By March 1861, the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States meeting in the temporary capital of Montgomery, Alabama, expanded the provisional military forces and established a more permanent regular Confederate States Army.

Dec 1, 2024 · The Confederate States Army aimed to secure the independence of Southern states and preserve slavery. The Confederate States Army was officially established on February 28, 1861, by the Provisional Confederate Congress.

Major general and commander in chief of Provisional Army of Virginia, April 22, 1861–June 8, 1861. Led West Virginia Campaign, September 21, 1861–November 5, 1861. Examined South Atlantic seaboard defense, November 5, 1861–March 4, 1862.

Major resigned from the U. S. Army on March 21, 1861, and joined the Missouri State Guard as a lieutenant colonel. He fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek on August 10, 1861. He was an acting commander in Earl Van Dorn's artillery during the Siege of Vicksburg.

Book/Printed Material List of field officers, regiments and battalions in the Confederate States army, 1861-1865.

Jan 21, 2025 · Battle of Fort Sumter Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina, April 12, 1861, during the American Civil War. On assuming office, Lincoln had declared that states could not secede, that the Confederate states were not actually out of the Union, and that he would enforce the laws everywhere.

listofstaffofficers ofthe confederatestatesarmy 1861-1865. washington: governmentprintingoffice. 1891.

Jul 6, 2020 · Compiled from the microfilm set (535 reels) of Consolidated index to compiled service records of Confederate soldiers, M253, located in the State Library of North Carolina v. 1.

Nominated and confirmed as “ General-in-Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States of America ” January 31, 1865; at first appointed Major-General of the military forces of Virginia; in command of the operations in the Trans-Alleghany region; in the winter of 1861 in command of the South Carolina and Georgia coast; from the spring of ...

A summary of The Confederate Side (1861–1863) in American History's The Civil War. ... the Confederacy’s weak central government proved to be a major handicap during the war. ... The Richmond government did manage to pass the Conscription Act of 1862 to draft young men in all the Confederate states into the national army. As Richmond got ...