The full entries for these officers are in the List of American Civil War generals (Confederate).
He tried to get President Jefferson Davis to formally appoint these officers and nominate them to the Confederate Senate for approval.
The following Confederate officers are often referred to in historical writings as generals but their appointments were never completed or confirmed or their commissions were not properly delivered.
About 24 of the officers in the alphabetical tables above are shown by Warner and Wright as full grade general officers but in fact their appointments, confirmations or commissions were incomplete or they died or the war ended before they received their commissions.
The battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Gettysburg and Monocacy were among the more notable exceptions.
Because most of the battles of the Civil War occurred in Southern States, some of these units, and their State-appointed generals, saw significant service and combat.
They were fighting for the Confederate cause and may have commanded a large number of troops but they are still properly described only as State militia generals.
These generals commanded and participated in battles and campaigns, at least in their home states, and thus provided some field service during the war.