Confederate Army
Secessionists' military branch
The Confederate Army was the military force of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting to preserve Southern secession and the institution of slavery.
The term often appears in historical contexts discussing battles, generals like Robert E.
Lee, and the broader conflict: His great-great-grandfather fought in the Confederate Army.
Confederate symbols remain controversial, with some viewing them as heritage and others as emblems of white supremacy.
- Civil WarCountrymen fighting countrymen
- grayNeutral achromatic hue
- gray uniformMuted official clothing
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- GettysburgPennsylvania battle site
Robert E. Lee · Stonewall Jackson · infantry · antebellum · Jefferson Davis · charge · Antietam · kepi · cavalry · flag · battle flag · butternut · rebel yell · brigades · artillery · military tactics · slavery · Ulysses S. Grant
- US MilitaryMarine Corps, Air Force, Pentagon, West Point, Annapolis
- military forcesallied forces, soldiers, troops, coalition forces, militias
- ConfederacyJefferson Davis, Richmond, secession, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
- Petersburg CampaignPetersburg, trenches, trench warfare, siege warfare, siege lines
- Rebel GroupsFARC, IRA, ETA, PLO, Viet Cong
- warriorsfighter, knight, footsoldier, barbarian, samurai
Confederate ArmyUnion Army
Northern military in 1860s
United States Army · Union forces · Yankees · Federal forces · Union troops