John wolcott phelps.jpg | Phelps, John Wolcott | Union | Brigadier General | half brother to Charles E. Phelps |
File:A S Piatt ACW.JPG | Piatt, Abram Sanders | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Pierce, Byron Root | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:WAPile.jpg | Pile, William A. | Union | Brigadier General | Governor of New Mexico Territory |
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Pitcher, Thomas Gamble | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Alfred Pleasonton.jpg | Pleasonton, Alfred | Union | Major General | —
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Plummer, Joseph Bennett | Union | Brigadier General | died of exposure near Corinth, MS |
File:OrlandoPoe.jpg | Poe, Orlando Metcalfe | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:George Pomutz.JPG | Pomutz, George | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:GenJohnPope.jpeg | Pope, John | Union | Major General | brother-in-law of Manning F. Force |
File:Andrew Porter.jpg | Porter, Andrew | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Fitz John Porter.jpg | Porter, Fitz-John | Union | Major General | cousin of David D. Porter, William D. Porter and David G. Farragut |
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Potter, Edward Elmer | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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File:Joseph H Potter.jpg | Potter, Joseph Haydn | Union
Brigadier General |
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File:RBPotter.jpg | Potter, Robert Brown | Union | Major General | —
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File:Benjamin F Potts.jpg | Potts, Benjamin Franklin | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Montana Territory |
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Powell, William Henry | Union | Brevet Major General | Was a Medal of Honor recipient |
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Pratt, Calvin Edward | Union
Brigadier General |
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File:General Benjamin Prentiss.jpg | Prentiss, Benjamin Mayberry | Union | Major General | —
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File:SamuelWPrice.jpg | Price, Samuel Woodson | Union | Brevet Brigadier General | —
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Prince, Henry | Union | —
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Quinby, Isaac Ferdinand | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Ramsay, George Douglas | Union | —
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File:TEGRansom.jpg | Ransom, Thomas E.G. | Union | Major General | posthumously promoted to major general died of typhoid fever in 1864[7] |
File:GBRaum.jpg | Raum, Green Berry | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:General-JARawlins.jpg | Rawlins, John Aaron | Union | Major General | post war U.S. Secretary of War |
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Reid, Hugh Thompson | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Reilly, James William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:JLReno.jpg | Reno, Jesse L. | Union | Major General | posthumously promoted to major general killed at the battle of South Mountain Reno, NV is named in his honor |
File:Joseph Warren Revere.jpg | Revere, Joseph Warren | Union | Brigadier General | grandson of Paul Revere |
File:J Renyolds.jpg | Reynolds, John Fulton | Union | Major General | killed at the battle of Gettysburg |
File:Joseph J Reynolds.jpg | Reynolds, Joseph J. | Union | Major General | —
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File:GenAVRice.jpg | Rice, Americus V. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Elliotwarrenrice.jpg | Rice, Elliott Warren | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of Samuel A. Rice |
File:JamesCRice-1864.jpg | Rice, James Clay | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Spotsylvania |
File:Samuelallenrice.jpg | Rice, Samuel Allen | Union | Brigadier General | mortally wounded at the battle of Jenkins Ferry brother of Elliott W. Rice |
File:IBRichardson.jpg | Richardson, Israel Bush | Union | Major General | mortally wounded at the battle of Antietam |
File:James B. Ricketts - Brady-Handy.jpg | Ricketts, James Brewerton | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:JWRipley.jpg | Ripley, James Wolfe | Union | Brigadier General | uncle of Roswell S. Ripley, C.S.A. |
File:Benjamin S. Roberts - Brady-Handy.jpg | Roberts, Benjamin Sands | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Robinson, James S. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:John Cleveland Robinson.jpg | Robinson, John C. | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:IPRodman.jpg | Rodman, Isaac Peace | Union | Brigadier General | mortally wounded at the battle of Antietam |
File:GenWmSRosecrans.jpg | Rosecrans, William Starke | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress |
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Ross, Leonard Fulton | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:GenLHRousseau.jpg | Rousseau, Lovell H. | Union | Major General | father-in-law of Louis D. Watkins |
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Rowley, Thomas Algeo | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Rucker, Daniel Henry | Union | —
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File:Thomas H. Ruger.jpg | Ruger, Thomas H. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:DARussel.jpg | Russell, David Allen | Union | Brevet Major General | killed at the battle of Opequon posthumously brevetted to major general |
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File:FCSalomon.jpg | Salomon, Friedrich K. | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of Edward Salomon |
