Florida Confederate Generals

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Confederate Major General James Patton Anderson, of Monticello, Florida.

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Confederate Major General William Wing Loring was raised in St. Augustine.

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In addition to Joseph Finegan and Edmund Kirby Smith, a number of other Confederate general officers were either born or raised in Florida or closely associated with the state.

James Patton Anderson, of Monticello, served as colonel of the 1st Florida Infantry before being promoted to brigadier general in 1862 and then major general in 1864. He commanded a division in the Army of Tennessee and also for a time the District of Florida.

Theodore W. Brevard, of Tallahassee, served as colonel of the 11th Florida Infantry. In March 1865, he was commissioned brigadier general, the last general officer of the war appointed by President Jefferson Davis, and commanded the Florida Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia.

Robert Bullock, of Ocala, served as colonel of the 7th Florida Infantry in the Army of Tennessee and for a time commanded its Florida Brigade. In 1864, he was promoted to brigadier general.

William G.M. Davis, of Apalachicola, served as colonel of the 1st Florida Cavalry. Promoted to brigadier general in 1862, he commanded the Department of East Tennessee. Davis resigned in 1863 and subsequently operated blockade runners from North Carolina.

Jesse Johnson Finley, of Marianna, served as colonel of the 6th Florida Infantry. Promoted to brigadier general in 1863, he commanded the Florida Brigade of the Army of Tennessee.

William Wing Loring, a career soldier raised in St. Augustine, was commissioned a brigadier general in 1861 and major general in 1862. Loring served in both the eastern and western theaters as a division commander. 

James McQueen McIntosh, a West Point graduate born in Tampa, was promoted from colonel to brigadier general in 1862. He was killed at the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern), Arkansas in March 1862.

William Miller, of Milton, served as colonel of the 1st Florida Infantry in the Army of Tennessee. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1864, commanded the District of Florida, and was the Confederate field commander at the Battle of Natural Bridge in March 1865. 

Edward A. Perry, of Pensacola, became brigadier general in August 1862 and commanded the Florida Brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia until 1864. Perry was elected Florida governor in 1884. 

Francis A. Shoup, of St. Augustine, was appointed brigadier general in 1862 and served in both the western and eastern theaters as an artillery and staff officer.

Martin L. Smith, chief engineer for the Florida Railroad, was promoted to brigadier general and then major general in 1862, and served as chief of the Confederate Corps of Engineers.

To learn more, see: Generals in Gray by Ezra J. Warner, Louisiana State University Press, 1959