It was still considered part of the Western Territories.
the union armies
He was appointed General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies in January 1865 - much too late to make any difference. Before that, there had been no such post. The Confederate President Jefferson Davis considered that he himself ought to be directing the armies, but made a bad job of it.
Robert E. Lee was appointed chief of the Confederate Armies on February 6th 1865.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. As such he would have been the Commander in Chief of the Armies of the Confedracy.
Yes, General Robert E. Lee was mad General in Chief of the confederate armies in Feb 1865.
Jefferson Davis was the Commander in Chief of all Confederate armies. He was the President of the Confederate States of America.
Armies helped control more territory.
Jefferson Davis was one of America's statesman. He served the Union and Confederate armies when he was a leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
On the two main Confederate armies - the Army of Tennessee under Joe Johnston, and the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee. This was the initiative of the new General-in-Chief of the Union armies, Ulysses Grant, who was not interested in occupying territory. He just wanted to destroy the enemy.
Robert E. Lee
Desertion
The most sigificant delays were those caused by General Halleck when appointed as Commander-in-Chief of the Union armies in 1862. By wanting to occupy territory instead of destroying enemy forces, he prevented Grant from wiping out the Confederate armies in Tennessee, when it was well within his power.