The top five were Samuel Cooper, Sidney Johnston, Robert E. Lee, Joseph E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard.
His rank was that of General, the highest rank attainable in the army of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the United States Army before he resigned his commission.
To convince the British that the Confederates had a good chance of winning, and were worth backing.
Andersonville was a Confederate Army Prison. The Confederates lost the war, and the staff at Andersonville was hanged.
Rebels, or Rebs answer #2) During the Civil War, the Southern Army was called the Confederates. They were led by Gen. Robert E. Lee. The south fought against the North over the issue of slavery, due to the fact that they wished slavery to be legal.
The communists RED Army defeated the Tzars WHITE Army during the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917.
Robert E. Lee
NVA-North Viet Army ARVN-Army Republic South Vietnam During the Civil war, the South were the Confederates, and the North were the Union
Because many of the best soldiers in the Regular Army had resigned to join the Confederates.
His rank was that of General, the highest rank attainable in the army of the Confederacy during the Civil War. He held the rank of Colonel in the United States Army before he resigned his commission.
The Southerners were a more soldierlike breed, raring for a fight, led by some of the best officers of the US Army who had resigned to join the Confederates. They were mostly fighting on home ground, unfamiliar to the enemy. They had a more emotive mission - to defend the homeland against the invader.
The confederate army wore grey uniforms.
After being offered a senior post as a Union Army General, he decided that he was a Virginian first and an American second, and resigned to join the Confederates.
To convince the British that the Confederates had a good chance of winning, and were worth backing.
Andersonville was a Confederate Army Prison. The Confederates lost the war, and the staff at Andersonville was hanged.
During the Civil War the South's formal army was called the Confederate States Army. It was active from 1861 until 1865.
Rebels, or Rebs answer #2) During the Civil War, the Southern Army was called the Confederates. They were led by Gen. Robert E. Lee. The south fought against the North over the issue of slavery, due to the fact that they wished slavery to be legal.
Although offered command of the Union forces at the outset, Lee said he could not raise his hand against Virginia, and resigned from the US Army.