Military Leaders Confederacy
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Military Leaders
Confederacy
Lewis A. Armistead
o mortally wounded in Pickett’s Charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
o attended US Military Academy but resigned after breaking a plate over fellow cadet Jubal Early
Braxton Bragg
o principle commander in the Western Theater
o ARMY OF TENNESSEEo Perryvilleo Stones River & Tullahomao Chickamaugao Chattanooga
Franklin Buchanan
o captain of the ironclad CSS Virginia (formerly CSS Merrimack) during the Battle of Hampton Roads in VA
Simon Bolivar Buckner
o accepted Grant’s demand for “unconditional surrender” at the Battle of Fort Donelson
o the first and last Confed. gen. to surrender an army in the war
Patrick Ronayne Cleburne
o strategic ability gained him the nickname “Stonewall of the West”
o Robert E. Lee referred to him as “a meteor shining from a clouded sky”
o killed at the Battle of Franklin
Samuel Cooper
o little known today
o highest ranking Confed. gen. during the Civil War
o he outranked:o Albert Sidney Johnstono Robert E. Leeo Joseph E. Johnstono P.G.T. Beauregard
o reported directly to Jeff Davis
Basil Duke
o Jeff Davis’s bodyguard when he fled from Richmond, VA
o known as a historian of Confed. experiences
o helped found the Filson Club Historical Society and started preserving Shiloh battlefield
o “No Southerner was more dedicated to the Confederacy than General Basil W. Duke”
Jubal A. Early
o served under Stonewall Jackson and then Lee
o commander in key battles of the Valley Campaign of 1864 , including a daring raid to the outskirts of Washington D.C.
Richard S. Ewell
o achieved recognition as a senior commander under Stonewall Jackson and Lee
o legacy clouded by controversies over his actions at the Battle of Gettysburg and at the Battle of Spotslyvania Court House
Nathan Bedford Forrest
o self-educated, cavalry leader during the war, leading insurgent in postwar years
o lacked formal military education but had a gift for strategy and tactics
o nicknamed The Wizard of the Saddle
o accused of war crimes at the Battle of Ft. Pillow for allowing forces under his command to conduct a massacre of black Union Army prisoners
o first Grand Wizard of Ku Klux Klan
William J. Hardee
o pre-Civil War writings about military tactics were well known and widely used on both sides during the war
Ambrose Powell Hill
o gained early fame as the commander of “Light Division” (the largest corps under Lee), becoming one of Stonewall Jackson’s ablest subordinates
o known to his soldiers as Little Powell
John Bell Hood
o had a reputation for bravery and aggressiveness that sometimes bordered on recklessness
o one of the best brigade and division commanders in the CSA army but became increasingly ineffective as he was promoted to lead larger, independent commands late in the war
o career marred by defeats in the Atlanta Campaign and the Franklin-Nashville Campaign
Thomas (Stonewall) Jackson
o considered to be one of the most gifted tactical commanders in US history
Albert Sidney Johnston
o considered by Pres. Jeff Davis to be the finest general in the Confederacy before the emergence of Robert E. Lee
o killed early in the Battle of Shiloh and was the highest ranking officer (Union or Confederate) killed during the entire war
Joseph E. Johnston
o Johnston's effectiveness in the Civil War was undercut by tensions with Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but he also suffered from a lack of aggressiveness and victory which eluded him in every campaign he personally commanded
Edward Johnston
o American Indian war soldier
o Medal of Honor recipient
Robert E. Lee
o commanded the Army of Northern VA
o Lee’s greatest victorieso Seven Days Battleso Second Battle of Bull Run o Battle of Fredericksburgo Battle of Chancellorsvilleo Battle of Cold Harbor
o Campaigns to invade the North failed
o Battle of Antietamo Battle of Gettysburg
o Surrendered at Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865
James Longstreet
o principle subordinate to Robert E. Lee who called him his “Old War Horse”
o served as corps commander
William Wing Loring
o first assignment was to defend western VA from George McClellan, who was invading from Ohio
o acquired nickname “Old Blizzards” for his battle cry “Give them blizzards, boys! Give them blizzards!”
John McCausland
o famous for the o ransom of Hagerstown, MD o razing of Chambersburg, PA
John Hunt Morgan
o best known for Morgan’s Raid in 1863 when he led 2,460 troops racing past Union lines into KY, Indiana, and Ohio
o this would be the farthest north any uniformed Confed. troops penetrated during the war
James Johnston Pettigrew
o major leader in the disastrous Pickett’s Charge
o killed few days after the Battle of Gettysburg during Confed. retreat to VA
George E. Pickett
o best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody assault at the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett’s Charge
Edmund Kirby Smith
o notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy after the fall of Vicksburg
J.E.B. Stuart
o cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations
o serious work made him the trusted ears and eyes of Lee’s army and inspired Southern morale
Joseph Wheeler
o has the rare distinction of serving as a general during war time for two opposing forces:
o first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil Waro later as a general in the US Army during both the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War near the turn of the century
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