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What Confederate general was sent to take command of the Western Department in 1862?
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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.
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