Transcript War Service - Teaching American History -TAH2

American Civil War Generals
1861-1868
Confederate States of America
C.S.A.
General Robert E. Lee
West Point, 1829
War Service
1861 commander in chief of forces of Virginia
May 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate army,
commanded forces in West Virginia, examined
coastal defenses
August 1861 full General, military adviser to
President Davis, took over command of ANV after
J E Johnston was wounded, commanded ANV
until the surrender at Appomattox
 1865 he was made General in Chief of the
Armies of the Confederate States.
The greatest general.
The greatest leader of men.
General Pierre G.T. Beauregard
West Point, 1838
War Service
March 1861 Brig. Gen. in Confederate
Provisional Army, Fort Sumter, First
Manassas
July 1861 General, Shiloh - commanded
Army of Tennessee after A S Johnston killed,
Corinth, superseded by Bragg while on sick
leave, defense of South Carolina and
Georgia, commanded defenses south of
Richmond
Second in command to Johnston in
Carolinas campaign.
General Braxton Bragg
West Point, 1837
Considered the worst general in CW.
Only friend is Jefferson Davis.
Own men tried to kill him by putting a bomb
under his bed.
War Service
March 1861 Brig. Gen. of Confederate Provisional
Army, Pensacola-Mobile coast.
September 1861 Maj. Gen., commanded II Corps at
Shiloh, Corinth.
April 1862 General, commanded the Army of
Tennessee, Perryville, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, resigned his command, chief of staff
to President Davis, commanded a division of the Army
of Tennessee in Carolinas campaign, Bentonville.
General Simon Bolivar Buckner
West Point, 1844
War Service
1861- refused commission in Union army.
 September 1861- Brig. Gen., Fort Donelson,
exchanged after 6 months.
August 1862- Maj. Gen., commanded 3rd
Divn at Perryville, coastal defenses in the Gulf,
command of the Dept. of East Tennessee,
commanded a Corps at Chickamauga.
 September 1864- Lt. Gen. in TransMississippi as Kirby Smith's chief of staff.
General Jubal Early
Wrote Ben Hur.
West Point, 1837
War Service
1861- Col. of state forces.
May 1861- Col. of 24th Virginia, Blackburn's Ford,
First Manassas.
July 1861- Brig. Gen., commanded Early’s Bde/D H
Hill's Divn in the Peninsula campaign, Williamsburg
(w), commanded Elzey's Bde/Ewell’s Divn at Malvern
Hill, Cedar Mountain, Second Manassas, Sharpsburg,
commanded Ewell’s Divn/II Corps at Fredericksburg.
January 1863- Maj. Gen., Chancellorsville,
commanded Early’s Divn/II Corps at Gettysburg,
Wilderness.
May 1864 - Lt. Gen., Cold Harbor, Monocacy, burnt
Chambersburg PA, Fisher's Hill, Winchester, Cedar
Creek, Waynesborough.
General Nathan Bedford Forrest
Pre-War Profession: Planter, slave dealer
One of best Cavalry Man in the entire
CW.
War Service
1861- Pvt. in Confederate army, raised 7th
Tennessee Cavalry, Lt. Col., Fort Donelson, Col.
of 3rd Tennessee Cavalry, Shiloh.
July 1862- Brig. Gen., raided communications in
Tennessee, Chickamauga.
December 1863- Maj. Gen., given independent
command, Fort Pillow, Brice's Cross Roads,
commanded cavalry in Hood's Franklin and
Nashville campaign.
February 1865 - Lt. Gen., Selma.
General Ambrose P. Hill
War Service
West Point, 1847
May 1861- Col. of 13th Virginia.
February 1862- Brig. Gen., commanded 1st
Bde/Longstreet’s Divn at Williamsburg.
May 1862- Maj. Gen., commanded Hill’s
Light Division in Longstreet’s Command at
Seven Days, Cedar Mountain, Second
Manassas, Sharpsburg, commanded Hill’s Light
Divn/II Corps at Chancellorsville.
May 1863 - Lt. Gen., commanded III Corps at
Gettysburg, Bristoe Station, Wilderness, North
Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, killed while
rallying his troops after their line had been
broken.
