| 1,008 officers were
appointed to the various general ranks on both sides during the American Civil War. In the Union Army, for
most of the war, there were only two general ranks, brigadier and major. In 1864 the rank
of lieutenant general was reactivated and given to Ulysses Simpson Grant. The three grades
were distinguished by their insignia: one star for brigadier general, two for major
general and three for lieutenant general.
In the Confederate
Army, by 1862 there were four grades of general: brigadier, major, lieutenant and full
general. All wore the same insignia making it impossible to identify a
generalŽs rank by his uniform.
This site contains
over 11,000 pictures of Confederate and Union general officers. Here youŽll find just the
pictures and names. For additional information with small biographies of all these
generals you can visit the site of Kerry Webb. |
