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Confederate leaders, such as Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, led the Southern states in their fight for states' rights. This section contains information about the lives of Confederate generals and other Confederate leaders.

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Toombs, Robert A. (Augustus) (1810–1885), a United States and Confederate political leader. See more »

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Joseph Wheeler

Wheeler, Joseph (1836–1906), a United States army officer and politician. He was born near Augusta, Georgia, and graduated from West Point in 1859.

Jubal A. Early

Early, Jubal Anderson (1816–1894), a United States and Confederate army officer.

Judah P. Benjamin

Benjamin, Judah Philip (1811–1884), a United States and Confederate political leader.

Leonidas Polk

Polk, Leonidas (1806–1864), a United States Episcopal bishop and Confederate army general.

Nathan B. Forrest

Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821–1877), a Confederate army officer. An outstanding cavalry commander and one of the ablest generals of the war, Forrest harassed Union forces in Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama by raiding supply lines or isolated detachments of troops.

P. G. T. Beauregard

Beauregard, P. G. T. (Pierre Gustave Toutant) (1818–1893), a United States and Confederate army officer.

Raphael Semmes

Semmes, Raphael (1809–1877), a United States and Confederate naval officer. His daring as commander of the Sumter and Alabama, Confederate raiders that preyed on Union shipping, made him the naval hero of the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

Richard S. Ewell

Ewell, Richard Stoddert (1817–1872), a United States and Confederate army officer.

Robert A. Toombs

Toombs, Robert A. (Augustus) (1810–1885), a United States and Confederate political leader.

Robert E. Lee

Lee, Robert E. (Edward) (1807–1870), a United States and Confederate army officer.

S.B. Jr Buckner

Buckner, Simon Bolivar, the name of two army officers who were father and son.

Sam Davis

Davis, Sam (Samuel) (1842–1863), a Confederate hero who was hanged as a spy in the Civil War.

Stephen R. Mallory

Mallory, Stephen Russell (1813?–1873), a United States and Confederate political leader.

Sterling Price

Price, Sterling (1809–1867), a United States politician and Confederate army officer.

Thomas J. Jackson

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (1824–1863), a United States and Confederate army officer.

Wade Hampton

Hampton, Wade (1818–1902), a United States politician and Confederate army officer.

William Clarke Quantrill

Quantrill, William Clarke (1837–1865), a Confederate guerrilla leader. For his raiding and robbing along the Kansas-Missouri border during the Civil War, he earned the epithet “the bloodiest man in American history.” His most notorious action was a raid he led on Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863, in which his men burned the town and killed some 150 townspeople.

William L. Yancey

Yancey, William Lowndes (1814–1863), a Confederate political leader. He was a fiery orator, unyielding in his support of slavery and the South's right to secede.