BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM WIRT ADAMS             Born March 22, 1819 in Fairview, Kentucky           Died March 1, 1888 in Jackson, Mississippi           Organized the 1st Mississippi Cavalry BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM EDWIN BALDWIN           Born July 28, 1827 in Statesburg, SC           Died February 19, 1864 in Dog  River Factory, AL           Enlisted in the Columbus Riflemen BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM BARKSDALE           Born August 21, 1821 in Smyrna, Tennessee           Died July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania           Enlisted in the 13th MIssissippi BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL BENTON           Born October 18, 1820 in Williamson County, Tennessee           Died July 28, 1864 in Griffin, Georgia           Enlisted in the 9th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM LINDSAY BRANDON           Born c. 1801 in Adams County, Mississippi           Died October 8, 1890 in Wilkinson  County, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 21st Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM FELIX BRANTLEY           Born March 12, 1830 in Green County, Alabama           Died November 2, 1870 in Winona, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 15th and, later, the 29th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES RONALD CHALMERS           Born January 11, 1831 in Halifax  County, Virginia           Died April 9, 1898 in Memphis, Tennessee           Enlisted in the 9th Mississippi MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES CLARK           Born May 24, 1811 in Lebanon, Ohio           Died December 18, 1877 in Bolivar County, Mississippi           Served as Major General of the Mississippi Troops           Governor of Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL DOUGLAS HANCOCK COOPER           Born November 1, 1815 in Amite County, Mississippi           Died April 29, 1879 in Bryan  County, Mississippi           Enlisted in the !st Choctaw and Chickasaw Mounted Rifles BRIGADIER GENERAL JOSEPH ROBERT DAVIS           Born January 12, 1825 in Woodville, Mississippi           Died September 15, 1896 in Biloxi, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 10th Mississippi           Nephew of Confederate President Jefferson Davis BRIGADIER GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT FEATHERSTON           Born August 8, 1820 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee           Died May 28, 1891 in Holly Springs, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 17th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL WRAGG FERGUSON           Born November 3, 1834 in Charleston, South Carolina           Died February 3, 1917 in Jackson, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 28th Mississippi Cavalry MAJOR GENERAL SAMUEL GIBBS FRENCH         Born November 22, 1818 in Gloucester County, New Jersey           Died April 20, 1910 in Florala, Florida           Chief of Ordnance in Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL JOHNSON GHOLSON           Born May 19, 1808 in Madison County, Kentucky           Died October 16, 1883 in Aberdeen, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 14th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL HIRAM BRONSON GRANBURY           Born March 1, 1831 in Copiah County, Mississippi           Died November 30, 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee           Enlisted in Texas BRIGADIER GENERAL HENRY GRAY           Born January 19, 1816 in Laurens District, South Carolina           Died December 11, 1892 in Coushatta, Louisiana           Joined as a private in Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL RICHARD GRIFFITH           Born January 11, 1814 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania           Died June 29, 1862 in Richmond, Virginia           Enlisted in the 12th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL NATHANIEL HARRISON HARRIS           Born August 22, 1834 in Natchez, Mississippi           Died August 23, 1900 in Malvern England           Organized the Warren Rifles (later the 19th Mississippi) BRIGADIER GENERAL BENJAMIN GRUBB HUMPHRIES           Born August 24/26, 1808 in Claiborne County, MIssissippi           Died December 20, 1882 in Leflore County, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 21st Mississippi           Governor of Mississippi MAJOR GENERAL STEPHEN DILL LEE           Born September 22, 1833 in  Charleston, South Carolina           Died May 28, 1808 in Vicksburg, Mississippi           Served as a member of the Staff of General P.G.T. Beauregard BRIGADIER GENERAL MARK PERRIN LOWREY           Born December 30, 1828 in McNairy County, Tennessee           Died February 27, 1885 in Middleston, Tennessee           Enlisted in the 32nd Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT LOWRY           Born March 10, 1830 in Chesterfield District, South Carolina           Died January 19, 1910 in Jackson, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 6th Mississippi           Governor of Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL CARNOT POSEY           Born August 5, 1818 in Wilkinson County, Mississippi           Died November 13, 1863 in Charlottesville, Virginia           Enlisted in the Wilkinson Rifles BRIGADIER GENERAL PHILIP DALE RODDEY           Born April 2, 1826 in Moulton, AL           Died July 20, 1897 in London, England           Organized the Tishomingo Rangers BRIGADIER GENERAL CLAUDIUS WISTAR SEARS           Born November 8, 1817 in Peru, Massachusettes           Died Fbruary 5, 1891 in Oxford, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 17th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL JACOB HUNTER SHARP           Born February 6, 1833 in Pickensville, Alabama           Died September 15, 1907 in Columbus, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 44th Mississippi BRIGADIER GENERAL PETER BURWELL STARKE           Born c. 1815 in Brunswick County, Virginia           Died July 13, 1888 near Laurenceville, Virginia           Enlisted in the 28th Mississippi Cavalry BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM FEIMSTER TUCKER           Born May 9, 1827 in Iredell County, North Carolina           Died September 14, 1881 in Okolona, Mississippi           Enlisted in the 11th Mississippi MAJOR GENERAL EARL VAN DORN           Born September 17, 1820 near Port Gibson, Mississippi           Died May 7, 1863 at Spring Hill, Tennessee MAJOR GENERAL EDWARD CARY WALTHALL           Born April 4, 1831 in Richmond, Virginia           Died April 21, 1898 in Washington, DC           Enlisted in the Yalobusha Rifles           Post war U.S. Senator BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY CHASE WHITING           Born March 22, 1824 in Biloxi, Mississippi           Died  March 10, 1865 in Governor's Island, New York           Enlisted in Virginia

MISSISSIPPI'S CONFEDERATE GENERALS

Mississippi contributed a number of men who reached the rank of General in the Confederate Army.  We honor those such men born in Mississippi and those who first joined the Confederate Services through a Mississippi unit who reached that rank.  Their efforts, valor and standfast devotion to the cause will not be forgotten.

"LEST WE FORGET, LEST WE FORGET"