They didn't have a General-in-Chief until the last few weeks of the war, and then it was the only possible choice: Robert E. Lee.
Before that, the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, saw himself as a virtual General-in-Chief, but he was hopelessly out of his depth, both in military and civil matters.
Confederate army was the name. They were also called Rebels too.
the confederate states army
Robert E. Lee
During the course of the war, one million men fought for the South
Robert E. Lee was the general of the Confederate Army for the vast majority of the Civil War.
There were too many Captains in the Confederate Army to list individually.
It was to stay on the defensive.
The soldiers of the Army of the United States were known as the 'Union' during the US Civil War. The soldiers of the opposing side, the Confederate States Army, were the rebels.The soldiers of the Army of the United States were the 'Union' during the US Civil War. The soldiers of the opposing side, the Confederate States Army were the rebels.
During the Civil War the South's formal army was called the Confederate States Army. It was active from 1861 until 1865.
General in the confederate army during the Civil War
Army of Northern Virginia or the Army of Tennessee and Northern armies were called the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Tennessee.
general Ulysses S. Grant
He was a general in the confederate army, during the Civil War.
General Lee was the commander of the Confederate army
No, he didn't. He was a Confederate general.
The Confederate States of America or Confederacy
During the US Civil War, the mutual combatants' armies were named the Union Army and the Confederate States Army.