Commander-in-Chief Davis fires the retreating Major General Joseph E. Johnston, as commander of the Army of Tennessee, and replaces him with the more aggressive Major General John Bell Hood.
[restored 4/15/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Confederate Constitution, Article II, Section 2 [Clause 1]
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp#a2
References:
American Civil War, 1864
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar5.htm