BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM WIRT ADAMS   
           Born March 22, 1819 in Fairview, Kentucky
           Died March 1, 1888 in Jackson, Mississippi
           Organized the 1st Mississippi Cavalry





BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM EDWIN BALDWIN
           Born July 28, 1827 in Statesburg, SC
           Died February 19, 1864 in Dog River Factory, AL
           Enlisted in the Columbus Riflemen




BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM BARKSDALE
           Born August 21, 1821 in Smyrna, Tennessee
           Died July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
           Enlisted in the 13th MIssissippi



BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL BENTON
           Born October 18, 1820 in Williamson County, Tennessee
           Died July 28, 1864 in Griffin, Georgia
           Enlisted in the 9th Mississippi



BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LINDSAY BRANDON
           Born c. 1801 in Adams County, Mississippi
           Died October 8, 1890 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 21st Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM FELIX BRANTLEY
           Born March 12, 1830 in Green County, Alabama
           Died November 2, 1870 in Winona, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 15th and, later, the 29th Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES RONALD CHALMERS
           Born January 11, 1831 in Halifax  County, Virginia
           Died April 9, 1898 in Memphis, Tennessee
           Enlisted in the 9th Mississippi




MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES CLARK
           Born May 24, 1811 in Lebanon, Ohio
           Died December 18, 1877 in Bolivar County, Mississippi
           Served as Major General of the Mississippi Troops
           Governor of Mississippi



BRIGADIER GENERAL DOUGLAS HANCOCK COOPER
           Born November 1, 1815 in Amite County, Mississippi
           Died April 29, 1879 in Bryan  County, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 1st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles




BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH ROBERT DAVIS
           Born January 12, 1825 in Woodville, Mississippi
           Died September 15, 1896 in Biloxi, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 10th Mississippi
           Nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis



BRIGADIER GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT FEATHERSTON
           Born August 8, 1820 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee
           Died May 28, 1891 in Holly Springs, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 17th Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL WRAGG FERGUSON
           Born November 3, 1834 in Charleston, South Carolina
           Died February 3, 1917 in Jackson, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 28th Mississippi Cavalry




MAJOR GENERAL SAMUEL GIBBS FRENCH
          Born November 22, 1818 in Gloucester County, New Jersey
           Died April 20, 1910 in Florala, Florida
           Chief of Ordnance in Mississippi





BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL JAMESON GHOLSON
           Born May 19, 1808 in Madison County, Kentucky
           Died October 16, 1883 in Aberdeen, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 14th Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL HIRAM BRONSON GRANBURY
           Born March 1, 1831 in Copiah County, Mississippi
           Died November 30, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee
           Enlisted in Texas




BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY GRAY
           Born January 19, 1816 in Laurens District, South Carolina
           Died December 11, 1892 in Coushatta, Louisiana
           Joined as a private in Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD GRIFFITH
           Born January 11, 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
           Died June 29, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia
           Enlisted in the 12th Mississippi



BRIGADIER GENERAL NATHANIEL HARRISON HARRIS
           Born August 22, 1834 in Natchez, Mississippi
           Died August 23, 1900 in Malvern England
           Organized the Warren Rifles (later the 19th Mississippi)




BRIGADIER GENERAL BENJAMIN GRUBB HUMPHREYS
           Born August 24/26, 1808 in Claiborne County, MIssissippi
           Died December 20, 1882 in Leflore County, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 21st Mississippi
           Governor of Mississippi



MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN DILL LEE
           Born September 22, 1833 in  Charleston, South Carolina
           Died May 28, 1908 in Vicksburg, Mississippi
           Served as a member of the Staff of General P.G.T. Beauregard




BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK PERRIN LOWREY
           Born December 30, 1828 in McNairy County, Tennessee
           Died February 27, 1885 in Middleston, Tennessee
           Enlisted in the 32nd Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT LOWRY
           Born March 10, 1830 in Chesterfield District, South Carolina
           Died January 19, 1910 in Jackson, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 6th Mississippi
           Governor of Mississippi



BRIGADIER GENERAL CARNOT POSEY
           Born August 5, 1818 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi
           Died November 13, 1863 in Charlottesville, Virginia
           Enlisted in the Wilkinson Rifles




BRIGADIER GENERAL PHILIP DALE RODDEY
           Born April 2, 1826 in Moulton, AL
           Died July 20, 1897 in London, England
           Organized the Tishomingo Rangers





BRIGADIER GENERAL CLAUDIUS WISTAR SEARS
           Born November 8, 1817 in Peru, Massachusetts
           Died February 5, 1891 in Oxford, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 17th Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL JACOB HUNTER SHARP
           Born February 6, 1833 in Pickensville, Alabama
           Died September 15, 1907 in Columbus, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 44th Mississippi




BRIGADIER GENERAL PETER BURWELL STARKE
           Born c. 1815 in Brunswick County, Virginia
           Died July 13, 1888 near Laurenceville, Virginia
           Enlisted in the 28th Mississippi Cavalry




BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM FEIMSTER TUCKER
           Born May 9, 1827 in Iredell County, North Carolina
           Died September 14, 1881 in Okolona, Mississippi
           Enlisted in the 11th Mississippi




MAJOR GENERAL EARL VAN DORN
           Born September 17, 1820 near Port Gibson, Mississippi
           Murdered May 7, 1863 at Spring Hill, Tennessee
           Commander of Mississippi Militia & Trans-Mississippi District




MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD CARY WALTHALL
           Born April 4, 1831 in Richmond, Virginia
           Died April 21, 1898 in Washington, DC
           Enlisted in the Yalobusha Rifles
           Post War U.S. Senator



BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY CHASE WHITING
           Born March 22, 1824 in Biloxi, Mississippi
           Died  March 10, 1865 in Governor's Island, New York
           Enlisted in Virginia
MISSISSIPPI'S 
CONFEDERATE GENERALS
The MS Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy is proud of these men who were either born in Mississippi or who first joined the Confederate Services through a Mississippi unit and attained the rank of General in the Confederate Army.    

"LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET"
Brigadier William Wirt Adams
Brigadier General William Edwin Baldwin
Major General Charles Clark
Brigadier General William Felix Brantley
Brigadier General Douglas Hancock Cooper
Brigadier General Joseph Robert Davis
Brigadier General Winfield Scott Featherston
Brigadier General Samuel Wragg Ferguson
Major General Samuel Gibbs French
Brigadier General Samuel Johnson Gholson
Brigadier General Hiram Bronson Granbury
Brigadier General Henry Gray
Brigadier General Richard Griffith
Brigadier General Nathaniel Harrison Harris
Brigadier General Benjamin Grubb Humphries
Major General Stephen Dill Lee
Brigadier General Mark Perrin Lowrey
Brigadier General Robert Lowry
Brigadier General Carnot Posey
This page was last updated on: 6/22/2024
Brigadier General Claudius Wistar Sears
Brigadier General Jacob Hunter  Sharp
Brigadier General Peter Burwell Starke
Brigadier General William Feimster Tucker
Major General Edward Cary Walthall
Brigadier General William Henry Chase Whiting
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*Dates in red indicate death during the War.