File:John B Sanborn.jpg | Sanborn, John Benjamin | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Sanders, William Price | Union | Brigadier General | mortally wounded at the battle of Campbell's Station |
File:RSaxton.jpg | Saxton, Rufus | Union | Brigadier General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:EPScammon.jpg | Scammon, Eliakim Parker | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Robert C. Schenck - Brady-Handy.jpg | Schenck, Robert Cumming | Union | Major General | —
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File:Alexander Schimmelfennig.jpg | Schimmelfennig, Alexander | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:AlbinFSchoepf.jpg | Schoepf, Albin F. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:John Schofield.jpg | Schofield, John McAllister | Union | Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient post war Secretary of War General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1888–1895) |
File:Carl-Schurz.jpg | Schurz, Carl | Union | Major General | post war U.S. Senator from Missouri post war U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
File:Robert Kingston Scott - Brady-Handy.jpg | Scott, Robert Kingston | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of South Carolina |
File:WinfieldScott.jpg | Scott, Winfield | Union | Brevet Lieutenant General | General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1841–1861) |
File:John Sedgwick.png | Sedgwick, John | Union | Major General | killed at the battle of Spotsylvania |
File:Seward, William Henry, Jr..jpg | Seward, William Henry Jr. | Union | Brigadier General | son of William H. Seward |
File:TSeymour.jpg | Seymour, Truman | Union | Brevet Major General | present at both Fort Sumter and Appomattox |
File:JamesMShackelford.jpg | Shackelford, James M. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Alexander Shaler standing.gif | Shaler, Alexander | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
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Shepard, Isaac Fitzgerald | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:George F Shepley.jpg | Shepley, George F. | Union | Brigadier General | Military Governor of Louisiana |
File:Philip Sheridan - Brady-Handy.jpg | Sheridan, Philip Henry | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1883–1888) |
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Sherman, Francis Trowbridge | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:TWSherman.jpg | Sherman, Thomas W. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:William-Tecumseh-Sherman.jpg | Sherman, William Tecumseh | Union | General | received the Thanks of Congress post war U.S. Secretary of War General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army (1869–1883) |
File:James Shields - Brady-Handy.jpg | Shields, James | Union | Major General | pre-war U.S. Senator from Illinois pre-war U.S. Senator from Minnesota post war U.S. Senator from Missouri |
File:Henry Hastings Sibley.jpg | Sibley, Henry Hastings | Union | Brevet Major General | pre-war Governor of Minnesota |
File:DanielEdgarSickles.jpg | Sickles, Daniel Edgar | Union | Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:Franz Sigel.jpg | Sigel, Franz | Union | Major General | —
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File:Gen-Sill.jpg | Sill, Joshua W. | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Stone's River |
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Slack, James Richard | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Lieutenant-slemmer.jpg | Slemmer, Adam Jacoby | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Henry Warner Slocum.jpg | Slocum, Henry Warner | Union | Major General | —
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File:John potts slough.jpg | Slough, John P. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:AJSmith.jpg | Smith, Andrew Jackson | Union | Major General | —
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File:CFSmith.jpg | Smith, Charles Ferguson | Union | Major General | died of an infection in 1862 |
File:Giles Alexander Smith - Brady-Handy.jpg | Smith, Giles A. | Union | Major General | brother of Morgan L. Smith |
File:Green Clay Smith - Brady-Handy.jpg | Smith, Green Clay | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Montana Territory son of John Speed Smith |
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Smith, Gustavus A. | Union | —
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File:John E Smith.jpg | Smith, John Eugene | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:MLSmith.jpg | Smith, Morgan Lewis | Union | Brigadier General | brother of Giles A. Smith |
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Smith, Thomas Church Haskell | Union | —
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File:TKSmith.jpg | Smith, Thomas Kilby | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:WFSmith MGEN.JPG | Smith, William Farrar | Union | Major General | —
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File:William Sooy Smith.jpg | Smith, William Sooy | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:TASmyth.jpg | Smyth, Thomas Alfred | Union | Brigadier General | mortally wounded at the battle of Farmville |
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Spears, James Gallant | Union | —
