The Ten Best Generals Killed in the Civil War   Name Rank Force Killed At 1 Thomas J. Jackson Lt. General CSA Chancellorsville, MD 2 James B. McPherson Major General USA Atlanta, GA 3 Patrick R. Cleburne Major General CSA Franklin, TN 4 John Sedgwick Major General USA Spottsylvania Court House, VA 5 Stephen D. Ramseur Major General CSA Cedar Creek, VA 6 John F. Reynolds Major General USA Gettysburg, PA 7 A. P. Hill Major General CSA Petersburg, VA 8 Albert Sydney Johnston General CSA Shiloh, TN 9 J.E.B. Stuart Major General CSA Yellow Tavern, VA 10 Philip Kearney Major General USA Chantilly, VA Content provided by: Jerry Staub Source(s): Based on Shotgun's lists of Confederate and Union Generals Killed in the Civil War