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General Officers of
The Army of Northern Virginia

This table lists every General Officer that served with The Army of Northern Virginia.
Generals are listed alphabetically. Date of rank is given in the rows next to the name.
The last row gives information about the General, i.e. died, killed, transferred, resigned.
Sometimes these definitions are blurred such as the case with Stonewall Jackson, he
could be listed as "killed" (because of wounds suffered at Chancellorsville) or "died",
as he did not succumb for some days later, as it is still unclear whether he died of his
wounds or died from pneumonia. As the date of death was some time later, "died" is
used in this case. J.E.B. Stuart, clearly died from his wounds and only a short time
after the engagement at Yellow Tavern, therefore he is listed as "killed". If a general
was transferred to another Army or Theater and did not return it is so noted, such as
the case with General Cumming. No notation of General Longstreet being transferred
west from Sept 1863 to April 1864 is noted as he returned to The Army of Northern
Virginia and it was understood from the beginning that he was only on loan to the
Army of Tennessee.

If you are a beginning student or new to the study of The War Between The States, you should be aware that this is by no means a listing of all Confederate generals, this table only lists generals that at one time or another served with The Army of Northern Virginia and not its previous incarnation as The Army of the Potomac. Therefore, the listing is limited to general officers who served in the ANV, which dates from 31 May 1862 to 12 April 1865.

Name of General Brig General Major General Lieut General About
Alexander, E. Porter 26 Feb 1864      
Anderson, George B. 9 June 1862     Died 16 Oct 1862
Anderson, George T. 1 Nov 1862      
Anderson, Joseph R 3 Sept 1861     Resigned
19 July 1863
Anderson, Richard, H.   16 March 1861 14 July 1862 31 May 1864
Temporary
 
