April 26th is a legal State holiday, under state statute 683.01 (j) Confederate Memorial Day, I would like to submit some info from a compatriot in Va. This list is being added to, anyone with more info, please contact me so we can update this list. I am especially interested in men from Florida which helped to build our wonderful state to what it is today.

Brig. Gen. E. Porter Alexander had a distinguished career after the war as professor of engineering, railroad president, rice planter, and author ("Memoirs").

Brig. Gen. James L. Alcorn became Governor of Mississippi, was elected to the United States Senate, and had Alcorn St. University (predominately black) named for him.

Brig. Gen Henry W. Allen became Governor of Louisiana.

Brig. Gen. Frank Armstrong served as U.S. Indian Inspector, then assistant U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs.

Pvt. Archer Avary Sr, Co. A, Cavalry, Cobb's Legion.  After the War, he attended the Southern Medical College and became a physician. He did post-graduate work at the Universities of Bavaria and Vienna. He was president of the American Cancer Society in 1908.

Brig. Gen. William Brimage Bate - Two terms as Gov. Of Tennessee ( 1883-1887), followed by 3 terms serving 19 years in the United States Senate, of which he was a member at the time of his death in 1905.

Col. R. L. T. Beale (9th Va. Cav) was elected to Congress in 1878.

Gen. P.G. T. Beauregard became president of two railroads, and for many years was adjutant general of Louisiana.

Judah P. Benjamin (Secretary of State - CSA) after the war became a Barrister in England, publishing a classic legal text on the sale of personal property.  He was the only Barrister not of English Birth.

John Mercer Brooke (designer of Confederate Ironclads and ordinance), after the war invented an underwater sounding device that became the modern sonar.

Brig. Gen. John C. Brown was twice elected Governor of Tennessee.

Sgt. Philemon N. Bryan 9th Florida Vol. Infantry arrived in what is now Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1895. He built the first Inn, and the first Ice House.  He brought 400 Negro's into the city to work on Flagler's railroad, creating the city's first black community.

Admiral Franklin Buchanan - Former Commandant of the U.S. Naval Academy (before the war), & Commander of the CSS "Virginia", was post-bellum president of Maryland Agricultural College.

Maj. Gen. Matthew C. Butler (S.C.) was elected to the U.S. Senate after the war.

Lt. William Burdine ( 45th Miss. Inf.) moved to Miami & founded Burdine's Department Stores.

Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner was Governor of Kentucky, and Democratic Party candidate for Vice-President of the United States in 1896.

John A. Campbell (former Supreme Court Justice - who represented the Southern States in an unsuccessful attempt to mediate the impending conflict with the Lincoln Administration) re-established his law practice and returned to the Supreme Court on several occasions to argue cases.

Dr. Henry Campbell - Became president of the American Medical Association in 1884.

Brig. Gen. Ellison Capers entered the Episcopal Ministry, and was appointed arch-bishop of South Carolina.  He was elected Chancellor of the University of the South (Sewanee).

Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Clingman - is for him that "Clingman's Dome" (highest point in the Smoky Mountains) is named.

Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill was elected Governor of Arkansas.

Brig. Gen. Charles Clark was elected Governor of Mississippi.

Maj. Gen. Henry Clayton - retiring as a circuit court judge in 1886, became president of the University of Alabama.

Col. F. M. Cockrell was elected to the United States Senate.

Brig. Gen. Alfred Colquitt became Governor of Georgia, and was later elected to the United States Senate.

Brig. Gen. Douglas H. Cooper represented Choctaw and Chickasaw tribes in civil claims against the United States government after the war.

Adjutant/Inspector General Samuel Cooper - preserved C.S. records, and assisted in compiling the Official Records of the war.

Brig. Gen. William Ruffin Cox was elected to the United States Congress for three terms.

Lt. Col. Jabez Curry became president of predominantly black Howard University, president of Richmond College, and subsequently United States Minister to Spain.

Major Robert Lewis Dabney (Chaplain, & later Chief of Staff under Stonewall Jackson) authored many books, such as "A Defense of Virginia", and numerous theological writings.  Became President of Union Theological Seminary, and later chaired the Dept. of Mental & Moral Philosophy at Univ. of Texas.

