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.

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Subsequent Events:

Authority:

Confederate Constitution, Article II, Section 2 [Clause 1]
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp#a2

References:

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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