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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.

IN ORDER OF RANK. Oct. 11,1862. Oct. 11,1868. Oct. 11,1862. Oct. 13,1862. Oct. 11,1862. Oct. 11,1862. Oct. 13,1862. Feb. 2, 1864. Jan. 15,1864. Feb. 11, 1864. May 16, 1864. May 31,1864. REMARKS. In command of 1st corps, Army of Northern Virginia, &c., &c. At the Battle of Preaericksburg, in November, 1862, General Longstreet's corps was composed of the divisions of Anderson, Pickett, Ransom. Hood and McLaws, and the artillery battalions of Colonels Alexander and Walton; In October, 1863, commanding corps In the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of McLaws, Preston, Walker and Hood, and the artillery battalions of Alexander, Williams, Leyden and Robertson ; Pickett's division belonged to this corps. Promoted General P. A. C. S. February 19, 1864 ; commanded Department of East Tennessee and Kentucky, North Georgia and West North Carolina, with infantry division* of Steven- son, McCown and Heth, and the cavalry brigades of Forrest, Morgan, Scott and Ashby ; also in command of Trans-Missis- sippi Department. Killed, June 14, 1S64, on Pine Mountain, near Marietta, Georgia ; at the time of his death in command of the Array of Missis- sippi, co-operating with the Army of Tennessee, both under command of General Joseph E. Johnston ; commanded corps Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Cheatham, Withers and McCown ; commanded Army of Tennessee at Chattanooga, August, 1863 ; also, in 1863 and 1864, commanded Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana; assigned to command of Trans-Mississippi Department. In command, August, 1863, of the parolled prisoners of Missis- sippi, Arkansas, Missouri, Texas and Louisiana, recently form- ing part of the garrisons of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. In command of the Department of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida ; his corps, in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the Divisions of Cheatham, Cleyburne, Stevenson and Walker ; subsequently Stevenson's division was exchanged for Bates' division ; in command of the Army of Tennessee at Dalton, Georgia. December 21, 1863. Died May 10, 1863 ; commanding Second corps Army of North- ern Virginia. At the Battle of Fredericksburg this corps was composed of the divisions of A. P. Hill, D. H. Hill, Early and Taliaferro. Colonel Brown's regiment of artillery and numerons light batteries. Resigned May 18, 1864 ; assigned to the command of the Depart- ment of Mississippi and East Louisiana. Commanding Second corps Army of Northern Virginia, the De- partment of Richmond, &c. Killed In front of Petersburg, Va.; commanding Third corps Army of Northern Virginia, &c., composed of the divisions of Anderson, Heth and Pender. In October, 1863, commanding corps, Array of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Cleburne and Stewart; corps afterwards composed of the divisions of Cleburne and Breckinridge. Promoted General with temporary rank July 18, 1864; com- manding corps in the Army of Tennessee, composed of the divisions of Hindmaa, Stevenson and Stewart. Commanding Department of Alabama, Mississippi and West Tennessee. Assigned to the command of the Department of Alabama, Mis- sissippi, East Louisiana and West Tennessee ; subsequently in command of Hood's old corps. Army of Tennessee, com- posed of the divisions of Hill, Stevenson and Clayton. Commanded Second corps Army of Northern Virginia, composed of the divisions of Rodes, Gordon and Ramseur, and three battalions of light artillery under comraand of Brigadier- General Long.

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