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File:Francis Barreto Spinola.jpg | Spinola, Francis Barretto | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:John W Sprague.jpg | Sprague, John Wilson | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:Julius Stahel.jpg | Stahel, Julius | Union | Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:David Sloane Stanley head.jpg | Stanley, David Sloane | Union | Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:G J Stannard UA ACW.JPG | Stannard, George Jerrison | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:JohnConverseStarkweatherThu.jpg | Starkweather, John Converse | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:JBSteedmanMGenright.jpg | Steedman, James Blair | Union | Major General | —
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File:FSteele.jpg | Steele, Frederick | Union | Major General | —
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File:Isaacstevens.jpg | Stevens, Isaac Ingalls | Union | Major General | pre-war Governor of Washington Territory killed at the battle of Chantilly father of Hazard Stevens |
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Stevenson, John Dunlap | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Stevenson, Thomas Greely | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Spotsylvania |
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Stokes, James Hughes | Union | —
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Stolbrand, Carl Johan | Union | —
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File:C P Stone UA ACW.jpg | Stone, Charles Pomeroy | Union | Brigadier General | post war Lt. Gen. in the Egyptian Army |
File:General George Stoneman.jpg | Stoneman, George | Union | Major General | post war Governor of California |
File:Stoughton.jpg | Stoughton, Edwin H. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:GCStrong.jpg | Strong, George Crockett | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Fort Wagner |
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Strong, William Kerley | Union | —
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Stuart, David | Union | Brigadier General | appointment was negated by the Senate |
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Stumbaugh, Frederick Shearer | Union | —
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File:Samuel D. Sturgis - Brady-Handy.jpg | Sturgis, Samuel Davis | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Sullivan, Jeremiah Cutler | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:BG Alfred Sully.jpg | Sully, Alfred | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Edwin Vose Sumner.png | Sumner, Edwin Vose | Union | Major General | died of pneumonia in 1863 father of Samuel S. Sumner |
File:WSwayne.jpg | Swayne, Wager | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:TWSweeney.jpg | Sweeny, Thomas William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:GenGS.jpg | Sykes, George | Union | Major General | —
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File:GeneralGeorgeWTaylor.jpg | Taylor, George William | Union | Brigadier General | mortally wounded at the battle of Manassas Station |
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Taylor, Joseph Pannell | Union | Brigadier General | brother of Zachary Taylor uncle of Richard Taylor |
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Taylor, Nelson | Union | Brigadier General | appointment as brigadier general was withdrawn in 1863 |
File:WRTerrill.jpg | Terrill, William R. | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Perryville |
File:Gen Alfred Terry.jpg | Terry, Alfred Howe | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress |
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Terry, Henry Dwight | Union | —
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File:John Milton Thayer - Brady-Handy.jpg | Thayer, John Milton | Union | Brevet Major General | post war Governor of Wyoming Territory post war Governor of Nebraska |
File:George Henry Thomas - Brady-Handy.jpg | Thomas, George Henry | Union | Major General | received the Thanks of Congress |
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Thomas, Henry Goddard | Union | —
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File:GenLThomas.jpg | Thomas, Lorenzo | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:StephenThomas.jpg | Thomas, Stephen | Union | Brigadier General | Was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:CMThruston.jpg | Thruston, Charles Mynn | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Tibbits, William B. | Union | —
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Tillson, Davis | Union | —
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File:JBSTodd.jpg | Todd, John Blair Smith | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:A T A Torbert.jpg | Torbert, Alfred Thomas Archimedes | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Joseph Gilbert Totten.jpg | Totten, Joseph Gilbert | Union | Brevet Major General | died of pneumonia in 1864 |
File:ZBTower.jpg | Tower, Zealous Bates | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Turchin.jpg | Turchaninov, Ivan V. | Union | Brigadier General | a.k.a. John Basil Turchin |
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Turner, John Wesley | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:James M Tuttle.jpg | Tuttle, James Madison | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:GenDTyler.jpg | Tyler, Daniel | Union | Brigadier General | uncle of Robert O. Tyler |
File:Gen-ebtyler.jpg | Tyler, Erastus B. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Robert O Tyler.jpg | Tyler, Robert Ogden | Union | Brevet Major General | nephew of Daniel Tyler |
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Tyndale, Hector | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Ullmann, Daniel | Union | —
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Underwood, Adin Ballou | Union | —