Archer, James, Jay 3 June 1862     Captured
1 July 1863
Armistead, Lewis, A. 1 April 1862     Died
5 July 1863
Barksdale, William 12 Aug. 1862     Killed
2 July 1863
Barringer, Rufus 1 June 1864      
Barton, Seth, M. 11 March 1862     Captured
6 April 1865
Battle, Cullen, A. 20 Aug 1863     Wounded
Cedar Creek
Beale, Richard, L. T. 6 Jan 1865      
Beauregard, P.G.T. 1 March 1861     General
21 July 1861
Bee, Barnard, E. 17 June 1861     Killed
21 July 1861
Benning, Henry, L. 17 Jan 1863      
Branch, Lawrence, O. 16 Nov 1861     Killed
17 Sept 1862
Brafton, John 6 May 1864      
Brevard, Theodore, W. 28 March 1865     Captured
6 April 1865
Bryan, Goode 29 Aug1863     Resigned
20 Sept 1864
Butler, Matthew, C. 1 Sept 1863 19 Sept 1864    
Chambliss, John R. Jr. 19 Dec 1863     Killed
16 Aug 1864
Chilton, Robert H. 16 Feb 1864      
Clingman. Thomas L. 17 May 1862      
Cobb, Howell 12 Feb 1862 9 Sept 1863    
Cobb Thomas, R.R. 1 Nov 1862     Killed
13 Dec 1862
Cocke, Phillip, St-George 21 Oct 1861     Suicide
26 Dec 1861
Colquitt, Alfred H. 1 Sept 1862      
Colston, Raleigh, E. 24 Dec 1861      
Conner, James 1 June 1864      
Cook, Philip 5 Aug 1864     Captured
2 April 1865
Cooke, John, R. 1 Nov 1862      
Corse, Montgomery, D. 1 Nov 1862     Captured
6 April 1865
Cox, William R.  31 May 1864 (temporary)      
Cumming, Alfred 29 Oct. 1862     Transferred west
Daniel, Junius 1 Sept. 1862     Killed
12 May 1864
Davis, Joseph, R. 15 Sept.1862      
Dearing, James 29 April 1864     Died
23 April 1865
Dibrell, George, G. 26 July 1864      
Doles, George, P. 1 Nov 1862     Killed
2 June 1864
Drayton, Thomas F. 25 Sept. 1861      
Dunovant, John 22 August 1864 (temporary)     Killed
1 Oct. 1864
Early, Jubal, A. 21 July, 1861 17 Jan 1863 31 May 1864  
Echols, John 16 April 1862      
Elliot, Stephen, Jr. 24 May 1864      
Elzey, Arnold 21 July1861 4 Dec 1862    
Evans, Clement, A. 19 May 1864      
Evans, Nathan, G. 21 Oct. 1861      
Ewell, Richard, S. 17 June 1861 24 Jan 1862 23 May 1863 Captured
6 April 1865
Field, Charles, W. 9 March 1862 12 Feb 1864    
Fomey, William, H. 15 Feb 1865      
Fry Birkett, D. 24 May 1864      
Gadand, Samuel, Jr.  23 May 1862     Killed
14 Sept 1862
Garnett, Richard, B. 14 Nov. 1861     Killed
3 July 1863
Gary, Martin, W. 19 May 1864      
Goodwin, Archibald. 5 Aug 1864     Killed
19 Sept 1864
Goggin, James, M. 4 Dec. 1864     Captured
6 April 1865
Gordon, James, B. 28 Sept 1863     Died
18 May 1864
Gordon, John, B 1 Nov 1862 14 May 1864    
Gregg, John 29 Aug 1862     Killed
7 Oct 1864
Gregg Maxcy 14 Dec. 1861     Died
15 Dec. 1862
Grimes, Bryan 19 May 1864 15 Feb 1865    
Hagood, Johnson 21 July 1862      
Hampton Wade 23 May 1862 3 Aug. 1863 14 Feb 1865  
Harris Nathaniel H. 20 Jan 1864      
Hays, Harry, T. 25 July 1862      
Heth, Henry 6 Jan 1862 17 Feb 1864    
Hill, Ambrose Powell 26 Feb 1862 26 May 1862 24 May 1863 Killed
2 April 1865
Hill, Daniel Havey 10 July 1861 26 Mar.1862 11 July 1863  
Hoke, Robert, F. 17 Jan 1863 20 April 1864    
Holmes, Theophilus H 5 June 1861 7 Oct 1861 10 Oct 1862  
Hood, John Bell 3 March 1862 10 Oct 1862 20 Sept 1863 General, (temp)
18 July 1864
Huger, Benjamin 17 June 1861 7 Oct 1861   Relieved
12 July 1862
Humphreys, Benjamin 12 Aug 1863     Governor KY
16 Oct 1865
Hunton, Eppa 9 Aug 1863     Captured
6 April 1865
Imboden, John, D. 28 Jan 1863      
Iverson, Alfred. Jr. 1 Nov 1862      
Jackson, Thomas, J. 17 June 1861 7 Aug 1861 10 Oct 1862 Died
10 May 1863
Jenkins, Micah 22 July 1862     Killed
6 May 1864
Johnson, Bradley, T. 28 June 1864      
Johnson, Bushrod, R. 24 Jan 1862 21 May 1864    
Johnson, Edward 13 Dec 1861 28 Feb 1863    
Johnson, Robert, D. 1 Sept 1863      
Jones, David, R. 17 June 1861 10 Mar.1862   Died
15 Jan 1863
Jones, John, M. 15 May 1863     Killed
6 May 1864
Jones, John, R. 23 June 1862     Captured
