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CONFEDERATE ROSTER.

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Q Apl. , . Feb. , . Apl. , . .1865. 1863. AW. , Nov , . Dec. , . Fe}). Feb i 1862, and IT, 1864. asm. 27,1864. Aug. 29, 1861. Jane 9, 1864. Hell. 6,1862. Feb. 17, 1864. Oct. 13,1862. REMARKS. Assigned to the command of the 2d division of Forrest's cavalry, composed of the brigades of Colonels Thompson and Bell ; Lyon's brigade subsequently constituted a part of this com- mand ; in 186.5 command consisted of the brigades of Roddy, Clanton and Armistead. Promoted Major-General 1864; brigade composed of the 4th, 5th and 6th regiments South Carolina cavalry and " Keitt Squad- ron" South Carolina cavalry; also of the 1st and 2d SoutA Carolina cavalry ; Army of Northern Virginia. Commanding lirigade composed of four regiments Arkansas cavalry and one battery of Light artillery ; at one time in com- mand of the ISth, 19th, 20th and 21st regiments Arkansas in- fantry ; in 1S62 commanding 1st brigade, 2d division, Army of the West. Commanding brigade in Jackson's division, Forrest's cavalry corps. In command of Mobile and its vicinity, the garrison then con- sisting of the ITth, 21st and 29th Alabama regiments, the 4tb and 19th Louisiana regiments, the 30th Louisiana battalion, and various artillery companies, heavy and light. Succeeded Brigadier-General Gist in command of his brigade, composed of the 24th South Carolina, the 16th South Carolina, the 46th and 65th Georgia regiments, the 8th Georgia battalion of infantry, and the 1st battalion Georgia Sharpshooters. Resigned Feliruary 1, 1863; commanding brigade in General Polk's Department, Mississippi river defences. Commanding brigade, Brown's division, Cheatham's corps, Armv of Tennessee. First command, at Pensacola, Florida, consisted of the 1st and 2d Mississippi regiments, the Quitman artillery company, the Vicksburg artillery company and the Judson artillery com- pany; assigned in January, 1864, to tlie command of the cavalry brigades of Forrest and McCulloch, constituting the 1st division of Forrest's cavalry; Rucker's brigade subse- quently constituted a part of this command; in 1862 com- manded 2a lirigade, Reserve corps, Army of the Mississippi, composed of the 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 29th and Blythe's Missis- sippi regiments, and Ketchum's Light battery. Killed in action, below Richmond, August 16, 1864; commanded cavalry brigade in General W. H. F. Lee's division. Army of Northern Virginia. Promoted Major-General March 14, 1862 ; brigade was composed of the 154th, 6th and 9th regiments Tennessee Volunteers and Blythe's Mississippi battalion; assigned in 1861 to command of 2d division of the Western Department, embracing the brigades of Smith and Stevens. A. D. C. to President Davis, with rank of Colonel ; In 1864 la command of a brigade on the coast of South Carolina. Chief of Staff, Army of Northern Virginia ; Senate refused to confirm nomination as Brigadier-General April 11, 1863 ; re- appointed February 16, 1864; confirmed same day, to take rank from December 21, 1863 ; resigned April 1, 1864. Commanding 2d cavalry brigade, General Van Dorn's army ; in 1862 commanding 2d brigade, 2d division, Army of the West, composed of the 4t.h Arkansas infantry regiment, the 1st and 2d Arkansas Kiflemt^n, dismounted, the 4th Arkansas infantry battalion, Turnbull's Arkansas battalion, Humphrey's Light battery, and Reve's Missouri Scouts. Commanding cavalry brigade in the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana.

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