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File:EmoryUpton.jpg | Upton, Emory | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:HoratioPVanCleve.jpg | Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Ferdinand Van Derveer.jpg | Van Derveer, Ferdinand | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:William Vandever - Brady-Handy.jpg | Vandever, William | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Stewart Van Vliet - Brady-Handy.jpg | Van Vliet, Stewart | Union | Major General | —
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File:VAN WYCK, Charles Henry.jpg | Van Wyck, Charles H. | Union | Brigadier general | —
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Veatch, James C. | Union | Brevet Major General of Volunteers | —
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File:Viele1v.JPG.jpg | Viele, Egbert Ludovicus | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Strong Vincent.jpg | Vincent, Strong | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Gettysburg |
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Vinton, Francis Laurens | Union | —
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File:Israel Vogdes.jpg | Vogdes, Israel | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Adolph von Steinwehr.JPG | Von Steinwehr, Adolph W. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Voris, Alvin Coe | Union | —
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Wade, Melancthon S. | Union | —
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File:JSWadsworth civ.JPG | Wadsworth, James S. | Union | Brevet Major General | killed at the battle of the Wilderness |
File:GeorgeDWagner.jpg | Wagner, George Day | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:C C Walcutt BGen ACW.jpg | Walcutt, Charles C. | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Lew Wallace - Brady-Handy.jpg | Wallace, Lewis | Union | Major General | post war Governor of New Mexico Territory |
File:WHL Wallace.jpg | Wallace, William Harvey Lamb | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Shiloh |
File:JHHWard-ACWstanding.jpg | Ward, John Henry Hobart | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Ward, William Thomas | Union | —
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Warner, James M. | Union | —
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Warren, Fitz-Henry | Union | —
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File:GKWarren.jpg | Warren, Gouverneur Kemble | Union | Major General | —
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File:Cadwallader Colden Washburn.jpg | Washburn, Cadwallader Colden | Union | Major General | post war Governor of Wisconsin; co-founder of what eventually became General Mills |
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Watkins, Louis Douglass | Union | —
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File:Alexander S. Webb.jpg | Webb, Alexander S. | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
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Weber, Max | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Webster, Joseph Dana | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Stephen Weed.jpg | Weed, Stephen Hinsdale | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Gettysburg |
File:Godfrey Weitzel - Brady-Handy.jpg | Weitzel, Godfrey | Union | Major General | built ship locks at Falls of the Ohio and Sault Saint Marie |
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Wells, William | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:ColThosWelsh.jpg | Welsh, Thomas | Union | Brigadier General | succumbed to malaria in 1863 |
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Wessells, Henry Walton | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Joseph R. West - cwpbh 03614.jpg | West, Joseph R. | Union | Brigadier General | post war U.S. Senator from Louisiana |
File:FrankWheaton.jpg | Wheaton, Frank | Union | Major General | son-in-law of Samuel Cooper, C.S.A. |
File:Amiel Weeks Whipple.jpg | Whipple, Amiel Weeks | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Chancellorsville |
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Whipple, William Denison | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:WCWhitakerACWseatedclose.jpg | Whitaker, Walter Chiles | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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White, Julius | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:Brig General Edward A. Wild.png | Wild, Edward A. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Orlando B. Willcox - Brady-Handy.jpg | Willcox, Orlando Bolivar | Union | Major General | appointment as Maj. Gen. was withdrawn and later reappointed as Brevet Maj. Gen. |
File:Alpheus S. Williams.jpg | Williams, Alpheus Starkey | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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Williams, David Henry | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Williams, Nelson Grosvenor | Union | Brigadier General | appointment as brigadier general was negated by the Senate |
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Williams, Seth | Union | Brigadier General | —
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Williams, Thomas | Union | Brigadier General | killed at the battle of Baton Rouge |
File:James Alexander Williamson.jpg | Williamson, James Alexander | Union | Brevet Major General | was a Medal of Honor recipient |
File:August Willich.jpg | Willich, August | Union | Brevet Major General | —
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File:James Wilson (soldier).jpg | Wilson, James H. | Union | Major General | —
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File:I J Wistar BGEN UA ACW.JPG | Wistar, Isaac J. | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:Thomas J Wood.jpg | Wood, Thomas J. | Union | Major General | —
