Washington Biographical Sketches

  • Samuel Allen
  • Elias Banta
  • Asa Shinn Mercer
  • Harvey Whitefield Scott


    Other Civil War Biographies

    Anderson, Joseph
    Connor, Gen. Patrick Edward
    Cooke, Gen. Phillip St. George
    Doty, James Duane
    Harding, Stephen S.
    Jenkins, Brig. Gen. Albert Gallatin
    Kinney, John F.



    NOTE: P.A.C.S is the abbreviation for Provisional Army of the Confederate States.



    Anderson, Joseph Reid, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. -- Manager, Tredegar Iron Works.
    Armistead, Lewis Addison, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.

    1. Armistead Marker Preservation Committee


    Ashby, Turner, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    August, Thomas P., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia, Colonel, Office of Conscription
    Baldwin, John B., Member of CS Congress
    Banks, Robert A., Major General, Virginia Militia
    Barton, Seth Maxwell, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Beale, Richard L. T., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Beckley, Alfred, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Blow, George, Jr., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Bocock, Thomas S., Member of CS Congress
    Boggs, James, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Boteler, Alexander Robinson., Member of CS Congress
    Bowen, Reese Tate, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Brockenbrough, John W., Member of CS Congress
    Campbell, John A., Assistant Secretary of War
    Caperton, Allen T., Member of CS Senate
    Carson, James H., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia.
    Chambliss, John Randolph, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S./Member of C.S. Congress.
    Chapman, Augustus Alexandria, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Chilton, Robert Hall, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Clay, Oden Green, Major General, Virginia Militia.
    Cocke, Philip St. George, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Coleman, C. G., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Collier, Charles F., Member of CS Congress
    Colston, Raleigh Edward, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Conrad, C. B., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Cooper, Samuel, General, P.A.C.S.
    Corse, Montgomery Dent, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Dearing, James, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    DeJarnette, Daniel C., Member of CS Congress
    deLagnel, Julius Adolphus, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. (declined)
    Dillard, Hughes, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Dillard, Terisha W., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Dimmock, Charles, Brigadier General, Virgina Forces (Chief of Ordnance) - Public Guard.
    Early, Jubal Anderson, Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
    Echols, John, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Ewell, Richard Stoddert, Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
    Another R. S. Ewell Bio
    Fairfax, Buckner, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Fauntleroy, Thomas T., Brigadier General, Virginia Forces
    Field, Charles William, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Floyd, John Buchanan, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Funsten, David, Member of CS Congress
    Garland, Samuel, Jr., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Garnett, Muscoe R. H., Member of CS Congress
    Garnett, Richard Brooke, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Garnett, Robert Selden, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.

    Gholson, Thomas S., Member of CS Congress
    Goode, John, Jr., Member of CS Congress
    Gordon, William F., Major General, Virginia Militia
    Hairston, Peter, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Harman, William Henry, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Harper, Kenton, Major General, Virginia Militia
    Harris, David Bullock, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Haymond, Thomas Sherwood, Major General, Virginia Militia
    Heth, Henry, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Hill, Ambrose Powell, Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
    Another A. P. Hill Biography
    Holcombe, James P., Member of CS Congress
    Holliday, Frederick W. M., Member of CS Congress
    Humes, William Younger Conn, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Hunter, Robert M. T., Member of CS Congress, CS Senate, CS Secretary of State
    Hunton, Eppa, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Imboden, John Daniel, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Jackson, John J., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Jackson, Thomas Jonathan, "Stonewall" Lieutenant General, P.A.C.S.
    Jackson, William Lowther, "Mudwall", Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Jenifer, Walter Hanson, Colonel (Commanded Brigade).
    Jenkins, Albert Gallatin, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Member of C.S. Congress

