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Who was the Confederate's commander?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The Confederacy had no General-in-Chief until January 1865 - too late to make any difference - and the job went to the only possible choice, Robert E. Lee.

Before that, the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, had tried to double in this role, but was badly out of his depth.

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