The President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis 1808-89), was born in Kentucky and attended the U.S. Military Academy.   He was a U.S. Congressman and Senator from Mississippi, the U.S. Secretary of War, and was wounded in the Mexican War.  He resided in Mississippi when the South declared its independence.  He became provisional president of the C.S.A. on February 18, 1861, and president of the C.S.A. on February 22, 1862, for a six year term.  He and his family resided in the Confederate White House in Richmond in 1863.  He lived at Beauvoir in Biloxi, Mississippi from 1878 until his death in 1889.

General Robert E. Lee (1807-70), from Virginia, was loved and respected by all of the citizens of the Confederacy and had been victorious at First Manassas, Second Manassas and Chancellorsville.  His tactics were not understood by conventional military leaders until the 20th Century.  His father was the Revolutionary War General Henry "Lighthorse Harry" Lee.  He graduated from West Point, fought in the Mexican War, was Supt. of the U.S. Military Academy, and was a cavalry officer in the U.S. army until the War Between the States.  After the war, he became president of Washington College that later became Washington and Lee University.

General P.G.T. Beauregard (1818-93) was born near New Orleans, attended the U.S. Military Academy, and served in the Mexican War from 1846-48.  He was the hero of Ft. Sumter and First Manassas and was considered by the European and Confederate press to be the dashing young hero of the new country. He was at Shiloh and Drury's Bluff.  General Beauregard represented the western part of the Confederacy.  After the war, he became president of the New Orleans, Jackson and Mississippi Railroad and Adjutant General of the State of Louisiana.

Virginia General Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-63) was a very dedicated Christian gentleman who was esteemed and cherished by all.   He was educated at the U.S. Military Academy, served in the Mexican War and was an instructor at Virginia Military Academy.  He earned the nickname "Stonewall" at First Manassas.  Jackson used outstanding tactical maneuvers against superior forces and was involved in the Shenandoah Valley, Second Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg.  He assisted in the defeat of Union Gen. McClellan and Gen. Pope.  In May of 1863, shortly after the time of this map (Spring of 1863), Jackson's own men accidentally killed him at the Battle of Chancellorsville.