Manuscript List of Confederate Army Officers

A three-page manuscript folio listing forty-nine Confederate Army officers, including their names, ranks, dates of commission, and original entry into service dates. The document is titled "All offices on this list are Graduate of the Military Academy [West Point] except those to whose name this mark (x) is offered." Notable officers listed include A.C. Myers (the highest-ranking Jewish officer in the Confederate Army), James Longstreet, and Stephen D. Lee. The manuscript also notes that it was "Sent into the Senate 28 Jany 1861," followed by additional lists of officers. Seven officers have an 'appoint'd' notation suggesting a time continuum and potential acceptance of South Carolina commissions after resigning from the U.S. Army. This document was likely drafted shortly after Lincoln's election in November 1860 under the South Carolina Adjutant General, authorized by Governor Pickens to enlist volunteers for a state army. The document is in fine condition. The description includes background information about the South Carolina secession convention in Columbia and Charleston in December 1860.

Associated People/Businesses

• Myers, A. C.

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Secession
• Civil war

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 15, Folder 1