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  2. Confederate States Army - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. List of Confederate States Army officers educated at the ...

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    The United States Military Academy (USMA) is an undergraduate college in West Point, New York, that educates and commissions officers for the United States Army. Confederate President Jefferson Davis, himself a former officer and West Point graduate (class of 1828), preferred West Point trained officers for the Confederate States Army (CSA ...

  4. Military forces of the Confederate States - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Confederate States of America - Wikipedia

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    Although no Army service academy was established for the Confederacy, some colleges (such as The Citadel and Virginia Military Institute) maintained cadet corps that trained Confederate military leadership. A naval academy was established at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia [130] in 1863, but no midshipmen graduated before the Confederacy's end.

  6. List of U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers

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    There are nine major U.S. military bases that were formerly named in honor of Confederate military leaders, all in former Confederate States. [12] All were renamed in 2023: Fort Benning (1917), near Columbus, Georgia , named for Confederate General Henry L. Benning , was redesignated Fort Moore on 11 May 2023 in honor of General Hal Moore and ...

  7. List of The Citadel alumni - Wikipedia

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    Colonel Charles C. Tew (1846) first graduate of the college; served as professor and Commandant of the Citadel Academy and Superintendent of the Arsenal Academy, founded Hillsborough Military Academy in North Carolina. Killed in action at the Battle of Antietam in 1862 on the eve of his promotion to brigadier general.

  8. List of Confederate arsenals and armories - Wikipedia

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    The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern slave states that had declared their secession from the United States. The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War.

  9. George Armstrong Custer - Wikipedia

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    Custer graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, last in his graduating class of 1861, although he finished 34th out of a starting class of 108 candidates. [3] Nonetheless, Custer achieved a higher military rank than any other U.S. Army officer in his class. [4]