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File:DanielPhineasWoodbury.jpg | Woodbury, Daniel Phineas | Union | Brevet Major General | promoted posthumously |
File:CRWoodsBrigGen.jpg | Woods, Charles Robert | Union | Brevet Major General | brother of William B. Woods |
File:William Burnham Woods (engraving).jpg | Woods, William Burnham | Union | Brigadier General | brother of Charles R. Woods |
File:John E. Wool.jpg | Wool, John Ellis | Union | Major General | oldest officer to exercise active command during the war |
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Wright, George | Union | Brigadier General | —
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File:HGWright.jpg | Wright, Horatio Gouverneur | Union | Major General | —
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Adams, William Wirt | Confederate | —
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Alcorn, James Lusk | Confederate | —
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Alexander, Edward Porter | Confederate | —
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Allen, Henry Watkins | Confederate | —
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Allen, William W. | Confederate | —
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Anderson, Charles David | Confederate | —
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Anderson, George Burgwyn | Confederate | —
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Anderson, George T. | Confederate | —
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Anderson, James Patton | Confederate | —
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Anderson, Joseph R. | Confederate | —
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Anderson, Richard Heron | Confederate | —
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Anderson, Robert H. | Confederate | —
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Anderson, Samuel Read | Confederate | —
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Archer, James J. | Confederate | —
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Armistead, Lewis Addison | Confederate | —
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Armstrong, Frank Crawford | Confederate | —
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Ashby, Turner | Confederate | —
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Daniel, Junius | Confederate | —
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Davidson, Henry B. | Confederate | —
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Davis, Joseph R. | Confederate | —
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Davis, William G.M. | Confederate | —
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Dearing, James | Confederate | —
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Deas, Zachariah Cantey | Confederate | —
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De Lagnel, Julius A. | Confederate | —
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Deshler, James | Confederate | —
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Dibrell, George Gibbs | Confederate | —
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Dockery, Thomas P. | Confederate | —
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Doles, George Pierce | Confederate | —
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Donelson, Daniel Smith | Confederate | —
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Drayton, Thomas F. | Confederate | —
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Du Bose, Dudley M. | Confederate | —
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Duke, Basil W. | Confederate | —
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Duncan, Johnson K. | Confederate | —
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Dunovant, John | Confederate | —
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Early, Jubal Anderson | Confederate | —
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Echols, John | Confederate | —
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Ector, Mathew D. | Confederate | —
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Elliott, Stephen Jr. | Confederate | —
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Elzey, Arnold | Confederate | —
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Evans, Clement A. | Confederate | —
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Evans, Nathan G. | Confederate | —
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Ewell, Richard Stoddert | Confederate | —
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Fagan, James F. | Confederate | —
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Featherston, Winfield Scott | Confederate | —
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Ferguson, Samuel W. | Confederate | —
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Field, Charles W. | Confederate | —
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Finegan, Joseph | Confederate | —
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Finley, Jesse Johnson | Confederate | —
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Fiser, John Calvin | Confederate | —
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Floyd, John Buchanan | Confederate | —
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Forney, John H. | Confederate | —
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Forney, William Henry | Confederate | —
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Forrest, Nathan Bedford | Confederate | —
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Frazer, John W. | Confederate | —
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French, Samuel Gibbs | Confederate | —
