Confederate Military - Civil War - South
Brigadier General Beverly Robertson’s cavalry participates from II Manassas to Brandy Station
Polk is relieved by his nemesis, Bragg, before being KIA at Pine Mountain, Ga. in 1864
Price’s 1864 raid throughout Missouri ultimately ends in failure
Rain’s fame comes as the father of land and sea mines and torpedoes, mainly to defend CSA port
Colonel James Rains defends the Cumberland Gap before being KIA in a charge at Stones River
Price wins at Wilson’s Creek, but defeats at Pea Ridge, Iuka and Corinth almost lead to dismissal
Pickett continues to fight to the end, but never forgives Lee for his Cemetery Hill orders
Pryor is engaged on the Peninsula and II Manassas before Antietam, where his army career stalls out
Brigadier General Roger Pryor is an editor, jurist, congressman and pro-secessionist before the war
Major General Sterling Price converts successes in the Mexican War to become Missouri Governor
Brigadier General Gabriel Rains is praised for his action at Seven Pines, where he is wounded
Brigadier General Albert Pike recruits Indian tribes to CSA, fights at Pea Ridge, then resigns
Brigadier General Gideon Pillow, wounded twice in Mexico, fades after surrender of Ft. Donelson
Pryor becomes a leading figure after the war in the “Lost Cause” defense of the South’s secession
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Polk is commissioned by his friend, Jeff Davis, and given command over much of Tennessee
Brigadier General Matthew Ransom is wounded three times from Seven Pines to Appomattox
Polk’s army wing is heavily engaged at Shiloh, Stones River and Chickamauga
Major General Robert Ransom leads his NC troops at Antietam and in the defense of Marye’s Heights
Brigadier General Roswell Ripley is engaged at Antietam then assigned to defend Charleston
Brigadier General William Preston resigns as US ambassador to Spain before limited army service
Richmond burned
Lt. General Leonidas Polk is the Episcopalian Bishop of Louisiana & founds the U of the South
Pickett’s division is destroyed at Gettysburg on July 3 in the charge bearing his name
Colonel Arthur Reynolds leads a Mississippi unit at Ft. Donelson, Vicksburg and the defense of Atlanta