rg, West Virginia, January 21,
1824; graduated at West Point, 1846; served through Mexican war and
resigned from army, 1851; professor of philosophy and artillery tactics
Virginia Military Institute, 1851-61; joined Confederate army at opening
of Civil War; brigadier-general at Bull Run, July 21, 1861;
major-general, November, 1861; at Winchester, Cross Keys, Gaines's Mill,
Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, Harper's Ferry, Antietam and
Fredericksburg, 1862; mortally wounded by his own men at
Chancellorsville, May 2, 1863; died at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May
10, 1863.

JOHNSTON, ALBERT SIDNEY. Born at Washington, Mason County, Kentucky,
February 3, 1803; graduated at West Point, 1826; served in Black Hawk
war, 1832; resigned from army, 1834; enlisted as private in Texan army,
1836; succeeded Felix Houston as commander of Texan army, 1837;
secretary of war for Republic of Texas, 1838-40; served in Mexican war,
1846-47; commanded successful expedition against revolted Mormons in
Utah, 1857; appointed commander of Department of Kentucky and Tennessee
in Confederate service, 1861; attacked Grant's army at Shiloh, April 6,
1862, and killed there while leading his men.

BEAUREGARD, PIERRE GUSTAVE TOUTANT. Born near New Orleans, May 23, 1818;
graduated at West Point, 1838; served with distinction in Mexican war;
superintendent of West Point Academy, 1860-61; resigned to accept
appointment as brigadier-general in Confederate army, 1861; bombarded
and captured Fort Sumter, April 12-14, 1861; commanded at battle of Bull
Bun, July 21, 1861; general, 1861; assumed command of army at Shiloh on
death of Johnston, April 6, 1862; surrendered to Sherman, 1865;
president of New Orleans and Jackson Railroad Company, 1865-70;
adjutant-general of Louisiana, 1878; died at New Orleans, February 20,
1893.

JOHNSTON, JOSEPH ECCLESTON. Born near Farmville, Virginia, February 3,
1807; graduated at West Point, 1829; served in Mexican war, 1846-47;
entered Confederate service as brigadier-general, 1861; took part in
battle of Bull Run, opposed McClellan in Peninsular campaign, fought
battles of Resaca and Dallas against Sherman, and surrendered to Sherman
at Durham Station, North Carolina, April 26, 1865; member of Congress,
1876-78; United States Commissioner of Railways, 1885-89; died at
Washington, D.C., March 21, 1891.

LONGSTREET, JAMES. Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, January
8, 1821; graduated at West Point, 1842; served in M