Confederate Generals from SC

Confederate Generals born in South Carolina


Lieutenant Generals: 

Wade Hampton: born in Charleston, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Stephen Dill Lee: born in Charleston, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
James "Old Pete" Longstreet: born in Edgefield District, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)


Major Generals:

Richard Anderson: born in Sumter, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Daniel Harvey Hill: born in York District, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Benjamin Huger: born in Charleston, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
David "Neighbor" Jones: born in Orangeburg, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Pierce Manning Butler Young: born in Spartanburg, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point) - resigned in senior year

Brigadier Generals:

Alpheus Baker: born in Abbeville, SC
William Edwin Baldwin: born in Statesburg, SC
Barnard Elliot Bee, Jr.: born in Charleston, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Hamilton Prioleau Bee: born in Charleston, SC
Milledge Bonham: born in Edgefield, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)

John Bratton: born in Winnsboro, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Mathew Butler: born in Greenville, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC) - withdrew in senior year
James Cantey: born in Camden, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Ellison Capers: born in Charleston, SC; educated at South Carolina Military College (Citadel)
James Chesnut, Jr: born in Camden, SC; educated at College of New Jersey (Princeton)

James Connor: born in Charleston, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Zachariah Cantey Deas: born in Camden, SC; educated in Caudebec, France
Thomas Drayton: born in Charleston, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
John Dunovant: born in Chester, SC
Stephen Elliot: born in Beaufort, SC

Nathan "Shanks" Evans: born in Marion, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Samuel Ferguson: born in Charleston, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Martin Gary: born in Cokesbury, SC; educated at Harvard
States Rights Gist: born in Union District, educated at South Carolina College (USC) and Harvard
Adley Gladden: born in Fairfield District, SC

Henry Gray: born in Laurens District, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Maxcy Gregg: born in Columbia, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
James Harrison: born in Greenville District, SC
Johnson Hagood: born in Barnwell County, SC; educated at South Carolina Military College (Citadel)
Micah Jenkins: born on Edisto Island, SC; educated at South Carolina Military College (Citadel)

John Dolby Kennedy: born in Camden, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Joseph Kershaw: born in Camden, SC; educated at Cokesbury Conference School, Abbeville, SC
Evander Law: born in Darlington, SC; educated at South Carolina Military College (Citadel)
Alexander Lawton: born in Beaufort District, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Thomas Logan: born in Charleston, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)

Robert Lowrey: born in Chesterfield District, SC
Arthur Manigault: born in Charleston; educated at College of Charleston
Samuel McGowan: born in Laurens County, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Lucius Northrop: born in Charleston, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
Abner Perrin: born in Edgefield District, SC

James Trapier: born in Georgetown, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
John Villenpigue: born in Camden, SC; educated at US Military Academy (West Point)
William henry Wallace: born in Laurens District, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Thomas Neville Waul: born in Sumter District; educated at South Carolina College (USC) - withdrew before graduation at father's death
Louis Wigfall: born in Edgefield, SC; educated at South Carolina College (USC)


Confederate Generals educated in South Carolina, born in other states


Major Generals: 

John Austin Wharton: born in Nashville, TN; educated at South Carolina College (USC)


Brigadier Generals: 

James Ronald Chalmers: born in Halifax County, VA; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
John Buchanan Floyd: born in Montgomery County, VA; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Daniel Govan: born in Northampton County, NC; educated at South Carolina College (USC) - left before graduating
John King Jackson: born in Augusta, GA; educated at South Carolina College (USC)
Dandridge McRae: born in Baldwin County, AL; educated at South Carolina College (USC)