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"
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