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.

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Label Occurrences
Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) canonical 2
Lieutenant general (Confederate States Army) 2
lieutenant general (Confederate States Army) 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 ⓘ
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 (5)

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

James Longstreet → militaryRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ
Buckner → militaryRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ
subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → heldRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: lieutenant general (Confederate States Army)
Joseph Wheeler → militaryRank → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant general (Confederate States Army)
General (Confederate States Army) → hierarchicalRankAbove → Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lieutenant general (Confederate States Army)