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During the war, Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederacy.

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Who were the leaders at the Battle of Shiloh?

The Union Army of the Tennessee was commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant on April 6, 1862, the first day of the battle. This army would be reinforced by the Army of the Ohio under the command of Major General Don Carlos Buell the evening of the 6th and Grant took overall command of both. The Confederate Army of the Mississippi was commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston on the first day until he was killed, then command of the army fell to General P.G.T. Beauregard who commanded for the remainder of the battle.


Who fought in the battle of petersburg?

The Union armies of the James and the Potomac under the overall command of Grant end the Confederate Army of the Northern Virginia, under the overll command of Lee.


Who was in command of the troops that formally accepted the surrender of the Confederate army?

Lee was defeated by the Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George Meade. But the Union General-in-Chief, U.S. Grant, was travelling with them in a mobile HQ, and it was Grant who took the surrender. Some said it should have been Meade. General Joshua Chamberlain commanded the 1st Division of 5th Corp of the Army of Potomac which gave the Honour of The Arms formally accepting the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, on Apr.12, 1865.


Who officially commanded the confederate army?

President Jefferson Davis was officially in command of the entire Confederate army and navy. As president he was commander in chief. Unlike Abraham Lincoln, Davis did not have a General in Chief until February 1865 when he appointed Robert E. Lee to that position.


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Who gave lee command of the confederate army?

The only person authorised to do so - the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis.


Who was in command of the confederate?

Robert E. Lee was the commander-in-chief of the Confederate Army; Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy.


Who was the general in command of the Confederate army in the civil war?

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Who gave Robert E. Lee command of the Confederate Army?

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Did lee command the army of the potomac during civil war?

No, he didn't. He was a Confederate general.


How did south's fortune change after lee took command of the army of north Virginia?

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