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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.
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MAJOR-GENERALS, IN ORDER OF RANK—Continued
  Name. State. To Whom to Report. Appoint. Rank. Confirm. Accept.
32 S. G. French Mississippi Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith Oct. 22, 1862. Aug. 31, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia, with defensive line from the mouth of the Appomattox to Cape Fear river.
33 C. L. Stevenson Virginia Lt. Gen. E. K. Smith Oct. 13, 1862. Oct. 10, 1862. Oct. 13, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Division composed of the brigades of Brown, Cumming, Pettus and Reynolds, and the light batteries of Anderson, Rowan, Corput and Carne; at another time, of the brigades of Pettus, Palmer and Cumming.
34 George B. Pickett Virginia Gen. R. E. Lee Oct. 11, 1862. Oct. 10, 1862. Oct. 11, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding Department of North Carolina in 1864; commanded division in Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Garnett, Armistead, Kemper and Jenkins, to which Corse's brigade was subsequently added.
35 John B. Hood Texas Gen. R. E. Lee Oct. 11, 1862. Oct. 10, 1862. Oct. 11, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General September 20, 1863; General with temporary rank, July 18, 1864; division composed of the brigades of Robertson, Law, Benning and Jenkins; at the Battle of Fredericksburg, division composed of the brigades of Law, Toombs, Robertson and Anderson.
36 D. R. Jones Georgia Gen. R. E. Lee Oct. 11, 1862. Oct. 11, 1862. Oct. 11, 1862.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding division, Longstreet's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Toombs, Anderson, Drayton, Kemper, Garnett and Jenkins.
37 John H. Forney Alabama  . . . . .  Oct. 27, 1862. Oct. 27, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Division consisted at first of Hebert's and Moore's brigades, and, subsequently, of the brigades of King, Waterhouse, Waul and McLain; at another time General Forney commanded a division composed of the brigades of Cockrell and Green, Army of the Mississippi.
38 Dabney H. Maury Virginia Lt. Gen. Pemberton Nov.   4, 1862. Nov.   4, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding Department of the Gulf; previously in command of the Third division, Army of the West.
39 M. L. Smith Florida Lt. Gen. Pemberton Nov.   4, 1862. Nov.   4, 1862. Apl. 30, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: In command of the Second District Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana.
40 John G. Walker Missouri Lt. Gen. T. H. Holmes Nov.   4, 1862. Nov.   4, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Division composed of Hawes', McCulloch's and Randall's brigades.
41 Arnold Eizey Maryland Maj. Gen. G. W. Smith Dec.   4, 1862. Dec.   4, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding brigade, Army of Northern Virginia; also in command of the Department of Richmond, Virginia.
42 Frank Gardner Louisiana Lt. Gen. Pemberton Dec. 20, 1862. Dec. 20, 1862. June 10, 1864.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: In command at Mobile, Alabama, &c., &c.
43 Patrick R. Cleburne Arkansas Gen. J. E. Johnston Dec. 20, 1862. Dec. 20, 1862. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Killed at the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee; division composed of the brigades of Polk, Wood and Deshler, and the light batteries of Calvert, Semple and Douglass; division afterwards composed of the brigades of Polk, Lowry, Govan and Granberry, and again of the brigades of Wood, Johnson, Liddell and Polk; Army of Tennessee.
44 Isaac R. Trimble Maryland Gen. R. E. Lee Apl. 23, 1863. Jan. 17, 1863. Apl. 23, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanded Stonewall Jackson's old division, of the Second corps, Army of Northern Virginia; at the Battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Colston, Paxton, Nicholls and Jones.
45 D. S. Donelson Tennessee Gen. J. E. Johnston Apl. 22, 1863. Jan. 17, 1863. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Died April 17, 1863; in command of the First division of the right wing of the Army of the Mississippi, composed of the brigades of Savage, Stewart and Maney.
46 Jubal A. Early Virginia Gen. R. E. Lee Apl. 23, 1863. Jan. 17, 1863. Apl. 23, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General May 31, 1864; division composed of Early's, Hays', Lawton's and Trimble's brigades; at the Battle of Chancellorsville, division composed of the brigades of Hays, Gordon, Hoke and Smith, Army of Northern Virginia.
47 Joseph Wheeler Georgia Gen. Command'g
Army of Tenn.
Feb.   4, 1864. Jan. 20, 1864. Feb.   4, 1864.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Promoted Lieutenant-General February 28, 1865; commanding cavalry in Tennessee, consisting of the divisions of Wharton. Martin and Kelly, and the brigades of Roddy and Morgan.
48 W. H. C. Whiting Mississippi Lt. Gen. Longstreet Apl. 22, 1863. Feb. 28, 1863. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding at Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1864; division composed of the brigades of Hood and Law, and the light batteries of Reilly and Balthis.
49 Edward Johnson Virginia Gen. R. E. Lee Apl. 22, 1863. Feb. 28, 1863. Apl. 22, 1863.  . . . . . 
 
Remarks: Commanding division of Ewell's corps, Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the brigades of Walker, Steuart and J. M. Jones.