Horace Randal (January 4, 1833 – May 2, 1864) was a
Confederate States Army colonel during the
American Civil War (Civil War). Randal was mortally wounded while commanding a brigade at the
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry,
Arkansas on April 30, 1864, dying two days later.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis did not act upon a request made by
General E. Kirby Smith on November 8, 1863 to promote Randal to
brigadier general. After Randal's performance at the
Battle of Mansfield, General Smith, as the Confederate commander of the
Trans-Mississippi Department, assigned Randal to duty as a brigadier general on April 13, 1864. Randal was not officially promoted. Jefferson Davis subsequently revoked Smith's appointment of Randal as a brigadier general.