Some Confederate Generals of the Army of Northern Virginia

These Generals led rebel troops during the American Civil War (1861-1865) in such battles as Antietam, Chacellorsville, Gettysburg and The Wilderness.

• James Ewell Brown ''Jeb'' Stuart (born 1833, died 1864)

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Cavalry commander known for his dashing exploits; killed at the battle of Yellow Tavern
• James Longstreet (born 1821, died 1904)

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Though blamed by many for his failures at Gettysburg, he served for the duration, and was known to Lee as ''''My Old War Horse''''
• Robert Edward Lee (born 1807, died 1870)

  American soldier. General in chief for the armies of the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. President of Washington College, 1865-70.

  • Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-65
• John Bell Hood

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Led a division of Texans in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Lafayette McLaws

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Robert Frederick Hoke

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Richard Stoddert Ewell

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War. Known as ''Old Bald Head.''

  • Served as a division commander with Stonewall Jackson; upon Jackson''s death, promoted to command the II Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia
• Ambrose Powell Hill

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Commander of the Light Division, then the III Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia
• William Dorsey Pender

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Jubal Anderson Early (born 1816, died 1894)

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Led an 1864 raid down the Shenandoah Valley that threatened the very gates of Washington, D.C.
• Daniel Harvey Hill

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Served with the Army of Northern Virginia in the early years of the war, and again towards the war''s end
• Richard Heron Anderson

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Rose to corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Wade Hampton

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Commander of a division of cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia; upon the death of Stuart, assumed command of the entire cavalry corps
• John B. Gordon

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • A reliable, tough brigadier who served for the duration and ended as a corps commander for the Army of Northern Virginia
• George E. Pickett (born 1825, died 1875)

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Led a brigade of Virginians in ''''Pickett''s Charge,'''' a famous but unsuccessful assault on the Union lines on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg
• Charles W. Field

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Joseph B. Kershaw

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Bryan Grimes

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• William Mahone

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • The sight of General Billy Mahone on the field of battle ''''would put fight into a whipped chicken'''' according to wags of the Army of Northern Virginia
• Harry Heth

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Led his troops in a bloody encounter with the Union Iron Brigade on the first day of Gettysburg
• George Washington Custis Lee

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Cavalry general in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Bushrod Johnson

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• William Henry Fitzhugh ''Rooney'' Lee

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • Cavalry general in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Thomas L. Rosser

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• William G. Lewis

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Montgomery D. Corse

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • A brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Eppa Hunton

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Dudley M. DuBose

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• James P. Simms

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Seth M. Barton

  Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.

  • General in the Army of Northern Virginia