Any biography of Joseph Lancaster Brent will tell you that he was a Brigadier General in the Confederate Army (most saying he was promoted to that rank in late 1864, one even giving a specific date in October). However, it seems that some historians do not accept this, and that there is no definitive proof that Brent was ever promoted to general. He thought he was a general, his children and grandchildren thought he was, all his biographers seem to think he was, and there is a portrait of him in a general's uniform. Can anyone direct me to any sort of proof that Brent was ever officially promoted to this rank?