There was nobody in the job of General-in-Chief of the Confederate armies until January 1865, when it went to the only possible choice, Robert E. Lee, but too late to make any difference.
Until then, the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, was trying to double as a notional General-in-Chief, as he had some credibility from the Mexican War, where had gained a respectable record as a colonel. But he was clearly out of his depth, unable to motivate his Generals or control his cabinet.
United States of America, Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis served as President of the Confederate States throughout the Civil War.
The Capitol of the Confederate States of America was in Richmond, Virgina
Lincoln was president for us andjeferson Davis for the confederate states
The Union states had 1.5 million more square miles of land than the Confederate states. The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865.
United States of America, Confederate States of America
The American Civil War was fought between the Union and the Confederate States of America. The Confederate states were the ones that seceded from the Union. The war was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.
When the southern US States seceded from the United States of America in 1860, the government they formed was called the Confederate States of America
jefferson davis
The Confederate States of America
Gettysburg was a battle in the American Civil War, fought between the United States and the Confederate States. The United States won, and the Confederate States ceased to exist.
The American Civil War took place between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America from 1861 and 1865.
Gen. Robert E. Lee
President Lincoln
The Southern states that formed the Confederate States of American were fighting for independence from the United States of American. The United States (mostly Norther states) were fighting to keep them.
In the American Civil War this was the name of the territories which were not claimed by states which had joined the breakaway Confederate States.
Confederate States of America