Brig. Gen. Zachary Deas returned to the cotton business, but this time in NYC as a member of the New York Stock Exchange.

Pvt. H.H. Duncan and Major St. Clair Abrams, after the war, established the City of Tavares, Fl. and Lake County

Brig. Gen. Clement A. Evans entered the Methodist Episcopal ministry.  He authored the 12 volume "Confederate Military History".

Sir Moses Ezekeil (Fought in War as Sgt. Of Co.C - VMI Cadets) became one of the world's greatest sculptors!  Lee counseled Ezekiel, "I hope you will be an artist and do earn a reputation in whatever profession you undertake."  He sculpted (among MANY other things) the New South Monument honoring the Confederate Dead in Arlington National Cemetery.

John Robert and Samuel Joseph Fields of Macon Ga., acquired property in the area now known as Merrit Island, Fla., and raised Oranges.  The home still is occupied by the Fields Family and is listed on the Historic Record.

Pvt. William Fletcher returned to Beaumont, Texas and became a thriving lumber man and prominent member of the community.  The entire city of Beaumont shut down for his funeral.

Lt. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest became president of the Selma, Marion & Memphis Railroad.

Dr. Alexander Y. P. Garnett (physician to Jefferson Davis) became president of the American Medical Association in 1887.

Professors Gildersleeve & Lodge (CSA Officers) while at the University of Virginia after the War, wrote one of the finest Latin grammars ever produced, which is still in use today (on the college level).  Gildersleeve (at age 18) worked with Edgar Allen Poe, & before he died, recorded the only known version of Poe's "Raven".

Ambrosio Jose Gonzales (Artillery Officer under Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard) after the war helped design the modern versions of the Cuban & Puerto Rican flags.

Brig. Gen. John B. Gordon was three times elected to the United States  Senate.  He wrote "Reminiscences of the Civil War."  He was a prime mover  in the organization of the United Confederate Veterans (UCV), and was its  first Commander-In-Chief. John B. Gordon became acquianted with Henry Flagler, helping build the Florida East Coast railroad, in 1901 he bought 62 acres of land in Miami and built a winter home. He also bought Everglades property in what is now Hollywood, FL and farmed tomatoes. He died in Miami in 1905 and his friend Henry Flagler sent his body home in his personal rail car.

Brig. Gen. George Washington Gordon was thrice elected to the United States Congress.  He also served as Commander-In-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans.

Brig. Gen. Josiah Gorgas became Superintendent of Brierfield Iron Works, and President of the University of Alabama in 1878.

Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton became Governor of South Carolina, and also a United States Senator.

Pvt. Gardner Sheppard Hardee, 9th Ga. Infantry, became the first white settler in Brevard County, Florida. He established a city Called Rockledge, Florida, outside the Kennedy Space Center, in 1887. He also served as Brevard County Commissioner.

Gov. Isham G. Harris (Confederate Governor of Tennessee, and a member of the staffs of Gen. A. S. Johnson, & J. E. Johnston) after the war served in the United States Senate for 20 years (dying in office).

Brig. Gen. Johnson Haygood - after the war he became Governor of South Carolina.

Lt. Gen. Daniel H. Hill became president of the University of Arkansas in 1877.

Confederate Nurse Juliet Opie Hopkins is the only Confederate female buried with honors in Arlington National Cemetery.

3rd Sgt. John Houston, Jr., Company A of the 3rd Florida Infantry, served as the first Brevard County, Florida Commissioner in 1871.

Cpl. Julius Franklin Howell held the presidency Virginia Intermont College, as well as serving as Commander-In-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans.

Brig. Gen. Eppa Hunton served in the United States House of Representatives, as well as the United States Senate.  He was the only Southern member of the famed electoral commission of 1877, which decided the disputed Hayes-Tilden Presidential election.

Brig. Gen. William H. ("Red") Jackson founded Belle Meade Stables in Nashville, Tenn.

Major Eli Janney- made railroad history by inventing the automatic coupler in 1868.

Brig. Gen. Adam Johnson, although blinded during the war, surveyed and laid out the streets for the city of  Marble Falls, Texas.

Brig. Gen. Bradley Johnson served in the Virginia Senate, and wrote a number of historical and legal works.

