Confederate States of America

He was hanged for war-crimes as commandant of the horrendous Andersonville prison camp in Georgia.

It was only execution of a Confederate for war crimes. Some say that it was a case of mob-revenge in the heightened atmosphere following Lincoln's assassination.

Nathan Bedford Forrest (13 July 1821 - 29 October 1877) was a self-educated cavalry leader during the Civil War who attained the rank of lieutenant general. didn't go to school. Though never formally educated, he was very savvy in business affairs and military strategy.

Richmond, VA and Montgomery, AL

The South made plans to construct forty ironclads to act in defense of Southern ports. They were able to build twenty such ships, and they were fit to guard Southern ports but not able to be seaworthy due to their size and shallow drafts.

Prior to the outbreak of the US Civil War, the Confederacy initiated financial steps to help fund their anticipated war with the Union. In March of 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy authorized the issuance of treasury notes up to one million dollars. The Confederacy was also bolstered by the $536,000 taken from the former US Mint in New Orleans.

In the South approximately 80% of the eligible white males would serve in the Confederate military. Although the percentage in the North was much less, the North had a strong advantage in the number of its troops in comparison to the South.

On December 31, 1863, the Confederate army had 465,000 troops. This figure is slightly lower than June 30, 1863 when the Confederate army totaled 473,000 men.

The North American Native tribes had been treated badly by the US government. Some thought that forming some type of alliance with the Confederacy would be a better deal then being loyal at all to Washington DC. Both the Confederacy and the Native tribes had a common enemy, the USA. Thus the Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Tribes signed treaties with the Confederacy.

The slaves offered to cook for the confederate soldiers and they offered medical attention to wounded soldiers of the Confederate Army. And if I'm not mistaken, there were slaves that volunteered to fight with our confederate soldiers against the Union Army. I haven't read up on the history of the Civil War in a long time but there are a few things that I do remember reading about. So no matter what blacks or anyone else has to say about our confederate history and heritage, the slaves were not obligated to do anything during this war but offered to help our troops out.

On May 27, 1865, President Andrew Johnson proclaims a general amnesty to those who rebelled against Federal authority during the US Civil War. There were some exceptions, however, as those who held high rank in the Confederate government and military had to apply for individual pardons. Also, this included all Southerners who owned over $20,000 of property.

Although General Robert E. Lee and senior members of the Confederate high command were certain that Vicksburg would play no part in the US Civil, Lee's raid into Pennsylvania in late June of 1863, might have helped relieve some pressure on Vicksburg. The problem was that unless Lee was immediately successful, Lee's incursion to the North and into Pennsylvania would not help Vicksburg.That being the case, and the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, 1863 could not have been prevented.

Only if Lee had won earlier in Pennsylvania and occupied Harrisburg, would Union troops be forced to forget Vicksburg for a time and rescue the North, in a manner of speaking.

Secretary of War Seddon saw the propaganda value to the North by taking Vicksburg. With that in mind, Seddon planned an offensive aimed at Helena, Arkansas. The force was led by Major General Theophilus Hunter Holmes. It failed.

John Hunt Morgan died on September 4, 1864 at the age of 39. (He was a general in the confederate army.)

When the Confederate States was formed, a committee was formed and a design was chosen which featured seven stars in a blue union with three bars--two of red between a white one. This was known as the Stars and Bars. In the heat and dust of battle, the Stars and Bars looked too much like the Union's Stars and Stripes and the Confederate Congress adopted a new flag with a union featuring the square battle flag of the Army of northern Virginia and a white field. This white field looked too much like a flag of surrender so a new flag was designed which added a red bar to the white field.

Because Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation just in tme.

This made it impossible for other countries to help the Confederates without looking pro-slavery.

The Confederate had to build from scratch when the Union didn't.

The Confederate Army was inferior in manpower and cannon. Equally significant, the Confederate Navy was decidedly weaker than the Union Navy in nearly all aspects.

The one thing they had going is they got some of the best military minds from the Union. Robert E. Lee was a good example. Other than that they had to form an army, train them, get supply lines going, collect weapons,and do all the things required for a fighting force.

The Confederate Army was notably better in use of terrain, overall tactics, raiding, use of cavalry, and use of mechanization (trains) to move men and materials. Confederate soldiers were on average much better marksmen than the Union soldiers especially early in the war.

Jefferson Davis - not a success, partly because he had wanted to be General-in-Chief and turned out a bad chooser and user of Generals.

The Confederacy named moderate Jefferson Davis its president.

Confederate Secretary of the navy sent Lieutenant sent James North to buy a ship of the Gloire class. This was an innovative French ironclad that was put into service in 1858.

The sheer size of the Southern territory created a military problem for the Union. As the North had to force the South to surrender in order to end their rebellion, it required that Union forces captured and occupied key places in the South. With that said, the more land the Union captured, the more troops it needed to guard it. Then, the farther Union troops advanced, the longer and more insecure became their lines of communication. Added to that problem was the fact that the Union armies were operating in hostile territory. The Union, however, created their own difficult situations. The war was not always "popular" among the Northerners. It became a political problem to draft or enlist more soldiers, as it needed. The more Union casualties, the stronger was the Northern peace projects.

The fact is that the problems of communications was due in part by not having enough soldiers.

As the In his brief tenure as the Confederate secretary of war, George William Randolph helped the Southern war efforts by his successful administration and operation of the conscription law. Randolph applied his skills to formulate the revision of the draft system that the Confederate Congress incorporated into law with the September 1862 second Conscription Act. His revisions reduced the upper age limit from 45 to age 40.

The British and French were both friendly towards the Confederates for different reasons, and the British came close to supporting them. If they had, the French were likely to follow.

In the case of the British, they were not at all displeased to see the young American republic split into two, as it was starting to affect their supremacy in world trade.

In the case of the French, they were seeking influence in Mexico, and it would suit them well if there was a new nation, pro-French, in-between Mexico and th USA.

For these reasons, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, to turn the Civil War into a war on slavery, so that any nation intervening on the side of the Confederates would look pro-slavery.

As Britain and France had both abolished slavery in all their worldwide possessions, they would now have to stay out of the Civil War.

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Secretary Mallory' s naval strategy recognized the weak position the Confederate Navy was in. He therefore sought the use of new technologies to overcome the Confederacy's problems. As soon as the Confederate Congress allocated funds for a navy in 1861, Mallory began to purchase suitable ships from wherever they were available. This did not provide much help and Mallory believed it would be possible to build ships in Confederate yards.

Mallory's innovations proposed building a new type of warship. They would be fast, steam powered raiding vessels with rifled canons. Two of the ships he was able to buy were the steam powered Sumter and McRae.

Mallory believed that fast & light cruisers could be used to harass the Union's sea commerce and force the Union's naval power to pursue these ships and therefore hinder their blockading efforts.

He sent former US Naval Officer James D. Bulloch to Europe and buy or have built six propeller driven ships, powered by both steam & wind, with high levels of endurance. Speed was more important than canon. As for the endurance factor, he believed that these small, quick vessels should be able to stay at sea for six months.

Mallory's approach actually was a portend for for submarine commerce warfare that was part of World War 1 submarine operations.