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For the most part, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was extremely active as the South's commander in chief. This was a bad idea, because Davis had a military background, running both the military and the Confederacy left allot to be desired. He did take strong counsel from Robert E. Lee and finally early in 1865, and too late, Lee was appointed general in chief of Southern forces.

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