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What made Confederate General Albert S. Johnston's department so difficult to defend?
Confederate General Albert S. Johnston accepted the mission put forth by Jefferson Davis to defend the vast Western Department in the Confederacy. The region was going to be difficult to defend because it was exposed to a Northern invasion by four major routes. Three of them were the rivers of the Mississippi, Tennessee and Cumberland. In addition he had to defend the railroad, ( Louisville & Nashville) that lead to Chattanooga and the lower South.
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Is Lewis armistead a confederate or union general?
Confederate General
What Confederate general was sent to take command of the Western Department in 1862?
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.
What responsibilities did Confederate President Jefferson Davis give to General Albert S. Johnston in the early stages of the US Civil War?
Confederate General Albert S. Johnston had the faith and confidence of Jefferson Davis. Johnston was a recognized general capable of handling the demands of high command. When he was appointed by President Davis, on;y Samuel Cooper held a higher rank in the Rebel army. Johnston was given command of the vast Western Department of the Confederate Army. This department stretched from the Appalachian Mountains to Arkansas. Later Confederate General Van Dorn would handle Arkansas.
Was Stonewall Jackson a general in the Confederate Army?
Stonewall Jackson was a Confederate General.
Was general Barnard E Bee confederate or union?
He's a Confederate general.
Was general pope union or confederate?
He was confederate.
What is a sentence for confederate?
I saw a confederate general.
What confederate general has the intals JEB?
ANSWER Confederate General James Ewell Brown Stuart
What are Civil War people from a-z?
· Alexander Stephens (Vice President of the Confederate States of America) · Braxton Bragg (Confederate General) · Cadwallader Washburn (Union General) · Davis, Jefferson (Confederate President) · Edward M. Stanton (Union Secretary of War) · Forest, General Nathan Bedford (Confederate General) · General George McClellan (Union General) · Hannibal Hamlin (Lincoln's Vice President during the war) · Jackson, Thomas "Stonewall" (Confederate General) · Kane, Thomas (Union General) · Lee, Robert E. (Confederate General) · Mallory, Stephen R. (Confederate Secretary of the Navy) · Philip Kearny (Union General) · Quantrill, Confederate Captain William · Richard Taylor (Confederate General) · Stuart, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" (Confederate General) · Taliaferro, William B. (Confederate General) · Ulysses S. Grant (Union General) · Van Cleve, Horatio (Union General) · Wadsworth, James S. (Union General) · Zook, Samuel (Union General)
Who was the Confederate General whose command bore the brunt of the fight at Fredericksburg?
Confederate General Longstreet
When was Edward Higgins - Confederate general - born?
Edward Higgins - Confederate general - was born in 1821.
How did the battle plans of Union General McDowell become known to the Confederates?
Unfortunately General McDowell's battle plans were well known along the Confederate positions at Bull Run Creek. Northern newspapers published the plan, and a Confederate spy in the US State Department leaked the information to the Confederates.
