Confederate States Army - Defeat

The Confederate States Army (CSA) was formed in February, 1861, to defend the Confederate States of America, which had itself been formed that same year when seven southern states seceded from the United States (with four more to follow). The army was formed around a core of 313 officers who left the United States Army, and had an initial enlistment of 82,000 volunteers. In August of 1861, the Congress of the Confederacy authorized the recruitment of 400,000 men. In April of 1862, The Confederate Congress passed the Conscription Act, which drafted all white men aged 18 to 35. In total, 1,406,180 ...

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• Confederate States Army - Organization
• Confederate States Army - Command
• Confederate States Army - Armies and Prominent Leaders
• Confederate States Army - Defeat

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Confederate States Army - Command. The army did not have an overall military commander until late in the War. Confederate President Jefferson Davis, himself a former U.S. Army officer and U.S. Secretary of War, provided the strategic direction for Confederate land and naval forces. General Robert E. Lee, who served as Davis' military advisor and then as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, was promoted on January 31, 1865, to be general in chief of all the armies. By this time the armies of the Confederacy ...

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Confederate States Army, Confederate States Army - Organization, Confederate States Army - Command, Confederate States Army - Armies and Prominent Leaders, Confederate States Army - Defeat

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