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GEORGE W. RAINS.

1113. Born North Carolina. Appointed Alabama. 3.

Brigadier-General, 1865. Commanding First Regiment Local Defence Troops, Augusta, Ga. Superintendent Powder- Works, Augusta, Ga.

GUSTAVUS W. SMITH.

1118. Born Kentucky. Appointed Kentucky. 8. Major- General, September 19, 1861. In 1861 commanded Second

Corps, Army of the Potomac; early in 1862 commanded First Di- vision under Joseph E. Johnston, Army of Virginia. When John- ston was severely wounded the command of the Army of Northern Virginia devolved upon Smith for a day. Lee was then ordered to assume chief command, as Smith was stricken down by severe ill- ness; Smith was Acting Secretary of War in 1862 in the interregnum between Randolph and Seddon; he was then assigned Chief Engi- neer to Beauregard at Charleston, and later put in charge of the Etowah Iron-Works. Held various high commands. Resigned February 17, 1863, from Confederate States Army, but commanded Georgia State militia as major-general, and saw much active service in the Atlanta campaign of 1864 (and to the end), and was repeat- edly commended in dispatches of General Joseph E. Johnston.

MANSFIELD LOVELL.

1119. Born District Columbia. Appointed District Columbia. 9. Major-General, October 7, 1861. Commanding District No. i,

headquarters, New Orleans; afterward First Division, Army of Dis- trict of Mississippi. In 1865 commanded district in Department of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida.

ALEXANDER P. STEWART.*

1 1 22. Born Tennessee. Appointed Tennessee. 12.

In 1861 appointed Major of the Artillery Corps in the army organ- ized by the State of Tennessee. Transferred with that rank to the Army of the Confederate States. Engaged in battle of Belmont, November 7, 1861; commissioned Brigadier-General, Confederate States Army, November, 1861. In Shiloh campaign and battle of Shiloh, 1862; in campaign into Kentucky and battle of Perry ville, and in battle of Murfreesboro', 1862. Major-General, June 2, 1863. In the Tullahoma campaign in Middle Tennessee, in the Chicka-