Stephen R. Mallory was the Confederate Secretary of the Navy. He
was a major asset to the Southern cause with his imaginative
ideas.
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Commander of the Confederate Army was Robert E. Lee.
Secretary of the Confederate Navy was Stephen Mallory.
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In Gretna, Louisiana the Phoenix Iron Works began to cast
cannons for the upcoming Confederate navy. This was one of the few
industrial companies that the South had.