Kirby Smith Appointees

[Pollaco]

I'm making a list of colonels who were given the title of "general" by Gen. Kirby Smith. Have come up with Buchel, DeBray, King and Randal. These were appointed general without Richmonds approval. Anyone out there have any more?

 

[AlexPensFan86]

According to Wikipedia...there were quite a few.

 

[James N.]

I'm making a list of colonels who were given the title of "general" by Gen. Kirby Smith. Have come up with Buchel, DeBray, King and Randal. These were appointed general without Richmonds approval. Anyone out there have any more?

One of them even has his own Texas Civil War Centennial (1960's) monument near me:

 

[Pollaco]

The Wikipedia list said 10. My list has 11.?? Was not August Buchel one of the "generals"?

 

[Pollaco]

This isnt a centennial, but it is a monument. Hope you dont hurt your eyes trying to read it!

 

[Pollaco]

Sorry something went wrong. I had tried (and failed) to send a picture of the Buchel monument. Not sure where it really is. It states Goliad, but there is no such monument in Goliad. There is one in Cuero though. Let's see if I can get a picture of it.

 

[Deleted User CS]

Robert K. Krick wrote a book listing all of the Confederate Colonels and information relevant to each one of them. David.

 

[AlexPensFan86]

It is Wikipedia so there's bound to be an error or 2. If you can support with evidence, the Wikipedia pages can be edited. So you can add Buchel in. I think I remember seeing somewhere that Smith appointed him as well.

 

[AlexPensFan86]

Robert K. Krick wrote a book listing all of the Confederate Colonels and information relevant to each one of them. David.

I thought Krick's book was just on Lee's Colonels

 

[Deleted User CS]

I thought Krick's book was just on Lee's Colonels

Isn't that what he was originally asking? A listing of Confederate colonels given the moniker of "general"? David.

 

[Pollaco]

I've read Ezra Wagner's book "Generals in Gray" many years ago. Did He also have one about colonels in gray?

 

[Pollaco]

Darn spellchek, I said Ezra Warner not Wagner

 

[GELongstreet]

As I´ve said before I´m not sure who promoted Buchel; if it was Kirby Smith or somebody else or if it was militia or whatever. So without more details or some primary source he`s difficult to be put in there.

 

[Bruce Allardice]

My book "More Generals in Gray" (LSU Press, 1995) has full bios of all the Kirby Smith appointees.

 

[James N.]

I've read Ezra Wagner's book "Generals in Gray" many years ago. Did He also have one about colonels in gray?

There is a book titled Lee's Colonels but it's not by Warner.

 

[Belle Montgomery]

I'm making a list of colonels who were given the title of "general" by Gen. Kirby Smith. Have come up with Buchel, DeBray, King and Randal. These were appointed general without Richmonds approval. Anyone out there have any more?

He should've appointed his mother Francis Kirby Smith too for all of her successful spying! The 80 year old Connecticut native was so successful they threw her out of St. Augustine!

 

[archieclement]

Mosby Parsons rank of Major General

 

[Bruce Allardice]

I also have a book "Confederate Colonels: A Biographical Register" which gives capsule bios of ALL 1,583 full colonels in the CSA. In all immodesty, this is and should be the "go to" book on any Confederate colonel.

 

[Pollaco]

Thanks I may have run across that book some time ago. How long has it been out? I'm thinking if I did I mistook it for Ezra Warners work. I'll see if our local library can get either copy for me.I find CSA colonels ( especially those from Texas) to be a fascinating subject.

 

[Pollaco]

I came across Col. August Buchel while doing a little research on the 3rd Texas Infantry. He was the Lt. Colonel of this regiment under Phillip Luckett.I have found two men listed as Majors for that unit, a Edward Gray snd John Kampman. I'm guessing they were both majors but at differant times.