Shooting Stars and Falling Stars
Generals Who Died
in the American Civil War

Confederate Army: 1862

by Rudy Scott Nelson



March 7. W. Y. Slack; MO
WIA Elkhorn and Died on 21 March.

March 7. Ben McCulloch; TX
KIA Elkhorn by a sharpshooter; Did not wear a uniform.

April 6. GEN Albert Sidney Johnston; TX
KIA Shilioh

April 6. A. H. Gladden; LA
WIA Shiloh; Died on 12 April

May 7 ? James McIntosh; FL
KIA Elkhorn after replacing McCulloch

May 16. Joseph L. Hogg; TX
Died of dysentery near Corinth Ms.

May 31. Robert Hatton; TN
KIA Seven Pines, Va

June 6. Turner Ashby; Va
KIA near Harrisonburg, Va during a rearguard action

June 19. Felix K. Zollicoffer; TN
KIA Mill Spring or Fishing Creek , Ky.

June 29. Richard Griffith; MS
KIA Savage Station Va, part of the Seven Days campaign

July 15. MG David Twiggs; GA
Died. In Ga, Too old for active service, Never commanded units in the field or a garrison.

August 9. Charles S. Winder; MD
KIA Cedar Run

September 10. Henrey Little; MO
KIA Iuka, Ms.

September 14. Samuel Garland; VA
KIA South Mountain, Va

September 17. L. G. Branch; NC
KIA Antietam Md. by a sharpshooter

September 17. William E. Starke; LA
KIA Sharpsburg/Antietam

October 4. William D. Smith; GA
Died in Charleston SC. of Yellow Fever

October 7. Allison Nelson, TX
Died in Austin Ark of ‘fever’

October 16. George B. Anderson; NC
WIA at Sharpsburg/Antietam Md on 17 September .. Died of Wounds.

November 9. J. B. Villepigue; SC
Died of ‘fever’ at Fort Hudson, La.

December 13. Thomas R. Cobb; GA
KIA Fredricksburg, Va

December 15. Maxcy Gregg; SC
WIA Fredricksburg, Va, on December 13.

December 18. Johnson K. Duncan; LA (born in Pa)
Captured at New Orleans, died of fever while a POW.

December 31. J. E. Rains; TN
KIA Murfreesboro Tn.


Shooting Stars and Falling Stars Generals Who Died in the American Civil War Confederate Army


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