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=== Introduction | === Introduction === | ||
The Confederate Congress established a provisional then a permanent Confederate States Army by March 9, 1861. Control was given to the President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis. <br> | |||
Under orders from President Davis, the troops under General P. G. T. Beauregard bombarded Fort Sumter on April 12–13, 1861, the first battle in the Civil War. <br> | |||
Supplementing the Confederate States Army were the various state militias of the Confederate States: The state militias were organized and commanded by the state governments<br> | |||
The Confederate army did not have a formal overall military commander, or general-in-chief, until late in the war. The lack of centralized control was a strategic weakness for the Confederacy, and there are few instances of multiple armies acting in concert across multiple theaters to achieve a common objective. | |||
Commanders | |||
President Jefferson Davis, (Commander-in-Chief) He provided the strategic direction for Confederate land and naval forces. He was a former U.S. Army officer and U.S. Secretary of War.<br>General Samuel Cooper, (Adjutant General and Inspector General of the Army)<br>General Robert E. Lee, (General-in-Chief, January 31 to April 9, 1865) | |||
=== Confederate Regular Troops Military Units === | === Confederate Regular Troops Military Units === | ||