4 July 1863
Jones, William, E. 19 Sept 1862     Killed
5 June 1864
Kemper, James, L. 3 June 1862 19 Sept 1864    
Kershaw, Joseph, B. 13 Feb. 1862 18 May 1864   Captured
6 April 1865
Kirkland, William, W. 29 Aug 1863      
Lane, James, H. 1 Nov 1862      
Law Evander, M. 2 Oct. 1862      
Lee, Fitzhugh 24 July 1862 3 Aug 1863    
Lee, George, W.C. 25 June 1863 20 Oct. 1864   Captured
6 April 1865
Lee, Robert, Edward 14 May 1861     General
14 June 1861
Lee, Stephen, Dill 6 Nov 1862 3 Aug 1863 23 June 1864  
Lee, William, H.F. 15 Sept 1862 23 April 1864    
Lewis, William, G. 31 May 1864     Captured
7 April 1865
Lilley, Robert, D. 31 May 1864      
Lomax, Lunsford L. 23 June 1863 10 Aug 1864    
Long, Armistead, L 21 Sept 1863      
Longstreet, James 17 June 1861 7 Oct 1861 9 Oct 1862  
McCausland, John 18 May 1864      
McComb, William 20 Jan 1865      
McGowan, Samuel 17 Jan 1863      
McLaws, Lafayette 35 Sept 1861 23 May 1862    
MacRae, William 22 June 1864      
Magruder, John, B. 17 June 1861 7 Oct 1861    
Mahone, William 16 Sept 1861 30 July 1864    
Martin, William. T. 2 Dec 1862 10 Nov 1863    
Moody, Young, M. 4 March 1865      
Moore, Patrick, T. 20 Sept. 1864      
Morgan, John, T. 16 Nov 1863      
Paxton, Elisha, F. 1 Nov 1862     Killed
3 May 1863
Payne, William, H. F. 1 Nov. 1864      
Peck, William, R. 18 Feb 1865      
Pegram, John 7 Nov 1862     Killed
6 Feb 1865
Pender, William, D. 3 June 1862 27 May 1863   Died
18 July 1863
Pendleton, William, N. 26 March 1862      
Perrin, Abner, M. 10 Sept 1863     Killed
12 May 1864 
Perry, Edward, A 28 Aug 1862      
Perry, William, F. 21 Feb 1865      
Pickett, George, E. 14 Jan. 1862 10 Oct.1862    
Posey, Carnot 1 Nov. 1862     Died
13 Nov. 1863
Pryor, Roger, A. 16 April 1862     Resigned
18 Aug 1863
Rains, Gabriel, J. 23 Sept 1861      
Ramseur, Stephen, D. 1 Nov. 1862 1 June 1864   Died
20 Oct. 1864
Ransom, Matt W. 13 June 1863      
Ransom, Robert Jr. 1 March 1862 26 May 1863   Retired
Fall 1863
Roberts, William, P. 21 Feb. 1865      
Robertson, Beverly, H. 9 June 1862     Relieved
Summer 1863
Robertson, Jerome, B. 1 Nov 1862      
Rodes, Robert, E. 21 Oct. 1861 May 1863   Killed
19 Sept. 1864
Rosser, Thomas, L. 28 Sept 1863 1 Nov 1864    
Sanders, John, C.C. 1 May 1864     Killed
21 Aug 1864
Scales, Alfred, M. 13 June 1863      
Semmes, Paul, J. 11 March 1862     Killed
2 July 1863
Simms, James, P. 8 Dec. 1864     Captured
6 April 1865
Smith, Gustavus, W.   19 Sept 1861   Resigned
Feb 1863
Smith, William 31 Jan 1863 12 Aug 1863    
Sorrel, Gilbert, M 27 Oct 1864      
Stafford, Leroy, A. 8 Oct 1863     Killed
5 May 1864
Starke, William, E. 6 Aug 1862     Killed
17 Sept 1862
Steuart, George H. 6 March 1862      
Stevens, Walter, H. 28 Aug 1864     Chief Engineer
Stuart, James, E.B. 24 Sept 1861 25 July 1862   Killed
11 May 1864
Taliaferro, William, B. 4 March 1862      
Terrill James, B. 31 May 1864     Killed
30 May 1864
Terry, William 19 May 1864      
Terry, William, R. 31 May 1864      
Thomas, Edward, L. 1 Nov. 1862      
Toombs, Robert, A. 19 July 1861     Resigned
4 March 1863
Toon, Thomas, F. Temporary
31 May 1864
    Reverted
Aug 1864
Trimble, Isaac, R. 9 Aug 1861 17 Jan 1863    
Walker, Henry, H. 1 July 1863      
Walker, James, A. 15 May 1863      
Walker, John, G. 9 Jan 1862 8 Nov 1862    
Walker, Reuben, L. 18 Feb 1865      
Wallace, William, H. 20 Sept 1864      
Weisiger, David, A. 31 May 1864      
Wharton, Gabriel, C. 8 July 1863      
Wickham, William, C. 1 Sept. 1863     Resigned
9 Nov. 1864
Wilcox, Cadmus, M. 21 Oct. 1861 3 Aug 1863    
Winder, Charles, S. 1 March 1862     Killed
9 Aug 1862
Wise, Henry, A. 5 June 1861      
Wofford, William, T. 17 Jan. 1863      
Wright, Ambrose, R. 3 June 1862      
York, Zebulon 31 May 1864      

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