Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army)

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commissioned officer rank military rank

Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) was a high-ranking commissioned officer grade in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, typically commanding corps-sized formations and serving directly under full generals.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
lieutenant general (Confederate States Army)	0	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commissioned officer rank → military rank →
appointmentAuthority	Jefferson Davis → surface form: President of the Confederate States
associatedWith	Confederate Army of Mississippi → surface form: Army of Mississippi Army of Northern Virginia → Army of Tennessee →
commandLevel	corps-level command →
confersStatus	high-ranking officer →
confirmationBy	Confederate Congress → surface form: Confederate States Senate
country	Confederate States of America →
equivalentRank	Lieutenant General in the United States Army → surface form: Lieutenant General (United States Army)
higherRank	General (Confederate States Army) →
historicalEra	19th century →
lowerRank	Major-General → surface form: Major General (Confederate States Army)
militaryBranchType	land forces →
notableHolder	A.P. Hill → surface form: A. P. Hill Alexander P. Stewart NERFINISHED → Edmund Kirby Smith → James Longstreet → John B. Gordon → John Bell Hood → John C. Pemberton → Major General Jubal A. Early → surface form: Jubal A. Early Leonidas Polk → Nathan Bedford Forrest → Richard H. Anderson → Richard S. Ewell → Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → surface form: Simon B. Buckner Stephen D. Lee → Stonewall Jackson → surface form: Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson Wade Hampton III → William J. Hardee →
partOf	Confederate States Army rank structure →
rankClass	general officer →
rankInsigniaFeature	three stars → wreath or collar braid →
reasonForObsolescence	dissolution of the Confederate States of America in 1865 →
reportsTo	General (Confederate States Army) →
serviceBranch	Confederate States Army →
status	obsolete rank →
timeInUseEnd	1865 →
timeInUseStart	1861 →
typicalCommand	corps →
typicalRole	corps commander → principal subordinate to army commander →
usedInConflict	American Civil War →

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → heldRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) →

this entity surface form: lieutenant general (Confederate States Army)

James Longstreet → militaryRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) →

Buckner → militaryRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) →

subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner