The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-03-15
Lieutenant Generals c. S. A.

Lieutenant General in the Confederate
service, but we are told by a CORES
.pondent that the statement was in
correct, and that the chances are thai
Wheeler was not the youngestlienera
in the Confederate service: that he
was born in 1886 and must be about
the age Of NJ. G. Butler, and that
T. NJ. Logan, Of the Hampton lie,
gion, must be younger than either
| Wheeler or Butler. A list of the
Lieutenant Generals in the Confcde-
rate Army prepared by the War Re
cords Office at Washington, gives the
following facts on the subject, show
ng the State from which the Lieu
tenant Generals we're appointed, the
date Of appointm ent, the date Of con-
frmation by the Senate md the date
on which they took rank
James Longstreet, Alabama, ap-
pointed October IL, 1862, confirmed
October IL, 1862, took rank October
9, 1862.
f. Kirby Smith, Florida, appointed
October IL, 1862, confirmed October
II, 1862, took rank October 8, 1862,
promoted General Provisional Army
Confederate States February 10, 1864.
Leonidas Polk, Louisiana, appoint
ed October IL, 1862, confirmed Octo-
Der II, 1862, took rank October 10,
1852; killed June II, 1864.
Theophilus H. Holmes, North Car
olina, appointed October 13, 1862,
confirmed October 13, 1862: took rank
October 10, 1862.
William j. Hardee, Georgia. ap-
pointed October II, 1862: confirmed
October II, 1862, took rank October
10, 1852; accepted commission No
vember %, 1862.
T. J. Jackson, Virginia, appointed
October IL, 1862, confirmed October
IL, 1862, took rank October 10, 1852
died May 10, 1863.
J.C. Pemberton. Virgin. appoint
ed October 13, 1862, confirmed 0cto-
Der 13, 1862, took rank October 10,
1862, resigned May 18, 1864.
Richard S. Ewell, Virginia, appoint
ed May %, 1862, confirmed February
2, 1864, took rank May %, 1868.
A. P. Hill, Virginia, appointed May
90. 1862, confirmed January Is, 1864,
took rank May "a, 1863.
D. H.. Hill, North Carolina, ap-
pointed July IL, 1862, took rank July
IL, 1863 President declined to nom
mate.
John B. Hood, Texas, appointed
February II, 1864, confirmed Februa-
ry IL, 1864, took rank September 20,
1863.
Richard Taylor, Louisiana, appoint
ed May Is, 1864, confirmed May l6,
1864, took rank April s, 1864.
Stephen D. Lee, South Carolina,
(under Act of February II, 1864 J ap-
pointed June %, 1864, confirmed Feb
ruary IA, 1865, took rank June 90,
1864, accepted appointment July 19
1864 confirmation reconsidered Feb
fuary 16, 1868.
S. B. Buckner, Kentucky, appoint
ed September 20, 1864, confirmed Jan
uary -, 1865, took rank September
20, 1864.
Wade Hampton, South Carolina,
appointed February Is, 1868 confirm
ed February Is, 1860, took rank Feb
ruary II, 1865.
n. B. Forrest, Tennessee: appoint
ed March ?, 1860, confirmed March . ..
1865, took rank February IS, 1860.
.Jubal A. Early, Virginia, appointed
May 81, 1864, confirmed May 81. 1854,
took rank May 81, 1864.
r. II. Anderson, South Carolina,
appointed June l, 1861, confirmed
June l, 1864, took rank May 81, 1864
A.P. Stewart, Tennessee. appoint
ed June %, 1864, confirmed February
90, 1865, took rank June %, lSU.s.
Stephen D. Lee, South Carolina, ap-
pointed March 1G, 1865, confirmed
March 16, 1865, took rank June %,
1864.
The last four on the list, to Wit j:
Forrest, Early, Anderson, Stcwartand
Stephen D. Lee, were appointed With
temporary rank under the Act approx
ed May 81, 1864. And this list. SO
far as the report Of the War Records
Office shows, includes the.names of all
the Lieutenant Generals who served
in the Confederate armies. In the
sketch of Gen. Whcclers career,
printed in the last edition Of the Con-
gressional Directory, it is stated that
he "was successfully promoted to the
| command of rerimont brigade di-