List of Confederate Regular Army officers

This listing shows the names and ranks of the Regular Army of the Confederate States of America (ASCA) officers, as well as their ranks in the volunteer Provisional Army of the Confederate States (PACS), if any. These officers defended the Confederate States during the American Civil War. These lists also show the final regular unit they served in, if known.

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A

Name

ASCA rank

PACS rank

Last unit served

John Adams*

captain

brigadier general

Regular Cavalry

Samuel F. Adams

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Soloman Adams

captain

none

unknown

Edward Porter Alexander

captain

brigadier general

Regular Engineers

John A. Alexander

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Joseph A. Alexander

second lieutenant

none

unknown

L. A. Alexander

cadet

none

unknown

T. Bullitt Alexander

second lieutenant

none

unknown

W. K. Alexander

cadet

none

unknown

Benjamin Alston

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Charles D. Anderson

first lieutenant

colonel

Regular Artillery

Edward Willoughby Anderson

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Richard H. Anderson

major

lieutenant general

Company A, Regular Cavalry

Robert H. Anderson

first lieutenant

brigadier general

Regular Artillery

Samuel Smith Anderson

lieutenant colonel

none

unknown

William Wallace Anderson

surgeon

none

unknown

Garnett Andrews, Jr.

second lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

John Urquhart Ansley

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

James J. Archer

captain

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

James W. Archer

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

John Archer

captain

none

unknown

William S. Archer

captain

none

unknown

Frank S. Armistead

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Lewis A. Armistead*

major

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

Frank C. Armstrong

second lieutenant

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

John Grange Ashe

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Samuel A. Ashe

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

R. W. Atkinson

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Alfred A. Ayer

cadet

none

unknown

* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.

Ba–Bl

Name

ASCA rank

PACS rank

Last unit served

Edward F. Bagley*

first lieutenant

major

unknown

George H. Bagwell

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

Briscoe G. Baldwin, Jr.

first lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

William E. Baldwin

captain

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

Joseph D. Balfour*

first lieutenant

major

unknown

Charles P. Ball

second lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Glover A. Ball

captain

major

unknown

James P. Baltzell

second lieutenant

captain

Company A, Regular Cavalry

Harris Barksdale

cadet

second lieutenant

unknown

John T. Mason Barnes

second lieutenant

captain

1st Battery, Regular Artillery

William H. Barnett

cadet

none

unknown

William F. Barnell

first lieutenant

none

Winder's Company, Regular Artillery

James Barrow*

second lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

R. L. Barton

cadet

none

unknown

Seth M. Beall

captain

brigadier general

unknown

William N. R. Beall

captain

brigadier general

Regular Cavalry

Henri T. Beauregard

cadet

none

unknown

P.G.T. Beauregard

general

brigadier general

various departments

Rene T. Beauregard

second lieutenant

major

unknown

M. Herman Bechter

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Robert F. Beckham*

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Barnard E. Bee*

major

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

John S. Berney

second lieutenant

none

unknown

James H. Berrien

assistant surgeon

none

unknown

James McPherson Berrien

second lieutenant

first lieutenant

unknown

Thomas J. Berry

first lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

William B. Blair

major

colonel

unknown

Edward D. Blake

captain

lieutenant colonel

unknown

William T. Blakistone

second lieutenant

none

unknown

John Rufus Blocker

second lieutenant

major

unknown

Joseph Guy Blount

second lieutenant

major

Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln.

Henry L. Blow

second lieutenant

first lieutenant

Company C, C.S. Recruits

* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.

Bo–Bu

Name

ASCA rank

PACS rank

Last unit served

John L. Boatwright

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

William R. Boggs

captain

brigadier general

Regular Engineers

Henry Bolton

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

Richard Vanderhost Bonneau

captain

major

unknown

William G. Bonner

second lieutenant

major

unknown

Richard Marshall Booker

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

John C. Booth

captain

major

Regular Artillery

Harold Borland

second lieutenant

major

unknown

Alexander R. Boteler, Jr.

second lieutenant

none

unknown

James W. Bowles

second lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

Jefferson Davis Bradford

first lieutenant

major

unknown

William K. Bradford

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

William R. Bradfute

captain

colonel

unknown

John Bradley

second lieutenant

captain

Staff duty, Trans-Mississippi Dept.

Braxton Bragg

general

none

Second Corps, Army of Tennessee

John L. Branch*

first lieutenant

none

unknown

George C. Brand

cadet

none

unknown

Charles Brewer

assistant surgeon

none

unknown

Richard H. Brewer*

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Jacob Brice

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

William W. Brickell

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Robert Little Brodie

assistant surgeon

none

unknown

Charles H. Brown

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Charles M. Brown

cadet

none

unknown

John A. Brown

captain

colonel

unknown

Richard L. Brown, Jr.

cadet

none

unknown

William Leroy Brown

major

lieutenant colonel

unknown

Thomas J. Bruton

second lieutenant

first lieutenant

unknown

Henry Bryan

second lieutenant

major

unknown

James A. Bryan

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

John C. Herbert Bryant

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Walter R. Bullock

second lieutenant

first lieutenant

unknown

Philip Burkhart

captain

none

unknown

William E. Burnet

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

N. B. Burnwell

cadet

none

unknown

James H. Burton

major

none

unknown

John R. B. Burtwell

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Thomas Bush*

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

Lawrence L. Butler

second lieutenant

major

unknown

Lee. M. Butler

second lieutenant

captain

Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln.

