Union General US Grant had proposed in early 1864 to send a joint naval and infantry force to capture the valuable port city of Mobile Alabama. Had these plans been approved in Washington DC and the operation was a success, 25,000 Union troops could have prevented any Confederate reinforcements from reaching General Johnston.
It was confederacy
Confederate States Ship Alabama .
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Montgomery, Alabama was the initial confederate capital city.
Alabama
Alabama and Arkansas were Confederate states that start with the letter A.
Jefferson Davis believed that General Joseph Johnston was a superior general. He had defended Richmond in the Peninsula campaign and won the first Battle of Bull Run with PT Beauregard. Davis decided Johnston could handle an assignment in the West so in November of 1862, he sent Johnston to command the South's Western Department. This comprised Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and the eastern area of Louisiana.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis took part in many military matters for the South. Part of the reason for this was his military education,his former post as US Secretary of War, and actual war experience. With that said, Davis sent General Joseph Johnston to command the South's Western Department. This covered Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and the eastern part of Louisiana.
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Alabama was among the first seven states to secede from the Union and was the home of the first Confederate capital which was at Montgomery.
Confederate President Jefferson Davis saw the need for better results in the western theater. On November 24, 1862, he appointed General Joseph Johnston to take command of the Western Department. At that time this area was comprised of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi and eastern Louisiana.
Lee surrendered his sword and his Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House on Apr. 9,1865. Joseph Johnston surrendered his Army at Raleigh NC, on Apr. 18,1865. Richard Taylor surrendered the Confederate forces operating in Alabama and Mississippi on May 4, 1865. Kirby Smith surrendered the Confederate forces of Trans-Mississippi on May 26, 1865.