The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-01-17
LIST OF GENERALS OF
 THE CONFEDERATE ARMY

i Churchill. Allen. Humes, Hays, Law, Gray and Ransom.
 Of these seven were Tennesseeans-B F. Cheatham, J. P. McCown, Daniel S. Donelson, Cadmus M. Wilcox, William B. Bate John c. Brown and w Y. C.. Humes.
 There were s62 brigadier generals, of which twenty-nine were Tennesseeans, as follows: John Adams, Samuel R.. Anderson, Frank c. Armstronlg, Tyree H. Bell, Alexander w. Campbell, William H. Carroll H. B. Davison, George G.. Didbrell, George w. Gordon, Robert Hat ton, Alfred E. Jackson, William H. Jackson, George Nancy, w. McComb, J. A McMurry, Joseph B. Palmer, Gideon J. Pillow, William A. Quarles, James E.. Rains, R. V. Richardson, Preston Smith, Thomas Benton Smith Temporary rank, o. F. Strahl, R. c. Tyler. A. J. Vaughn, John c. Vaughn, l.. M Walker, Marcus J. Wright and Felix K. Zollicoffer. Of these only three, if we mistake not, are now living-G. w. Gordon, T. B. Smith and Marcus J. Wright.
 General R. E. Lee was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy. With the exception of Cooper, the adjutant and inspector general, so were all the generals -Beauregard Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph k. Johnston, Smith, Bragg and Hood. Of the nineteen lieutenant gen. erals, fifteen, Longstreet, Polk, Stonewall l Jackson. Hardee, Holmes. Pemberton. Ewell A P. Hill, D. H. Hill, Early, S.. D. Lee, Anderson, Stewart, Buckner and | Wheeler, were West Pointers. Taylor, Forrest Hampton and Gordon were from l civil life. Of the major generals forty | tbrpa Van , Dorn, Huger, Magruder, Lowell, Critten- den, Loring Samuel Jones, McLaws, Stuart. French, Stevenson, Pickett, David Jones, Forney Nancy, M l.. Smith, Wal ker Elzey, Gardner. Trmble, Whiting, Edward Johnson, Walker, Heth, Robert Ransom. Finder Wilcox, Gilmer, Fitz- hugh Lee. Bushrod Johnson, Lomax, Kemper, Marmaduke, Pegram, John Young, Rosser and Preston.
 Of the 362 brigader generals, sixty-three were West Pointers-John Adams, Alex ander, George B. Anderson, Archer Armi- stead. Armstrong, Bagby, Beall, B. E. Bee, Boggs, Bonham, Branch, Buford, Cabell, Chiffon, Colquitt, Cooke, Cosby, Cummings, Drayton, Echols, N. G. Ev- ans, Ferguson. Frazer, Robert Garnett, Gatlin, Gorgas. Grayson, Gregg, Hawes, Iverson, Jordan Lawton, Lewis, Little, Long, Lyon, Mackall, Major, Martin, Ben McCulloch, Mcintosh. Mercer Gabriel Rains, A. w. Reynolds, Beverly Robert son. Rugges, Shoup. Sibley, Slaughter, William Smith. Steele, Stuart, Stevens, Villepigue. H. H. Walker, l.. M Walker. w. S. Walker, Charles Winder, John Winder.
 Of the eight generals, seven were graduates of West Point. Of the nine teen lieutenant generals firteen were West Pointers. Of the eghty-one ma jor generals forty-three were West pointers. Of the total of 470 general offi- cers in the Confederate service, 12S were graduates of the United States Military Academy.
 The Confederacy was lavish in the bestowal of military commissions of high rank. It had more than twice as many full generals as the United States army has ever had in its entire exist ence. Only three men have held that rank In the United States service. Even Washington never held It. The Continental congress commissioned him general and commander-in-che of the army of the United Colonies" He was commissioned lieutenant general July 4, 179S, and never held a higher rank. An act of congress, March 8, 1799. created the office of general of the armies of the United States" but it was never filed Knox, St. Clair, Wayne, Hamilton, Dear born, Brown, Macomb McClelland and HaleclS held only the rank of major gen. eral although each of them commanded the army of the United States. James Wilkinson, who commanded 1t from 1900 to 1872 was only a brigadier general. Josiah Harmer, who was in command from 17S4 to 1791 was only a lieutenant colonel and brigadier by brevet. The first full general in the history of the United States army was II. s. Grant. He was given that rank in 1864 and was succeeded by Sherman in 1869, who was succeeded by Sheridan in 1883. These three are the only officers who ever at tained the rank of general Schofield. who succeeded Sheridan in 18SS was given the rank of lieutenant general by con gress previous to his retirement. Nelson A. Miles also retired as lieutenant gen eral, and so did S. B. M. Young few days ago, when Major General Chaffee succeeded to that rank. The number of generals In the Confederate service was eight. This equals the number of lieu tenant generals in the United States army from Washington to Chaffee The Con- federacy had nineteen lieutenant gem erals. Grant was the only federal off cer who attained this rank during the war though at the beginning of the war General Winfield Scott held this rank by brevet.
 In the Confederate service the pay of officers was as follows-when they could get it--General, per month, $500; lieuten- ant general, $450; major general s350; brgadier general, s301 colonel infantry. $l95: lieutenant colonel. s17O; major. s150; captain. s130; lieutenants, $90 and ss0. In l,a al arti1 pd ,eip the pay of colonel was S210 per month. and other officers In proportion. In the cavalry privates were supposed to re- ceive SIP a month, and In the artillery and infantry, $11. But the pay was not what they were fighting for.
 Verbal Accuracy.