General John Bell Hood
“Old Wooden Head”
West Point, 1853
War Service
1861- 1st Lt. of cavalry, recruitment duty,
Yorktown.
 May 1862 - Brig. Gen. in command of the Texas
Brigade, served under G W Smith in the Peninsula
campaign, commanded Hood’s Bde/Whiting's Divn at
Seven Days, commanded Hood’s Bde/Evans' Divn at
Second Manassas, Sharpsburg.
October 1862 - Maj. Gen., commanded Hood’s
Divn/Longstreet's Corps, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg ,
Chickamauga, leg amputated.
February 1864 - Lt. Gen., commanded Hood’s
Corps in Atlanta campaign, schemed to replace
Johnston, ordered to replace Johnston at Atlanta with
temporary rank of General, Jonesboro, Franklin,
Nashville.
 January 1865 - relieved at his own request.
General Thomas J.(Stonewall) Jackson
West Point 1846
War Service
1861- Maj. in Virginia militia, Col. of
Confederate infantry, Harper's Ferry.
June 1861- Brig. Gen., commanded 1st Army
of the Shenandoah at First Manassas.
October 1861- Maj. Gen., Shenandoah Valley
campaign - fought brilliantly, Seven Days fought poorly at times probably due to
exhaustion, Groveton, commanded the Left
Wing at Second Manassas, led Jackson’s
Command in Sharpsburg campaign, Harper's
Ferry, Sharpsburg.
October 1862 - Lt. Gen., commanded II
Corps at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville.
General Albert Sidney Johnston
West Point, 1826
War Service
August 1861- full General in
command of Confederate Dept No 2,
had insufficient troops to hold a very
large area, concentrated his army at
Corinth, Shiloh.
A close friend of President
Davis.
 It's thought that as a result of an
old injury, he had loss of feeling in
his leg and this contributed to his
bleeding to death at Shiloh.
General Joseph E. Johnston
West Point, 1829
War Service
1861- Maj. Gen. of Virginia troops.
May 1861- Brig. Gen. in Confederate army.
July 1861- General, commanded forces
around Harper's Ferry, commanded Army of the
Shenandoah, First Manassas.
March 1862 - commanded ANV, Peninsula
campaign, Seven Pines - command passed to R.
E. Lee, commanded Department of the West,
Vicksburg campaign, commanded the Army of
Tennessee, Atlanta campaign.
July 1864 -relieved of command at Atlanta.
February 1865 restored to command,
Carolinas campaign, Bentonville, surrendered to
Sherman.
General James Longstreet
West Point, 1842
War Service
June 1861- Brig. Gen., First Manassas.
October 1861- Maj. Gen. in command of a
division, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Seven Days,
Second Manassas campaign, Corps command at
Sharpsburg.
October 1862 -Lt. Gen. in command of I Corps
of ANV, Fredericksburg, Suffolk campaign,
Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Knoxville,
Wilderness, defense of Richmond, Appomattox.
General John C. Pemberton
West Point, 1837
War Service
June 1861- Brig. Gen., commanded the Dept
of South Carolina Georgia and Florida.
January 1862- Maj. Gen.
October 1862- Lt. Gen., commanded Dept of
Mississippi and East Louisiana, became
besieged in Vicksburg, no further duty at his
rank was available.
May 1864 - resigned commission, appointed
Col. of artillery.
General J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart
West Point, 1854
One of best Cavalry men in CW.
War Service
May 1861- Lt. Col. in Virginia infantry.
May 1861- Col. of 1st Virginia Cavalry, First
Manassas, September 1861- Brig. Gen., Peninsula
campaign, rode around McClellan's army, Seven Days.
July 1862 Maj. Gen., command of all cavalry in ANV,
Second Manassas campaign, Catlett's Station, Groveton,
Sharpsburg campaign, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville
campaign, temporarily commanded II Corps at
Chancellorsville, Brandy Station, Gettysburg campaign,
Gettysburg, Yellow Tavern.
Union Generals
U.S.A.
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
"Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can,
and strike him as hard as you can. And keep moving on!"
War Service
West Point, 1843
1861 commanded a camp of instruction.
June 1861- Col. of 21st Illinois.
May 1861- appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, Belmont, Fts Henry and Donelson.
