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The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to support the rebellion of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery. [3]
The Uniforms of the Confederate States military forces were the uniforms used by the Confederate Army and Navy during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865. The uniform varied greatly due to a variety of reasons, such as location, limitations on the supply of cloth and other materials, and the cost of materials during the war.
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States and the Confederate States (Confederate States Army).
Richard Rowland Kirkland (August 1843 – September 20, 1863), known as "The Angel of Marye's Heights", was a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, noted by both sides for his bravery and the story of his humanitarian actions during the Battle of Fredericksburg.
Female confederate soldier belonging to a Louisiana regiment, described by the British colonel Arthur Fremantle, who travelled through the confederacy for over 3 months in 1863 as a war tourist. He wrote; "A goodish-looking woman was pointed out to in my car as having served as a private soldier in the battles of Perryville and Murfreesboro ...
Captain in Confederate Army at start of war. Lt. colonel and assistant adjutant general, September 4, 1861. Seriously wounded at Gettysburg and Payne's Farm in November 1863. Killed at the Wilderness, May 5, 1864, aged 43. Jones, John R. See incomplete appointments section in List of American Civil War Generals (Acting Confederate).
'The Civil War Monitor'. Retrieved October 2, 2014. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Alabama, M-311, RG 109. Gryzb, Frank, The Last Civil War Veterans: The Lives of the Final Survivors State by State. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2016. ISBN 978-1-4766-6522-1. Hoar, Jay S.
Portrait of a Confederate Army infantryman (1861–1865) Johnny Reb is the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederacy.During the American Civil War and afterwards, Johnny Reb and his Union counterpart Billy Yank were used in speech and literature to symbolize the common soldiers who fought in the Civil War in the 1860s. [1]