List of American Civil War generals (Confederate)

== Confederate generals == Assigned to duty by E. Kirby Smith Incomplete appointments State militia generals The Confederate and United States processes for appointment, nomination and confirmation of general officers were essentially the same. The military laws of the United States required that a person be nominated as a general officer by the president and be confirmed by the Senate and that his commission be signed and sealed by the president.

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