Robert Edward Lee ( January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870 ) was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.

* 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Iuka – Union troops under General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by General Sterling Price.

* September 19 – American Civil War – Battle of Iuka: Union troops under Major General William Rosecrans defeat a Confederate force commanded by Major General Sterling Price at Iuka, Mississippi.

* November 28 – American Civil War – Battle of Cane Hill: U. S. Army troops led by General John Blunt push back Confederate troops commanded by General John Marmaduke into northwestern the Boston Mountains of Arkansas.

* December 26 – 29 – American Civil War – Battle of Chickasaw Bayou: Another victory for the Confederate Army, outnumbered two to one, results in six times as many Union casualties, defeating several assaults commanded by the Union general, William T. Sherman.

Garfield later commanded the 20th Brigade of Ohio under Buell at the Battle of Shiloh, where he led troops in an attempt, delayed by weather, to reinforce Maj Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, after a surprise attack by Confederate General Albert S. Johnston.

General Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate officer who had commanded the resistance to Sherman's troops in Georgia and the Carolinas, served as a pallbearer in New York City.

The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11 – 15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside.

On the morning of May 5, the Union V Corps under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren attacked the Confederate Second Corps, commanded by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell, on the Orange Turnpike.

The Confederate army dispatched him into the backcountry of northern Alabama and west Georgia to defend against an attack of 3, 000 Union cavalrymen commanded by Colonel Abel Streight, with a force far smaller in number.

It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade ( under the direct supervision of the general-in-chief, Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant ).

A division of the United States Army, commanded by Albert Sidney Johnston, later a general in the army of the Confederate States of America, marched through the city and found that it had been evacuated.

Afterward, the Union Army retained the three Confederate forts, renaming them for the Union generals who had commanded the winning forces: Huger became Fort Reno ; Blanchard became Fort Parke ; and Bartow became Fort Foster.

Breckinridge also commanded the Confederate forces in the defeat at the Battle of Baton Rouge.

In December 1864, raiding Kentucky Confederate cavalry commanded by General Hylan B. Lyon burned the Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton, since it was being used to house the Union garrison.

The Confederate raiders were commanded by Maj. Gen. Sterling Price and most of the troops and militia went to meet the threat further east.

In December 1864, raiding Kentucky Confederate cavalry commanded by General Hylan B. Lyon burned the Caldwell County courthouse in Princeton, since it was being used to house the occupying Union garrison.

A Confederate reconnaissance and foraging force commanded by General Nathan Bedford Forrest passed through between November and December 1861.

Though eventually forced to retreat, the badly outnumbered Confederate forces commanded by General Richard Taylor cost the Union troops, under General Cuvier Grover, significant losses.

On September 12, 1862, U. S. Federal troops marched through the " village " of Damascus via what is now Route 27 on their way to the town of Sharpsburg, where they engaged Confederate troops commanded by General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Antietam.

Many were built for and commanded by the famous Captain, Thomas P. Leathers, whom Jefferson Davis had wanted to head the Confederate defense fleet on the Mississippi River.

This school continued until the outbreak of the Civil War, when Confederate forces commanded by General Stand Watie.

In October 1864, Union raiders under Brigadier General Stephen G. Burbridge passed through Grundy on their way to destroy the saltworks near Saltville in Smyth County, where they were met by Confederate troops commanded by Brigadier General Alfred E. Jackson at the Battle of Saltville.

The centre, commanded by the Duke's brother, General Charles Churchill, consisted of 18 battalions of infantry arranged in two lines: seven battalions in the front line to secure a foothold across the Nebel, and 11 battalions in the rear providing cover from the Allied side of the stream.

All his men dismounted and were organized into units, with longbowmen placed in a V-formation on both flanks and a small cavalry unit, commanded by Jean de Grailly, the Captal de Buch, hidden in woods at the rear.

In the Battle of Ushant with the French in 1778, Lord Keppel commanded the Channel Fleet and the outcome resulted in no clear winner ; Keppel ordered to renew the attack and this was obeyed except by Sir Hugh Palliser, who commanded the rear, and the French escaped bombardment.

His lifelong friend and supporter, Lord Hastings, commanded the rear.

A French rear guard commanded by Marshal Oudinot, bitterly held off the Austrians until 6: 00 p. m., before falling back in good order and blowing the bridge over the Aube River behind them.

After promotion to rear admiral in 1937, he commanded Cruiser Division Seven on a diplomatic cruise to South America and then became Commander of Cruisers, Battle Force, in 1939.

The Ottoman fleet had a Y shaped configuration: Barbarossa, together with his son Hasan Reis ( later Hasan Pasha ), Sinan Reis, Cafer Reis and Şaban Reis, was at the center ; Seydi Ali Reis commanded the left wing ; Salih Reis commanded the right wing ; while Turgut Reis, accompanied by Murat Reis, Güzelce Mehmet Reis and Sadık Reis, commanded the rear wing.

The rear of the Southern Force — the " Second Striking Force " commanded by Vice Admiral Shima — had departed from Mako and approached Surigao Strait about astern of Nishimura.

Abdullah al-Taashi and 17, 000 men were concealed behind the Surgham Hills to the west and rear of Osman Azrak's force, with 20, 000 more positioned to the northwest, close to the front behind the Kerreri hills, commanded by Ali-Wad-Helu and Sheikh ed-Din.

To protect the rear, a brigade of 3, 000, mainly Sudanese commanded by Hector MacDonald, was reinforced with Maxims and artillery and followed the main force at around 1350 m. Curiously, the supplies and wounded around Egeiga were left almost unprotected.

Prince Rupert of the Rhine commanded the Allied fleet of about 92 ships and 30 fireships, taking control of the centre himself, with Jean II d ' Estrées commanding the van, and Sir Edward Spragge the rear division.

The Dutch fleet of 75 ships and 30 fireships was commanded by Lieutenant-Admiral-General Michiel de Ruyter, with Lieutenant-Admirals Adriaen Banckert in charge of the van and Cornelis Tromp the rear.

The Continental Army under General George Washington attacked the rear of the British Army column commanded by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton as they left Monmouth Court House ( modern Freehold Borough ).

After the Battle of Cowpens, Washington ’ s dragoons assisted the retreat of General Nathanael Greene to Dan River in Virginia by rear guard actions against forces commanded by Lord Cornwallis.

After Tang's forces were decisively defeated by Chiang, Peng commanded the rear guard, protecting the retreat of Tang's forces back into Hunan.

When Richard's army approached Caesarea on 30 August, the rear guard, commanded by Hugh III of Burgundy, came under serious onslaught, cutting it off from the rest of the army for a time.

He was promoted to rear admiral in February 1865, and during the last months of the war he commanded the James River Squadron from his flagship, the heavily armored ironclad CSS Virginia II.

In the rear, reinforcements were at hand, commanded by John I of Portugal himself.

As part of the V. Division of the Army of the Danube, Gazan again commanded the rear guard after Massena's force disengaged from Archduke Charles ' army and withdrew across the Limmat river.

The disinherited now faced one Scottish army to their front with another commanded by Patrick Earl of Dunbar fast approaching from the rear.

The right was under the command of Antony Bek, Bishop of Durham, while the King commanded the centre, still a little distance to the rear of the vanguard.