General Joseph Johnston served in the United States House of Representatives, and was appointed U.S. Commissioner of Railroads.  He also wrote "Narrative of Military Operations".

Maj. Gen. James Kemper (one of Brigade leaders in Pickett's Charge) became Governor of Virginia.

.A. N. V. Judge Advocate Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (Aide to Gen. Longstreet) was elected to the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and appointed to the United States Supreme Court as a Justice.

General Alexander Robert Lawton was appointed U.S. Minister to Austria.

Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, led U.S. cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War (as a Maj. General).   He also led the founding of the Confederate Soldiers Home in Richmond, giving a sanctuary to 3,000 destitute "Old Soldiers".

Maj. Gen. George Washington Custis Lee succeeded his father, Robert E. Lee, as president of what is now Washington & Lee University.

Brig. Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Lee served as president of the Virginia Agricultural Society, and in 1887 was elected to the United States Congress.

General Robert E. Lee continued to be a "guiding light" in the lives of young Southerners as president of what is now known as Washington & LEE University.

Brig. Gen Stephen Dill Lee became the first president of Mississippi State University, and also the first director of the Vicksburg Battlefield Park (in addition to giving the SCV & UDC the famous "Charges").

Maj. Gen. George Littlefield made millions in the cattle business, and single handedly saved the University of Texas from closing its doors due to the lack of funds.

Maj. Gen. Lunsford Lomax became president of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Va. Tech.).

Lt. Gen. James Longstreet became U. S. Ambassador to Turkey.

Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws became Savannah's Postmaster.

Naval Commander John Newland Maffitt served in the Paraguayan Navy and went on to command the Cuban gun-runner "The Hornet" after his service to the Confederacy.

Maj. Gen. William Mahone founded the Norfolk & Western Railroad.  Also served in the United States Senate.

Col. Albert S. Marks served as a Chancery Judge, and also as Governor of Tennessee.

Maj. Gen. John S. Marmaduke served as Governor of Missouri.

Major William T. Martin headed the commission which designed the current Mississippi State Flag, which was "re-adopted" last year by a 65% vote of the people of Mississippi.

Brig. Gen. Dabney H. Maury founded the Southern Historical Society, and was appointed U.S. Minister to Colombia.

Commodore Matthew Fontaine Maury's books on Oceanography were considered classics (so much so that he was called "Pathfinder of the Seas"), as well as the book he wrote called "A Vindication of the South"!

Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire (Stonewall Jackson's surgeon) became president of the American Medical Association in 1892!

Brig. Gen. Evander McIvor Law established the foundation of the educational system in Florida, and served as Commander of the Florida division of United Confederate Veterans,

Mississippi Men Elected to the US Congress:
J.T. Harrison elected but not seated
Capt. J.C. Morphlis
O.R. Singleton
Col. C.E. Hooker
Col. V.H. Manning
B.Gen. J.H. Chalmers
Col J.Z. George US Senator
Pvt. H.S. Van Eaton
E. Barksdale
Col. J.B. Morgan
Pvt. J.M. Allen
Major Gen. E.C. Walthall
Pvt. F.G. Barry
Pvt T.C. Catchings
Col. T.R. Stockdale
Pvt. C. L. Anderson
Pvt. Clark Kewis
Pvt. J.H. Spencer
Pvt. Pat Henry

Capt. John Mizell 7th Florida Vol. Company F became the first Mayor of the City of Pompano Beach, Fl. in 1908.

Narciso Monturiol (Spanish inventor who gave designs of his advanced submarine - "Ictineo" - to the Confederacy) inspired Jules Vernes' idea for his "Nautilus" in "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea".

Col. John S. Mosby (the "Gray Ghost") became U.S. Consul to Hong Kong.

Captain John Pleasant Oakes returned to serve as head of Colorado College.

Brig. Gen. William Henry Fitzhugh Payne served in the Virginia House of Delegates, and became general counsel for the Southern Railway,

Lt. Col. John S. Pemberton founded "Coke Cola"

Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton resumed his rectorship in Lexington, Va. After the war  and carried on his struggle against poverty in his desolated parish, and against the hostility of the Federal authorities.

Private George Perry helped found the city of Coral Gables, Florida.

Brig. Gen. Edmund W. Pettus was elected to the United States Senate in 1896.