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Frost, Daniel M. | Confederate | —
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Fry, Birkett Davenport | Confederate | —
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Gano, Richard Montgomery | Confederate | —
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Gardner, Franklin | Confederate | —
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Gardner, William M. | Confederate | —
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Garland, Samuel Jr. | Confederate | —
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Garnett, Richard B. | Confederate | —
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Garnett, Robert S. | Confederate | —
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Garrott, Isham Warren | Confederate | —
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Gartrell, Lucius Jeremiah | Confederate | —
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Gary, Martin Witherspoon | Confederate | —
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Gatlin, Richard C. | Confederate | —
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Gholson, Samuel J. | Confederate | —
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Gibson, Randall Lee | Confederate | —
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Gilmer, Jeremy Francis | Confederate | —
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Girardey, Victor J. B. | Confederate | —
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Gist, States Rights | Confederate | —
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Gladden, Adley H. | Confederate | —
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Godwin, Archibald C. | Confederate | —
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Goggin, James M. | Confederate | —
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Gordon, John Brown | Confederate | —
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Gorgas, Josiah | Confederate | —
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Govan, Daniel C. | Confederate | —
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Gracie, Archibald Jr. | Confederate | —
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Granbury, Hiram B. | Confederate | —
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Gray, Henry | Confederate | —
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Grayson, John B. | Confederate | —
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Green, Martin E. | Confederate | —
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Green, Thomas | Confederate | —
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Greer, Elkanah | Confederate | —
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Gregg, John | Confederate | —
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Gregg, Maxcy | Confederate | —
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Griffith, Richard | Confederate | —
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Grimes, Bryan | Confederate | —
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File:John D. Imboden.jpg | Imboden, John Daniel | Confederate | Brigadier General | —
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File:AlfredIverson.jpg | Iverson, Alfred Jr. | Confederate | Brigadier General | —
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Jackson, Alfred E. | Confederate | —
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Jackson, Henry R. | Confederate | —
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Jackson, John K. | Confederate | —
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Jackson, Thomas Jonathan | Confederate | —
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Jackson, William Hicks | Confederate | —
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Jackson, William Lowther | Confederate | —
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Jenkins, Albert Gallatin | Confederate | —
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Jenkins, Micah | Confederate | —
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Johnson, Adam Rankin | Confederate | —
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Johnson, Bradley Tyler | Confederate | —
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Johnson, Bushrod Rust | Confederate | —
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Johnson, Edward | Confederate | —
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Johnston, Albert Sidney | Confederate | —
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Johnston, George Doherty | Confederate | —
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Johnston, Joseph E. | Confederate | —
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Johnston, Robert D. | Confederate | —
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Jones, David Rumph | Confederate | —
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Jones, John Marshall | Confederate | —
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Jones, John R. | Confederate | —
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Jones, Samuel | Confederate | —
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Jones, William E. | Confederate | —
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Jordan, Thomas | Confederate | —
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Kemper, James Lawson | Confederate | —
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Kennedy, John Doby | Confederate | —
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Kershaw, Joseph Brevard | Confederate | —
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Kirkland, William W. | Confederate | —
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File:Allison-nelson.png | Nelson, Allison | Confederate | brigadier general | —
