From time to time, I will highlight the life and career of
various native sons of the Peach state that fought at
Kennesaw Mountain. To get started, let's meet the men
of general rank* from Georgia:
various native sons of the Peach state that fought at
Kennesaw Mountain. To get started, let's meet the men
of general rank* from Georgia:
William J. Hardee,
lieutenant general
William H. T.
Walker,
major general

Joseph Wheeler, major general
Robert H. Anderson,
brigadier general
John C. Carter,
brigadier general
Henry D. Clayton,
brigadier general
brigadier general
Alfred Cumming,
brigadier general
Matthew D. Ector,
brigadier general
James T. Holtzclaw,
brigadier general
Alfred Iverson,
brigadier general
brigadier general
Thomas M. Scott,
brigadier general
Marcellus A. Stovall,
brigadier general
The average age of these 12 gentlemen was 37, the
oldest being Hardee (48) and the youngest Carter
(26). More than half of them had some previous military
experience, either as graduates of the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point (Anderson, Cumming,
Hardee, and Walker), or as officers in the U.S. Army
before the war (Iverson), or as officers in the state
militia (Jackson and Stovall). Of the remaining five,
four (Carter, Clayton, Ector, and Holtzclaw) had
backgrounds in law and politics; while Scott, about
whose prewar activities little is known, was a planter
in Louisiana.
All but Carter and Walker would survive the war.
* Rank given is final rank attained, not necessarily
rank at the time of the battle.
Source: Generals in Gray (1959) by Ezra J. Warner
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