(In this photograph, Lee's collar lacks a general's wreath around the three stars, but his buttons are arranged like a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1829; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and...
(Photograph indicates rank of brigadier general.) Thomas Jackson "Stonewall" Jackson graduated from West Point in 1842; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1851 and taught at the Virginia Military Institute for the next ten...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1842; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in June 1861 and was commissioned as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army shortly afterward. Promoted...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart graduated from West Point in 1854. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in May 1861 and was commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Army shortly afterward. After...
(Early has a general's insignia on his lapel, but it could be the result of artistic retouching.) Graduated from West Point, 1837; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in 1836 to practice law. Although against...
(In the photograph, Hood's collar indicates rank of colonel while the buttons and sleeve braids indicate a brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1853. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was appointed colonel in the 4th...
(Hill's homespun jacket displays the three stars of a colonel; however, his careless attitude toward proper uniforms is well known.) Ambrose Powell Hill (1825-1865) graduated from West Point, 1847. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in March 1861...
(Uniform indicates rank of colonel.) A North Carolina businessman before the war, Robert Hoke (1837-1912) entered Confederate service as a second lieutenant in the 1st North Carolina Infantry in the spring of 1861. After promoting through the...
(Uniform indicates rank of major general.) Graduated from West Point, 1846; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in June 1861 and was commissioned as a colonel in the Virginia provisional force in July 1861. Promoted to...
(Collar indicates rank of colonel, but the button arrangement is that of a brigadier general.) Commissioned into the U.S. Army in 1857; resigned his commission in 1859. Commissioned as a captain in the Confederate Cavalry at the outbreak of war. ...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated form West Point; 1846; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission and was commissioned as a colonel in the 9th Alabama Infantry in July 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in...
(Collar indicates rank of brigadier general, though the button arrangement does not.) Graduated from West Point, 1846; Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in May 1861 and was commissioned as a lieutenant colonel in the...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from West Point, 1838; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in April 1861 and was appointed as a brigadier general in the Confederate Army in July 1861. ...
(Unable to determine rank in the photograph. Only known wartime photograph.) Graduated form West Point, 1838; Seminole War and Mexican War veteran. Resigned his U.S. Army commission in June 1861 and was commissioned as a major in the Confederate...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Graduated from the Virginia Military Institute, 1848. Raised the 5th Alabama Infantry at the outbreak of war and was later commissioned as a colonel in May 1861. Promoted to brigadier general in...
(Uniform indicates rank of brigadier general.) Mexican War veteran. Commissioned as a colonel in the 2nd South Carolina Infantry at the outbreak of war. Promoted to brigadier general in February 1862 and major general in June 1864. Major...
(The eagle on his shoulder straps, visible in the original photograph but not this copy, indicates the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army. Either the photograph was taken before he resigned his commission, or he continued wearing his old uniform...