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Confederate States Army Generals

Name Class year Notability References
Cooper, SamuelSamuel Cooper 1815 Colonel USA, Adjutant General, 1852-1861; Adjutant and Inspector General General in the Confederate Army, 1861-1865, Highest-ranking General, CSA
Johnston, Albert SidneyAlbert Sidney Johnston 1826 Colonel USA, General in the Republic of Texas, General in the Confederate States Army; graduated eighth in his class, commander of US forces in the Utah War, killed at the Battle of Shiloh
Lee, Robert E.Robert E. Lee 1829 Colonel USA, General CSA; graduated second in his class without demerits; son George Washington Custis Lee, class of 1854, graduated first in class; Commander, Army of Northern Virginia (1862–1865); General-in-Chief, Confederate States Army (1865); President, Washington and Lee University (1865–1870) ab
Magruder, John B.John B. Magruder 1830 Major in United States Army, Major General in Confederate States Army, Major General in Imperial Mexican Army;Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War veteran b
Longstreet, JamesJames Longstreet 1842 Major in United States Army, Lieutenant General in Confederate States Army;Mexican–American War; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Second Battle of Bull Run and Battle of Antietam; severely wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness b
Jackson, StonewallStonewall Jackson 1846 Major in United States Army, Lieutenant General in Confederate States Army; Mexican–American War; professor of natural and experimental philosophy and artillery at Virginia Military Institute (1851–1861); excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the First Battle of Bull Run where he received his nickname; accidentally shot by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville and died of complications eight days later b
Pickett, GeorgeGeorge Pickett 1846 Captain USA, Major General in the Confederate States Army; graduated last in his class, leader of Pickett's Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
Hood, John BellJohn Bell Hood 1853 Second Lieutenant USA, General CSA; offered a post as instructor at the Academy, but declined due to the impending war; brilliant commander in the field but less effective as a general
Stuart, J.E.B.J.E.B. Stuart 1854 Captain in United States Army, Major General in Confederate States Army; American Indian Wars; excelled in several battles during the American Civil War, including the Peninsula Campaign and Maryland Campaign b

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