February 1862 - promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers, commanded Army of the Tennessee,
Shiloh, Vicksburg campaign
July 1863 -promoted Maj. Gen. in Regular
Army, Chattanooga campaign.
 March 1864 Lt. Gen. and general-in-chief,
Overland campaign.
General Don Carlos Buell
West Point, 1841
War Service
May 1861- appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
organization and training duty with Army of the
Potomac, led the Army of the Ohio into
Tennessee, Shiloh, advance on Corinth.
March 1862- promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers,
resisted Confederate invasion of Kentucky,
Perryville, relieved of command, investigated by a
military commission, spent a year awaiting orders.
 June 1864- resigned.
General Ambrose E. Burnside
West Point, 1847
War Service
1861- organized 1st Rhode Island - Col.,
commanded a brigade at First Bull Run.
August 1861- appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, led expeditions against the North
Carolina coast, New Berne.
March 1862 - promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers, commanded Left Wing at Antietam.
November 1862 -ordered to command Army of
the Potomac, Fredericksburg, commanded Dept.
of the Ohio, Knoxville, commanded IX corps at
Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, Crater,
relieved of command.
 April 1865- resigned.
Look…
Sideburns!
General Benjamin F. Butler
Pre-War Profession Teacher, lawyer,
politician
War Service
April 1861 - Brig. Gen. of Massachusetts
militia, lifted the blockade of Washington.
May 1861- appointed Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers, Big Bethel, Hatteras Inlet, New
Orleans, military governor, removed
December 1862.
1863 -Commanded Army of the James,
Bermuda Hundred, sent home to await orders,
unsuccessful North Carolina expedition
Admiral David G. Farragut
“Damn the Torpedoes Full Speed Ahead!”
First American to become full Admiral.
War Service
1862 - first great success as a commander
came with the capture of New Orleans.
1864 - captured the defenses at Mobile,
Alabama. During the Mobile Bay battle, one of
Farragut's lead ships struck a mine -- then called
a torpedo -- and sank, causing confusion among
Union sailors. To rally them to order, Farragut
shouted to his flag captain, "Damn the
torpedoes!
Benjamin Grierson
Pre-War Profession:
Music teacher, storekeeper
War Service
October 1861 - Maj. in 6th Illinois Cavalry.
April 1862 - Col., served in Tennessee and
Mississippi, pursued Van Dorn after the Holly
Springs raid, led an eponymous raid through
Tennessee and Mississippi, June 1863
appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded a division and the cavalry in the
Army of the Mississippi, Mobile.
May 1865 promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers.
General Henry W. Halleck
West Point, 1839
War Service
August 1861- Maj. Gen. in Regular Army
relieved Fremont as commander of the Dept of
the Missouri, expanded to the Dept of the
Mississippi, advance on Corinth.
1862 - General in chief, became chief of
staff when Grant became General in chief.
General Joseph Hooker
“Fightn’ Joe”
West Point, 1837
Hooker’s Brigade – Interest fact.
War Service
May 1861- appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, served
in Washington defenses, commanded 2nd Divn/III Corps
in Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, Second Manassas.
May 1862- promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded I Corps at South Mountain, Antietam,
commanded Center Grand Divn at Fredericksburg,
commanded Army of the Potomac at Chancellorsville,
relieved of command before Gettysburg at his own
request when he didn't receive the reinforcements that he
asked for, commanded XI and XII Corps in the West,
commanded XX Corps at Lookout Mountain, Atlanta
campaign, requested to be relieved when he didn't get
the command of the Army of the Tennessee after
McPherson's death, had no more field command.
General Irvin McDowell
West Point, 1838
War Service
May 1861- promoted Brig. Gen. of
Regular Army, commanded Union
forces at First Bull Run.
March 1862- appointed Maj. Gen.
of Volunteers, defences of
Washington, commanded III Corps at
Second Bull Run, commanded Dept
of the Pacific.
General George B. McLellan
West Point, 1846
War Service
April 1861 -Maj. Gen. of Ohio volunteers,
commanded Dept of the Ohio, Rich Mountain,
Corrick's Ford.
May 1861 -Maj. Gen. in Regular Army,
commanded Army of the Potomac.
