Confederate States Army

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army military organization

The Confederate States Army was the land warfare force of the secessionist Southern states during the American Civil War, known for figures like Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson.

Aliases (5)

Confederate Army ×7
Armed Forces of the Confederate States of America ×1
Confederate ×1
Confederate States of America (through son Robert E. Lee) ×1
Confederate forces ×1

Statements (72)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	army → military organization →
approximateSize	over 1,000,000 soldiers served over the course of the war →
commanderInChief	Jefferson Davis →
conflict	American Civil War →
country	Confederate States of America →
disbandedAsAResultOf	surrender at Appomattox Court House →
doctrine	offensive-defensive strategy →
endTime	1865 →
hasPart	Army of Kentucky → Army of Mississippi → Army of New Mexico → Army of Northern New Mexico → Army of Northern Virginia → Army of Tennessee → Army of the Peninsula → Army of the Potomac (Confederate) → Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate) → Army of the Trans-Mississippi → Army of the Valley → Army of the West → Confederate artillery → Confederate cavalry → Confederate infantry →
headquartersLocation	Richmond, Virginia →
ideology	Confederate nationalism → defense of slavery →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
legalStatus	armed forces of a secessionist government not recognized by the United States →
notableCommander	A. P. Hill → Albert Sidney Johnston → Braxton Bragg → J. E. B. Stuart → James Longstreet → John Bell Hood → John C. Pemberton → Joseph E. Johnston → Jubal A. Early → Kirby Smith → Nathan Bedford Forrest → P. G. T. Beauregard → Richard S. Ewell → Robert E. Lee → Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson →
opposedBy	Union Army → United States Army →
partOf	Armed Forces of the Confederate States of America →
primaryEnemy	United States of America →
primaryOpposingForce	Union Army of the Potomac →
recruitment	conscription → volunteer enlistment →
religion	predominantly Protestant chaplaincy →
serviceBranch	land forces →
significantBattle	Appomattox Campaign → Battle of Antietam → Battle of Chancellorsville → Battle of Chickamauga → Battle of Fredericksburg → Battle of Gettysburg → Battle of Shiloh → First Battle of Bull Run → Second Battle of Bull Run → Siege of Petersburg → Siege of Vicksburg →
startTime	1861 →
subordinateTo	Confederate States government →
territory	Confederate States of America →
usedEquipment	cavalry sabers → field artillery → ironclad-supporting coastal artillery → muzzle-loading rifles → smoothbore muskets →

Referenced by (46)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Braxton Bragg → Confederate States of America → Confederate military leadership → J.E.B. Stuart → James Longstreet → James Longstreet → James Longstreet → Jefferson Davis → John C. Breckinridge → P. G. T. Beauregard → Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → Stonewall Jackson → Stonewall Jackson → Thomas Jonathan Jackson → William L. Cabell →	militaryBranch
Anne Hill Carter Lee ("Confederate States of America (through son Robert E. Lee)") → Brawner Farm ("Confederate Army") → Lee’s War Horse → Old Pete → Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia →	associatedWith
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park ("Confederate Army") → Valley Campaign of 1862 →	belligerent
Army of Northern Virginia → Confederate States Army ("Armed Forces of the Confederate States of America") →	partOf
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar → Samuel Arnold ("Confederate Army") →	servedIn
Confederate States of America →	alliance
Army of Northern Virginia →	branch
Boston Corbett →	capturedBy
Battle of Fair Oaks ("Confederate Army") →	combatant
Deep Cut →	controlledBy
James Longstreet →	countryOfService
Fort Sumter ("Confederate forces") →	firstShotsFiredBy
Fort Sumter →	garrisonedBy
Second Battle of Bull Run →	hasParticipant
From Manassas to Appomattox ("Confederate") →	hasPerspective
Carolinas Campaign ("Confederate Army") →	involvedBranch
From Manassas to Appomattox →	mainSubject
Cullen Bohannon →	militaryAllegiance
Military Division of the Mississippi ("Confederate Army") →	opponent
Union Army →	opposedBy
Army of the Potomac →	primaryOpponents
Tredegar Iron Works ("Confederate Army") →	producedFor
Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) →	serviceBranch
Anna Jackson →	spouseMilitaryAllegiance
Confederate battle flag →	usedBy