Important figures of the confederacy
Jefferson davis June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889 West Point graduate U.S. Secretary of War U.S. Senator from Mississippi President of the Confederate States of America
Robert E. Lee January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870 Commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia January 31, 1865, promoted to general-in-chief of Confederate forces Lived in Custis-Lee mansion on Arlington plantation President of Washington College
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson January 21, 1824– May 10, 1863 Taught at VMI Confederate general Considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders in United States history Shot by confederate soldiers Left arm was amputated Died from pneumonia
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard May 28, 1818 – February 20, 1893 first Confederate brigadier general Commanded confederate forces at Ft. Sumter Worked for equal rights for freed slaves Railroad executive and became very wealthy
Wade Hampton III March 28, 1818 – April 11, 1902 graduated from South Carolina College had no military experience lieutenant general personally financed all of the weapons for his Legion Home burned by Sherman SC governor 1876
Nathan Bedford Forrest July 13, 1821 – October 29, 1877 was a millionaire and one of the richest men in the South lieutenant general first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan