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President Jefferson Davis was officially in command of the entire Confederate army and navy. As president he was commander in chief.
Unlike Abraham Lincoln, Davis did not have a General in Chief until February 1865 when he appointed Robert E. Lee to that position.
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Who commanded the Confederate Army?
Robert E. Lee was the general of the Confederate Army for the vast majority of the Civil War.
Who was the commnader of the army of the Confederate States?
There was so such army, as the armies were named after the states they orginated from. General Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia in the East, and General Braxton Bragg commanded the Army of Tennessee in the West.
Who fought in the battle of chancellorsville?
At Chancellorsville the Army of Northern Virginia(Confederate) commanded by General Robert E. Lee engaged and defeated the Army of the Potomac(Union) commanded by General Joseph Hooker.
Who commanded the Confederate Army of orthern Virginia?
Robert E Lee became the commander of the confederacy. He quit the Union army where he was an officer and when Virginia left the union he went with his state.
Who given the honor of commanding the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the confederate army?
General Joshua Chamberlain commanded the 1st Division of 5th Corp of the Army of Potomac which gave the Honour of The Arms formally accepting the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, on Apr.12, 1865.
