Commander-in-Chief Davis appoints General Robert E. Lee, Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Armies.
[restored 3/9/2025]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Confederate Constitution, Article II, Section 2, Clause 1
References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 302.
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