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Past Commanders-in-Chiefs
| 1938-1945 | Homer Atkinson | (1848-1945) | Virginia |
| 1945-1948 | Dr. Capt. George Bolling Lee | (1872-1948) | New York |
| 1948-1953 | Lt. Walter Scott Hancock | (1869-1959) | Missouri |
| 1953-1954 | Dr. Maj. William Remshart Dancy | (1877-1960) | Georgia |
| 1954-1957 | Donald Bain Todd | (1876-1958) | Tennessee |
| 1957-1959 | James Kyle Senter | (1912-1996) | Tennessee |
| 1959-1961 | Alvis Ildefonse Downs, Jr. | (1921-2012) | Tennessee |
| 1961-1963 | Frank Everett Larue, Jr. | (1933-2002) | Texas |
| 1963-1964 | Col. John Amasa May | (1908-1976) | South Carolina |
| 1964-1966 | Tom White Crigler, Jr. | (1897-1986) | Mississippi |
| 1966-1968 | Stanley Wayne Van Zandt | (1926-1984) | Arkansas |
| 1968-1970 | Dr. James MacDonald Edwards | (1930-2001) | Georgia |
| 1970-1972 | H Paul Porter | (1912-1983) | Virginia |
| 1972-1974 | Dr. Laurence Michael Oden | (1918-2000) | Mississippi |
| 1974-1976 | Dennis Wayne Rainoshek | (1935-2021) | Texas |
| 1976-1978 | Col. Lindsey Patterson Henderson, Jr. | (1922-2001) | Georgia |
| 1978-1980 | Dr. Ralph William Widener, Jr. | (1922-2011) | Texas |
| 1980-1982 | John E. Hunter | (1923-1999) | Texas |
| 1982-1984 | Ronald Turner Clemmons | (1947-2019) | Tennessee |
| 1984-1986 | Mark Lea (Beau) Cantrell | (1951- ) | Oklahoma |
| 1986-1988 | John L Echols, Sr. | (1941-2023 ) | Mississippi |
| 1988-1990 | Edward Overton Cailleteau | (1945-2020) | Louisiana |
| 1990-1992 | Robert Lewis Hawkins, III | (1951- ) | Tennessee |
| 1992-1994 | Charles Herbert Smith | (1934- ) | Oklahoma |
| 1994-1996 | Perry James Outlaw | (1941- ) | Alabama |
Past Commander Generals
| 1996-1998 | James Troy Massey | (1955- ) | Arkansas |
| 1998-2000 | Josiah Bynum (Joe) Gay, III | (1929- 2012) | Virginia |
| 2000-2002 | Albert Dean Jones, Jr. | (1946- ) | North Carolina |
| 2002-2004 | Jeffery Wayne Massey | (1962- ) | Oklahoma |
| 2004-2006 | Daniel Wilbur Jones | (1928- 2014) | North Carolina |
| 2006-2008 | Philip Herbert Law | (1948- 2023) | Alabama |
| 2008-2010 | Dr. Charles Anthony Hodges | (1954- ) | Tennessee |
| 2014-2016 | Wm Howard Jones | (1938- ) | California |
| 2016-2018 | Harold Franklin Davis, III | (1957- ) | South Carolina |
| 2018-2020 | Byron E. Brady | (1954- ) | North Carolina |
| 2020-2022 | Joseph Judson Smith, III | (1938- ) | Virginia |
"My religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me. That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave."
General Stonewall Jackson
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