    1. Another Albert G. Jenkins Article Journal of West Virginia History


    Johnson, Edward, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Johnston, Joseph Eggleston, General, P.A.C.S.
    Another Joseph E. Johnston Biography Site
    Johnston, Robert, Member of CS Congress
    Jones, John Marshall, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Jones, John R., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Jones, Samuel, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Jones, William Edmondson (Grumble), Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Jordan, Thomas, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Kean, Robert G. H., Colonel, Chief of the Bureau of War, CS War Department
    Kemper, James Lawson, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Lane, James Henry, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Layne, Douglas B., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Lee, Edwin G., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. (not confirmed).
    Lee, Fitzhugh, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Lee, George Washington Custis, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Lee, Robert Edward, General, P.A.C.S.
    Another R. E. Lee Biography site
    Lee, William Henry Fitzhugh "Rooney", Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Letcher, John, Governor
    Lilley, Robert Doak, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Lomax, Lunsford Lindsay, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Long, Armistead Lindsay, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Lyons, James, Member of CS Congress
    MacFarland, W. H., Member of CS Congress
    Magruder, John Bankhead, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Mahone, William, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Mason, James Murray, Member of CS Congress
    Maury, Dabney Herndon, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    McCausland, John, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.

    1. John McCausland


    McMullen, Fayette, Member of CS Congress
    Meem, Gilbert Simrall, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Miller, Samuel A., Member of CS Congress
    Millson, John S., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Montague, Robert L., Member of CS Congress
    Moore, Alfred Cleon, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Moore, Patrick T., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Morton, Richard, Superintendant of Niter and Mining Bureau
    Mosby, John Singleton, Colonel, Partisan Ranger leader.
    Munford, Thomas Taylor, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Page, Richard L., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Paxton, Elisha Franklin, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Payne, William Henry Fitzhugh, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Pegram, John, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Pendleton, William Nelson, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. -- Chief of Artillery, ANV.
    Pickett, George Edward, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Preston, John Smith, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Superintendent of Conscription
    Preston, R. C., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Preston, Walter, Member of CS Congress
    Preston, William Ballard, Member of CS Congress, CS Senate
    Price, Bushrod W., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Pryor, Roger Atkinson, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Member of C.S. Congress
    Randolph, George Wythe, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Secretary of War
    Reynolds, Alexander Welch, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Richardson, John Harvie, Colonel, Virginia Militia
    Richardson, William Harvey, The Adjutant General of Virginia
    Richmond, Jonathan, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Rives, Alferd L., Colonel, Chief of Engineer Bureau
    Rives, William C., Member of CS Congress
    Robertson, Beverly Holcombe, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Rogers, Asa, Major General, Virginia Militia
    Rosser, Thomas Lafeyette, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Ruggles, Daniel, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Russell, Charles W., Member of CS Congress
    Scott, Robert E., Member of CS Congress
    Scott, William Campbell, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Seddon, James C., Member of CS Congress, Secretary of War
    Semmes, Raphel, Admiral, C.S. Navy
    Shands, William Briggs, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Slaughter, James E., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Slidell, John Confederate diplomat
    Smith, William "Extra Billy", Major General, P.A.C.S., C.S. Congress, Governor
    Smith, William E., Member of CS Congress
    Staples, Waller R., Member of CS Congress
    Starke, William E., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Stevens, Walter Husted, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Stevenson, Carter Littlepage, Major General, P.A.C.S.
    Stuart, James Ewell Brown, Major General, P.A.C.S. Another JEB Stuart Page
    Taliaferro, William Booth, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Terrill, James Barbour, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Terry, William, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Terry, William Richard, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. Congressional Biography
    Thomas, George H., Major General, U.S. Army
    John Randolph Tucker,Commodore, C.S. Navy
    Tyler, John, Member of CS Congress (former President of the United States)
    Vaughn, John C., Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. (OK, he was from Tennessee but he was born in Grayson County, Virginia)
    Walker, Henry Harrison, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Walker, James Alexander, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Walker, Reuben Lindsay, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Weisiger, David Addison, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    West, Mitchell, Brigadier General, Virginia Militia
    Wharton, Gabriel Colvin, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S.
    Whitfield, Robert H., Member of CS Congress
    Wickham, Williams Carter, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S., Member of CS Congress
    Wise, Henry Alexander, Brigadier General, P.A.C.S. Congressional Biography
    Wright, Robert L., Brigadier General, Virginia Militia


    Other biographical sites of interest



    Additional links or information would be appreciated

    1. List of United States Officers Who Joined the Confederate States Army
    2. Mabrys/Mayberrys in the Civil War
    3. West Virginia Civil War Soldiers Database
    4. Generals on the Web
      The Political Graveyard - Virginia Offices
      The Political Graveyard Main Page


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