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

Confederate Army: 1863

by Rudy Scott Nelson



January 4 . Roger W. Hanson; KY
WIA near Murfreesboro Tn, Died on January 4

January 15. David R Jones; GA
Died of ‘heart trouble’

April 17. Daniel Donelson; TN
Died but circumstances are in dispute.

May 1. Edward D Tracey; AL
KIA Port Gibson MS

May 3. E. F. Paxton; VA
KIA Chancellorsville

May 8. Maj Gen Earl Van Dorn; MS
Murdered by civilian at Spring Hill, Tn

May 10. Lt Gen Thomas Stonewall Jackson; VA
WIA Chancellorsville. Died of wounds.

May 16. Lloyd Tighman; KY
KIA Baker’s Creek or Champion’s Hill, Ms.

June 17. Isham Garrett (or Garrott) ; AL
KIA Vicksburg Siege.

June 27. Martin E. Green; MO
KIA Vicksburg Siege by a sharpshooter

July 2. William Barksdale; MS
KIA Gettysburg, Pa.

July 3. Richard B. Garnet; VA
KIA Gettysburg, PA

July 5. Louis A. Armistead; VA
WIA Gettysburg, Pa. on 2 July

July 10. Paul J. Semmes; GA
WIA Gettysburg, PA. Died of Wounds.

July 13. John S. Brown; MO
Captured at Vicksburg, Died as paroled POW due to fever

July 18. W. D. Pender; NC
WIA Gettysburg, Pa on 2 July. Died of Wounds.

July 18. J. J. Pettigrew; NC
WIA at Falling Waters Md. on July 14. Died of Wounds.

August 26. John B. Floyd; VA
Died of Ill health

September 7. L. M. Walker; TN
Killed in a duel

September 19. Preston Smith, Tn
KIA Chickamauga, Tn.

September 30. James Deshler; GA
KIA Chickamauga, Tn

September 30. B. H. Helm; KY
WIA Chickamauga, Tn on Sept 21

November 13. Carnot Posey; MS
WIA Bristol Station Va on 14 October. Died of Wounds

November 24. Claudius C. Wilson; GA
Died in Ringgold Ga of a ‘fever’

?? Edward Willis; GA Not listed as a General in some sources
KIA (could verify location of death)


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


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