Appointed general-in-chief November 1861,
Peninsula campaign, Seven Days, his army was
given by Lincoln to Pope, returned after Second
Bull Run, Antietam campaign, relieved of active
duty.
1864 - unsuccessful Democratic presidential
candidate.
General George G. Meade
West Point, 1835
War Service
August 1861- appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, Washington defences, commanded
2nd Bde/3rd Divn/V Corps in Seven Days,
Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mill, Glendale,
commanded 1st Pennsylvania Reserves/III Corps
at Second Bull Run, commanded 3rd Divn/III
Corps at Antietam, Falmouth.
 November 1862- promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers, Fredericksburg, commanded V Corps
at Chancellorsville, commanded Army of the
Potomac from Gettysburg onwards.
July 1863 - Brig. Gen. in Regular Army,
August 1864 Maj. Gen. in regular Army, Bristoe
Station, Mine Run, served under Grant as
commander of the Army of the Potomac from the
Wilderness until Appomattox.
General William S. Rosecrans
“Rosy”
West Point, 1842
War Service
April 1861 - Col. of Engineers on McClellan's
staff, June 1861 Col. in 23rd Ohio Infantry, May
1861 Brig. Gen. in Regular Army, commanded a
brigade at Rich Mountain.
May 1862 - directed left wing of Army of the
Mississippi at Corinth, commanded Army of the
Mississippi, Iuka, Corinth.
March 1862 - promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers.
October 1862 - appointed to command of Army
of the Cumberland, Murfeesboro, defeated at
Chickamauga, replaced by Grant at Chattanooga
in October 1863.
1864 - commanded Department of Missouri
until war's end.
General Winfield Scott
"Old Fuss and Feathers"
Pre-War Profession Fought in
every war from 1812, commander
in chief of the Army.
War Service
1861- Maj. Gen. (since 1841),
Union commander in chief,
conceived the "Anaconda Plan",
retired October 1861 after
McClellan was made commander
of the Army of the Potomac.
General John Sedgwick
“These men cannot shoot the broad side of an elephant.”
West Point 1837
War Service
 1861- Col. of 1st US Cavalry.
August 1861 - appointed Brig. Gen. of
Volunteers, defenses of Washington,
commanded 2nd Divn/II Corps in Peninsula
campaign, Glendale (w).
July 1862 - promoted Maj. Gen. of
Volunteers, Antietam (w), commanded II
Corps, commanded IX Corps, commanded VI
Corps at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg,
Rappahannock Bridge, Mine Run, Wilderness,
Spotsylvania (k).
General Philip Sheridan
West Point, 1853 (after one year's
suspension for chasing a cadet officer with a
bayonet)
War Service
1861- Capt. in 13th US Infantry, quartermaster for Halleck's
force at Corinth, Col. of 2nd Michigan Cavalry, Booneville.
July 1862 - appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers, commanded
11th Divn/Army of the Ohio at Perryville, commanded 3rd
Divn/XVI Corps at Stone's River.
December 1862 - promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded 3rd Divn/XX Corps at Chickamauga, commanded
2nd Divn/IV Corps at Missionary Ridge, commanded Cavalry of
Army of the Potomac in Overland campaign, Richmond raid,
Yellow Tavern, conducted the Shenandoah Valley campaign,
Third Winchester.
September 1864 - promoted Brig. Gen. in Regular Army,
Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek.
November 1864 - promoted Maj. Gen. in Regular Army,
Appomattox campaign, Five Forks.
General William Tecumseh Sherman
West Point, 1840
"War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it.
The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over"
War Service
May 1861- Col. of 13th US Infantry.
May 1861- appointed Brig. Gen. of Volunteers,
commanded a brigade at First Bull Run, served in
Kentucky but was relieved because of instability,
commanded Dist of Cairo, commanded 5th
Divn/Army of the Tennessee at Shiloh.
May 1862- promoted Maj. Gen. of Volunteers,
Chickasaw Bluffs, Arkansas Post, commanded
XV Corps in Vicksburg campaign.
July 1863 - promoted Brig. Gen. Regular
Army, Missionary Ridge, commanded Divn of the
Mississippi, Red River campaign, Meridian
campaign, Atlanta campaign.
August 1864 - promoted Maj. Gen. in Regular
Army, March to the Sea, Carolinas campaign.