This document profiles several prominent military leaders of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. Some of the key figures mentioned include Robert E. Lee, who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia and achieved several victories but ultimately surrendered; Stonewall Jackson, considered one of the most gifted tactical commanders; Nathan Bedford Forrest, a self-educated cavalry leader; and J.E.B. Stuart, a skilled cavalry commander known for reconnaissance. The document provides brief biographical details and military accomplishments for each leader.

1. Military Leaders Confederacy

4. ARMY OF TENNESSEE

5. Perryville

6. Stones River & Tullahoma

7. Chickamauga

10. Robert E. Lee referred to him as “a meteor shining from a clouded sky”

12. highest ranking Confed. gen. during the Civil War

13. he outranked:

14. Albert Sidney Johnston

15. Robert E. Lee

16. Joseph E. Johnston

17. P.G.T. Beauregard

19. known as a historian of Confed. experiences

20. helped found the Filson Club Historical Society and started preserving Shiloh battlefield

24. lacked formal military education but had a gift for strategy and tactics

25. nicknamed The Wizard of the Saddle

26. accused of war crimes at the Battle of Ft. Pillow for allowing forces under his command to conduct a massacre of black Union Army prisoners

29. one of the best brigade and division commanders in the CSA army but became increasingly ineffective as he was promoted to lead larger, independent commands late in the war

33. Lee’s greatest victories

34. Seven Days Battles

35. Second Battle of Bull Run

36. Battle of Fredericksburg

37. Battle of Chancellorsville

38. Battle of Cold Harbor

39. Campaigns to invade the North failed

40. Battle of Antietam

41. Battle of Gettysburg

45. ransom of Hagerstown, MD

50. first as a noted cavalry general in the Confederate States Army in the 1860s during the American Civil War

51. later as a general in the US Army during both the Spanish-American War and Philippine-American War near the turn of the century