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File:Francis T. Nicholls.jpg | Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou | Confederate | brigadier general | —
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Northrop, Lucius B. | Confederate | —
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File:EAO'Neal.jpg | O'Neal, Edward Asbury | Confederate | brigadier general | —
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File:WAQuarles.jpg | Quarles, William Andrew | Confederate | Brigadier General | —
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Rains, James Edward | Confederate | —
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Ramseur, Stephen Dodson | Confederate | —
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Randolph, George Wythe | Confederate | —
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Ransom, Matt Whitaker | Confederate | —
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Ransom, Robert Jr. | Confederate | —
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Reynolds, Alexander Welch | Confederate | —
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Reynolds, Daniel H. | Confederate | —
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Richardson, Robert Vinkler | Confederate | —
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Ripley, Roswell Sabine | Confederate | —
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Roane, John Selden | Confederate | —
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Roberts, William Paul | Confederate | —
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Robertson, Beverly Holcombe | Confederate | —
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Robertson, Felix Huston | Confederate | —
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Robertson, Jerome Bonaparte | Confederate | —
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Roddey, Philip D. | Confederate | —
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Rodes, Robert E. | Confederate | —
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Ross, Lawrence Sullivan | Confederate | —
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Rosser, Thomas L. | Confederate | —
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Ruggles, Daniel | Confederate | —
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Rust, Albert | Confederate | —
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Tappan, James C. | Confederate | —
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Taylor, Richard | Confederate | —
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Taylor, Thomas H. | Confederate | —
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Terrill, James Barbour | Confederate | —
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Terry, William | Confederate | —
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Terry, William R. | Confederate | —
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Thomas, Allen | Confederate | —
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Thomas, Bryan Morel | Confederate | —
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Thomas, Edward Lloyd | Confederate | —
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Tilghman, Lloyd | Confederate | —
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Toombs, Robert A. | Confederate | —
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Toon, Thomas F. | Confederate | —
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Tracy, Edward D. | Confederate | —
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Trapier, James H. | Confederate | —
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Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway | Confederate | —
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Tucker, William F. | Confederate | —
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Twiggs, David Emanuel | Confederate | —
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Tyler, Robert C. | Confederate | —
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File:Robert B. Vance.jpg | Vance, Robert Brank | Confederate | Brigadier General | —
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File:ConfederateGeneralEarlVanDorn.jpg | Van Dorn, Earl | Confederate | Major General | —
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File:A J Vaughan, Jr. CSA ACW.jpg | Vaughan, Alfred Jefferson Jr. | Confederate | Brigadier General | —
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File:PMBYoung.jpg | Young, Pierce Manning Butler | Confederate | Major General | —
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See also[]
- General officers in the Confederate States Army
- General officers in the United States
References[]
- Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
- Citations
- ↑ Frank J. Williams, "Doing Less and Doing More: The President and the Proclamation—Legally, Militarily and Politically," in Harold Holzer, ed. The Emancipation Proclamation (2006) pp 74–5.
- ↑ Howard Jones, Abraham Lincoln and a New Birth of Freedom: The Union and Slavery in the Diplomacy of the Civil War (1999) p. 154
- ↑ Eicher p.39
- ↑ Eicher p.776
- ↑ Eicher p.776
- ↑ Eicher p.592
- ↑ Eicher p.446
- References
- American Civil War Generals, accessed February 18, 2008
- Brevet Union Generals of the Civil War, accessed February 18, 2008
- Confederate Generals from West Point, accessed February 18, 2008
- The Brevet Generals of the American Civil War, accessed from Archive.org, April 9, 2009
- The Generals of the American Civil War, accessed from Archive.org, April 9, 2009
- Union Generals from West Point, accessed February 18, 2008
- US Civil War Generals, accessed April 15, 2007
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