Civil War - Soldiers - Confederate

John Bell Hood was a pugnacious Confederate general who was known for his battlefield bravery during the American Civil War.

With the possible exception of Robert E. Lee, Lieutenant General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson was the most renowned of all Confederate commanders during and after the American Civil War.

Bushrod Rust Johnson was a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Johnson commanded troops during many of the major battles in the eastern and western theaters of the war.

Albert Sidney Johnston, a Confederate commander of the Western Department, became the highest ranking officer on either the Confederate or Union side to die in combat, when he was killed at the Battle of Shiloh, during the American Civil War.

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was a Confederate military leader during the American Civil War, who received both criticism and praise for his defensive tactics during the Peninsula and Atlanta Campaigns.

Manning M. Kimmel was one of four West Point graduates to fight initially for the Union during the American Civil War before switching sides.

Robert E. Lee was a prominent Confederate army officer who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia throughout most of the Civil War and who also served as General-in-Chief of Confederate forces near the end of the conflict.

The second son of Robert E. Lee, W.H.F. "Rooney" Lee was a cavalry commander in the Army of Northern Virginia who later served in the U.S. House of Representatives during the 50th to the 52nd Congresses from March 4, 1887, until his death on October 15, 1891.

Lieutenant General James Longstreet was one of Robert E. Lee's most trusted subordinates. However, his action -- or inaction -- at the Battle of Gettysburg created controversy that tarnished his military legacy in the eyes of many Southerners.

Captain William Thomas Magruder was one of four graduates of the United States Military Academy to resign his commission in the U.S. Army and join the Confederate Army after fighting for the Union during the American Civil War.

A prominent Confederate officer, Major General William Mahone served in nearly all of the major campaigns and battles in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.

Famous frontiersman, scout, and Texas Ranger, Benjamin McCulloch was a Confederate brigadier general who was killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge. 

A lieutenant in the Union army and later a major in the Confederate army, Richard K. Meade was one of four graduates of the U.S. Military Academy who initially fought for the Union before switching sides during the American Civil War.

John Hunt Morgan was a Confederate cavalry officer during the American Civil War. He is best known for leading several cavalry raids into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio during the War of the Rebellion.

Vilified by Northerners for leaving the U.S. Army to fight for the South, and by Southerners for surrendering Vicksburg, Pennsylvanian, John C. Pemberton rose to the rank of lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War

George Pickett was a prominent Confederate commander during the American Civil War. He is most remembered for leading a failed assault at Cemetery Ridge during the Battle of Gettysburg, for which he bore little responsibility.

A political appointee with little military experience prior to the American Civil War, Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow is most remembered for abandoning Fort Donelson in 1861 to avoid being captured by Federal soldiers.

An ordained Episcopal bishop, Confederate Lieutenant General Leonidas Polk was killed by a Union artillery shell at Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia, on June 14, 1864.

Sterling Price was an antebellum governor of Missouri, United States Congressman, and prominent Confederate commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

William C. Quantrill was a Confederate irregular whose band of raiders employed guerrilla tactics in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War to harass Union troops and terrorize Northern sympathizers.