The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-08-02

Northern Virginia from June !. 'e2. IN
the 9th CT April IS; COMMUNICATIVE Chief
OF the Armies of the Confederate States
OF America by general orders Feb. 6. 65.
Joseph u. Johnston OF Virginia Majcr-
General Virginia State forces. April IS.
'sl; Brigadier- General Confederate States
Army, May IA. '6l; General Confederate
States Army. July 4. '6l: died March %,
1891. Commanded at Harper's Ferry, May
q '61: assumed command at Bull Run
July 90 '6l: commanded Department Of
Northern Virginia and Department OF
Norfolk and Peninsula from oct. %. '6l.
TO June l. go: commanded Department OF
the West, Including commands of Bragg,
Kirby Smith and Pemberton. Nov. "a, '62:
commanded Department of the Nfissis-
sippi March .. '6S; assigned 10 the COM
mand Of the Army of Tennessee. Dec. l3.
'e3; removed July T.'6i: reassgned Feb.
%. '65, and commanded until the war
closed.
Pierre @. T. Beauregard. OF Louisiana.
Brigadier-General Confederate States
Army March /. 81; General Confederate
States Army. July q. 81: died February
20, 1893; assigned 10 command at Charles
ton. s. C.. March I. '6i: assigned to COM
mand Army Of the Potomac. Nav 81:
commanded Army OF the Mississippi from
March go: in command OF the DEPART
ment OF South Carolina and Georgia, Aug
%. go. commanded az Petersburg and
Drewry's Bluff. April %. 81: ccmranded
Military Division Of the West. oct. L.
Ca commanded operations at Charleston
S. G. winter Of 'Gi-'65: announced as sec
ond in command TO Gen. j. L. Johnston.
Feb. o, IS.
Braxton Bragg. Of Louisiana. Brigadier-
General Provisional Army Confederate
States, March 7. '6l; Maior-General p. A
c. S, Sept. T. 81; General Confederate
States Army April Z. go: died Sept. q.
10. Assigned 10 command OF Army Of
Louisiana, Feb. %. 81. 70 defences of
PENSACOLA oct. % 81, 10 Department OF
Alabama and Florida winter '6l-'2 10
right wing Army OF the Mississippi at
Shiloh April go: commanded Army az the
Mississippi March 62 TO Nov. 70. '62. COM
manded Department Of Tennessee. Aug
'G3 TO Dec. %. go: assigned 10 duty m
Richmond. Feb. a. Ca commanded De-
partment OF North Carolina. Nov a 'si
+. Kirby-S OF Florida. Brigadier-
General June II. 81; Maior-General oct.
II. 81: Northumberland Oct. o 'g2.
General Feb. 10. "a; died March Is 'e3.
Chief-ofStaN 70 Gen. J. l.. Johnston
June and July. 81: division composed OF
brigades OF Trimble. Taylor and Elzev.
commanded Department OF East Ten
nessee. afterward Trans Mississippi De
partment. Feb. IL. 90.
John =. Hood Of Texas. Colonel an
Texas Infantry. Sept. 20. 81: Rrigadier-
General =. A. G. s.. March g. go. Major
General oct. 10. 50: Lieutenant-General
Sept. 20. SO: General Temporary rank).
July IS "a: died Aug. 30. 70 Command
cd brigade composed CT the lst. 9Th. 18th
Texas and 18th Georgia Infantry and
Hampton's Legion Army OF Northern
Virginia: division composed Of the bril-
gades Of Robertson. Law. Benning. and
jenkins. Army Of Northern Virginia: com
manded Army Of Tennessee. July IS. 81. 10
Feb %. 'G5.
STILL ANOTHER ESTIMATE.
II IS interesting TO note how many dis
crepancies exist In the estimates Of the
number Of generals who served I'm the
Confederate army.
Mr.. Ben La Bree, OF louisville. refers
20 the disagreement and says. 7 notice
two rosters Of "Confedorate Generals"
compiled by Henry Z. Clann. Arlington.
Mass. and Charles Edgeworth Jones.
Augusta. Ga. respectively I'm which Mr.
Ca1n states that there were 400 Confed-
crate Generals. Full Generals. eight:
acknowledgements seventeen; maior-gen-
erals, eighty-two. brigadier- generals. 3i3
Mr.. Jones states that there were IA
] find that there were i75 generals who
received an appointment. and ranked as
follows: Full generals. eight: Lieutenant
generals, nineteen: major generals. eighty
enc; brigadier-gcnerals. 3G7. total 40.
Many Of these officers received their ap-
pointment toward the close Of the war
but their rank failed 20 receive official
confirmation.