William Butler

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.

C

Name

ASCA rank

PACS rank

Last unit served

William L. Cabell*

major

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

J. Lawrence Calhoun

major

none

unknown

Dennis Callahan

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Charles Carroll Campbell

second lieutenant

major

unknown

George Watson Carr

captain

lieutenant colonel

Regular Infantry

Charles H. Causey

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Robert A. Chambers

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Nathaniel Rives Chambliss

second lieutenant

major

unknown

William Henry Chapman

cadet

none

unknown

Theodore O. Chestney

second lieutenant

major

unknown

Frederick L. Childs

captain

lieutenant colonel

Regular Artillery

Robert H. Chilton

colonel

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

Richard M. Christian

cadet

none

unknown

Thomas Clairborne, Jr.

major

none

unknown

S. Churchill Clark*

cadet

captain

unknown

John J. Clarke

second lieutenant

colonel

unknown

William J. Clarke

captain

colonel

unknown

Hugh Lawson Clay

lieutenant colonel

none

unknown

Arthur Clayton

second lieutenant

none

unknown

George Wesley Clayton

second lieutenant

colonel

unknown

James H. Cobb

cadet

none

unknown

Robert Granderson Cole

captain

lieutenant colonel

Regular Infantry

Charles Read Collins*

captain

colonel

Regular Engineers

James A. Collins

cadet

none

unknown

Aurelius F. Cone

first lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

E.S. Cook

cadet

none

unknown

John R. Cooke

first lieutenant

brigadier general

Regular Artillery

John W. Cooper

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Samuel Cooper

general

none

Adjutant & Inspector General, CSA

Samuel M. Cooper

first lieutenant

major

unknown

James L. Corley

major

lieutenant colonel

unknown

Edward N. Covey

assistant surgeon

none

unknown

James G. Cowan

second lieutenant

none

unknown

James A. Craige

cadet

none

unknown

George B. Crittenden

colonel

major general

Regular Infantry

Alexander H. Cross

captain

none

unknown

Nathaniel Savage Crowell

assistant surgeon

none

unknown

Jacob Culbertson

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

Alfred Cumming, Jr.

major

brigadier general

Regular Infantry

Arthur S. Cunningham

first lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

Co. C, 15th S.C. Heavy Art. Battln.

Edward Cunningham

first lieutenant

major

unknown

George A. Cunningham

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Wilfred E. Cutshaw

second lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

Richard M. Cuyler

captain

lieutenant colonel

Regular Artillery

* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.

D

Name

ASCA rank

PACS rank

Last unit served

Edward Dabney*

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Robert F. Dancy*

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Philip P. Dandridge

second lieutenant

none

unknown

J.E.P. Dangerfield

captain

none

unknown

Edmund P. Dargan

cadet

none

unknown

Matthew L. Davis, Jr.

captain

colonel

unknown

F.H. Deane

cadet

none

unknown

James Dearing*

second lieutenant

brigadier general

unknown

St. Clair Dearing

second lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

George Deas

lieutenant colonel

none

unknown

William A. Deas

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Julius Adolphis De Lagnel

captain

lieutenant colonel

unknown

David Camden De Leon

surgeon

none

unknown

Stevens T. Dent

cadet

none

unknown

John H. Denys

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Clarence Derrick

second lieutenant

lieutenant colonel

unknown

William Davis DeSaussure*

captain

colonel

unknown

James Deshler*

captain

brigadier general

unknown

John Hemphill Dickens

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Jesse J. Dickenson

cadet

none

unknown

Edward Dillon

first lieutenant

colonel

unknown

Joseph Dixon*

first lieutenant

captain

unknown

Joseph Koger Dixon

second lieutenant

major

unknown

James C. Dobbin, Jr.

second lieutenant

none

unknown

Samuel Donelson

cadet

second lieutenant

unknown

Grey Doswell

cadet

none

unknown

W.S. Downer

major

none

unknown

W.F. Drinkard

captain

none

unknown

Franklin B. DuBarry

second lieutenant

captain

unknown

Dudley M. Du Bose

first lieutenant

brigadier general

unknown

Johnson K. Duncan

captain

brigadier general

unknown

William Watkins Dunlap

second lieutenant

major

unknown

Harvie Sheffield Duval

second lieutenant

none

unknown

* denotes killed in action or died of wounds.

References

  • Eicher, John H., and Eicher, David J., Civil War High Commands, Stanford University Press, 2001, ISBN 0-8047-3641-3.
  • Weinert, Richard P., Jr., The Confederate Regular Army, White Mane Publishing, 1991, ISBN 0-942597-27-3.
  • Wright, Marcus J., General Officers of the Confederate Army, J. M. Carroll & Co., 1983, ISBN 0-8488-0009-5.