Brig. Gen. Lucius E. Polk served as a delegate to the Democratic Party's National Convention in 1884, and was later elected to the Tennessee Senate.

Col. James D. Porter served two terms as Governor of Tennessee, and later served as United States Ambassador to Chile.

Confederate Surgeon Horace Porter founded a Post Office in the 1870s and called it Coconut Grove as a joke, Now one of the upper crust Yuppie sites in South Miami, Fl.

Jose Agustin Quintero (Confederate States Commissioner to Mexico) became a famous Cuban poet and revolutionary.

Col. George W. Rains became Dean of the Medical College of Georgia.

.Dr. Tobias G. Richardson (Medical Inspector Under Braxton Bragg) became resident of the American Medical Association in 1877.

Brig. Gen. Thomas Rosser became chief engineer of the Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific Railroads.  In 1898 he was appointed Brig. Gen. Of U.S. Volunteers (Spanish-American War).

Pvt. Edmund Ruffin - that most STAUNCH of all Confederates (who was given the honor of firing the first shot at Ft. Sumpter), formulated agricultural innovations that are still being used today (although he committed suicide after the War "rather than live in the same Country with damned Yankees").

Gen. Daniel Ruggles became a member of the Board of Visitors at the United States Military Academy in 1884.

Admiral Raphael Semmes (of "Alabama" fame) became a teacher, newspaper editor, and a lawyer

Brig. Gen. Alfred M. Scales was elected to Congress, and also served as Governor of North Carolina.

Brig. Gen. Joseph Orville Shelby ("The Undefeated Rebel") was appointed U.S. Marshall for the Western District by President Cleveland.

Maj. Gen. Edmund Kirby Smith became president of the Pacific & Atlantic Telegraph Company, chancellor of the University of Nashville, and professor of mathematics at the University of the South.  His home is located in Saint Augustine, Florida, oldest city in the United States.

2nd Lt. Alexander A. Steward of the 10th Florida Infantry Co. "G" served as the First Brevard County, Florida Court Clerk.

Major Lawrence Sullivan ("Sul") Ross became President of Texas A & M University, and Sul Ross St. College (Texas) bears his name today.

Captain Sally Tomkins (only woman commissioned by Jefferson Davis) of the Confederate Medical Corps.  After the war she continued her charity work, and generous hospitality to Confederate Veterans - which exhausted her fortune.

Col. Henry Titus, Blockade Runner, owned the property at Sand Point where the post office opened in 1868. Later the city's name be changed to Titusville, Fl.

Naval Commander John Randolph Tucker became a Vice Admiral in the Peruvian-Chilean Navy, leading the fleet vs. Spanish incursions.

Col. Peter Turney (1st Tenn. Infantry) - Chief Justice of the Tenn.Supreme Court, 2 terms as Gov. of Tennessee (1893-1897,) and was elected to the United States Senate.

Mark Twin became one of America's finest literary figures.  He served with the Marion Rangers for only two weeks before it disbanded, so formal charges of desertion were not levied against him.

Loretta Janetta Velazquez fought for the Confederacy disguised with an alias of "Lt. Harry Buford".  After the war, she went on to write of her adventure - "The Woman In Battle"!

Surgeon Wall in 1873 did most of the work in Tampa, Fl on Yellow Fever that Dr. Walter Reed would receive credit for.

Gen. Joe Wheeler led US Cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War (as a Maj. General).

Brig. Gen. Williams Carter Wickham became president of the Virginia Central Railroad, and later the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad.  He served in the Virginia Senate.

Brig. Gen. Cadmus Wilcox was appointed chief of the railroad division of the Land Office, by President Grover Cleveland.

Hiram Smith Williams, 40th Ala. Infantry, he moved in 1873 to the small village of Rockledge and help found it in 1887. He served as Postmaster for the village from 1875 until 1881. He became Brevard County Treasurer and in 1885 was elected to the First State Senator from the area.

Maj. Gen. A.R. Wright was elected to the United States Congress.

Brig. Gen. Marcus Wright also assisted in the compiling of records for the "Official Records" and was rewarded with a military burial plot in Arlington National Cemetery (only 1 other C. S. A. officer, Gen. Joseph Wheeler, is buried in Arlington )

Dr. Davis Yandell became president of the American Medical Association in 1871.