 Complete the following phrase:  When the Civil War began, French sided with the South. On February 12, 1861, French was appointed chief of ordce of the state of Mississippi; and on October 23, 1861, he was appointed a brigadier general in the provisional army of the Confederate States of America. French became a major general on August 31, 1862. General French commanded a brigade and subsequently a division under Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill at Petersburg, Virginia. He led a demonstration against Harrisons Landing on July 4, 1862 and one against Suffolk, Virginia on September 22, 1862. Fort French at Suffolk was named for him. In 1863, French led a division under LTG James Longstreet in the 