General Nelson may refer to: * Alexander Nelson (British Army officer) (1814–1893), British Army lieutenant general *

Allison Nelson Allison Nelson (March 11, 1822 – October 7, 1862) was the ninth mayor of Atlanta, serving from January until July 1855, when he resigned from office. He died of disease in Prairie County (present-day Lonoke County), Arkansas, during th ...

(1822–1862), Confederate States Army brigadier general *

John Nelson (British Army officer) Major General Sir Eustace John Blois Nelson, (15 June 1912 – 23 December 1993) was a senior British Army officer who commanded the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Second World War and later served as Commandant of the British Sect ...

(1912–1993), British Army major general *

Neil Nelson Niel E. "Rick" Nelson is a retired United States Marine Corps Major general (United States), major general. He took command of the United States Marine Forces Europe and Africa in 2015. His final assignment before his 2018 retirement was as Assi ...

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1980s–2020s), U.S. Marine Corps major general * Nels H. Nelson (1903–1973), U.S. Marine Corps major general * Otto L. Nelson Jr. (1902–1985), U.S. Army major general * Patrick Henry Nelson (1824–1864), Confederate States Army militia major general *

Roger Nelson (politician) Roger Nelson (1759 – June 7, 1815) was an American soldier and politician who represented the fourth district of Maryland in the United States House of Representatives from 1804 to 1810. Early life Nelson was born on "Point of Rocks" plantat ...

(1759–1815), Society of the Cincinnati brigadier general *

Thomas Nelson Jr. Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, general in the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, and a Virginia planter. In addition to serving many terms in the Virgi ...

(1738–1789), Lower Virginia Militia brigadier general *

William "Bull" Nelson William "Bull" Nelson (September 27, 1824 – September 29, 1862) was a United States naval officer who became a Union general during the American Civil War. As a Kentuckian, Nelson could have sympathized with the Confederates but, like his st ...

(1824–1862), Union Army major general

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