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1. This Confederate general was killed in action at the battle of Franklin in 1864. He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on July 1, 1825 and educated at West Point (Class of 1846). He was a career soldier before the Civil War started with his first action being in the Mexican War.
2. This Confederate General was formerly a newspaper editor and a representative. His claim to fame is that his brigade hampered the efforts of Union engineers to build bridges across the Rappahannock at Fredricksburg. He is most remembered though for being mortally wounded on the second day at Gettysburg.
3. This Confederate general helped write the Confederate Constitution. He was born and educated in Georgia. He was mortally wounded at Fredricksburg.
4. This Confederate general is most famously known for being in charge of the troops that started the Battle of Gettysburg when they went looking for shoes. He was also severely wounded at Gettysburg. He also fought in a number of the major campaigns in the eastern theater.
5. This Confederate general was from South Carolina. He served in the Mexican War and was a state legislator. He was captured at Sayler's Creek and imprisoned at Fort Warren until July 1865. He served in almost every major campaign in the Eastern theater.
6. This Confederate General was considered by many to be the premier military leader for the Southern forces. He was killed in action early in the war at Shiloh.
7. This Confederate general was second in command at Franklin and Nashville. He served in the Mexican War where he had an arm amputated. He was from Wilmington, NC and in the years after the Civil War he served in the Egyptian Army.
8. This Confederate general graduated from West Point in 1854. He has been credited with negotiating the surrender of Fort Sumter. He was captured at Vicksburg and wounded at Nashville. He later became the the Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Veterans from 1904-1908.
9. This Confederate general is more famous for his service as a Senator from Alabama from 1876-1907. At the start of the war he enlisted as a private with the Cahaba Rifles. He was promoted to brigadier general in November of 1863.
10. This Confederate general has a very famous nickname but he was also known as "Tom Fool" at times. He graduated from West Point in 1846 an served as army officer in the Mexican War. He was wounded in battle and died at Guinea Station on May 10, 1863.
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