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C o n t e n t s

Introduction vii

General pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard 1

General Braxton Bragg 3

Admiral franklin Buchanan 5

Major General Benjamin franklin Cheatham 7

Major General George Armstrong “Curly” Custer 9

president Jefferson Davis 11

Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early 13

Admiral David Glasgow farragut 15

Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford forrest 17

Major General John Charles frémont 19

Major General James Abram Garfield 21

Major General John Gibbon 23

General-in-Chief ulysses Simpson Grant 25

Chief-of-Staff Henry Wager Halleck 27

vice president Hannibal Hamlin 29

Major General Winfield Scott Hancock 31

Lieutenant General William Joseph 33 “old Reliable” Hardee

Lieutenant General Ambrose powell Hill 35

Lieutenant General John Bell Hood 37

Major General Joseph “fightin’ Joe” Hooker 39

Lieutenant General Thomas Jonathan 41 “Stonewall” Jackson

Major General Richard W. Johnson 43

General Joseph Eggleston Johnston 45

General-in-Chief Robert Edward Lee 47

president Abraham Lincoln 49

Major General John Alexander “Black Jack” Logan 51

Lieutenant General James “old pete” Longstreet 53

Major General George Brinton “Little Mac” McClellan 55

Major General irvin McDowell 57

Major General George Gordon Meade 59

Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan 61

Lieutenant General John Clifford pemberton 63

Major General George Edward pickett 65

Major General philip Henry “Little phil” Sheridan 67

Major General William Tecumseh “Cump” Sherman 69

General Edmund kirby Smith 71

vice president Alexander Stephens 73

Major General Carter Littlepage Stevenson 75

Major General James Ewell Brown “Jeb” Stuart 77

Major General George Henry 79 “Rock of Chickamauga” Thomas

Major General Emory upton 81

Lieutenant General Joseph “fightin’ Joe” Wheeler 83

Major General James Harrison Wilson 85

Admiral John Lorimer Worden 87

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Entering the service on either side at various ranks and from all walks of life, thousands of men commanded as officers over the course of the Civil War. Some rose meteorically to high rank, while others ended their service considerably lower than their initial commission. Hundreds of officers fell during this bloody period in our nation’s past, sacrificing their lives in the service of their cause and country.

The select group of commanders included in this small book all served at the highest ranks and have been included for their particular contributions.

interested readers are urged to seek out the excellent books that summarize the lives of famous figures of the Civil War in a much more comprehensive and scholarly way, including Ezra J. Warner’s classic books in two volumes, Generals in Blue and Generals in Gray (Louisiana State university press) and the superb Civil War High Commands by John Eicher and David Eicher (Stanford university press).

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C o n f e d e r a t e

General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard

{Born: May 28, 1818; St Bernard Parish, Louisiana Died: February 20, 1893; New Orleans, Louisiana

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Beauregard graduated from West point in 1838 and served in the Mexican-American War as an engineer officer under Win-field Scott. He taught at the Military Academy, and became its superintendent in January 1861, although resigned the post after only five days when Louisiana seceded from the union. He entered the Confederate Army as brigadier general and commanded forces that fired upon fort Sumter to begin the war. He led at first Manassas (first Bull Run) in 1861 and was promoted to full general, one of only eight of the Confederate Army. He served as second to A. S. Johnston at Shiloh, and replaced him when Johnston was killed in action on April 6, 1862. He commanded a defense of South Carolina and Georgia, and after assisting Lee in the defense of Richmond, went on to join J. E. Johnston’s command in the closing period of the war. Johnston and Beauregard surrendered to Sherman in North Carolina in 1865.