Army of Kentucky (CSA)The Confederate Army of Kentucky (CSA) was organized by Major General Kirby Smith and incorporated soldiers from the Department of East Tennessee. The short-lived Army of Kentucky participated in the Confederate Heartland Campaign of 1862.
Army of Missouri (CSA) - FactsKey facts about the Confederate Army of Missouri was a 12,000-man Confederate force commanded by Major General Sterling Price during his failed expedition into Missouri in the autumn of 1864.
Army of Missouri (CSA) - SummaryThe Army of Missouri was a 12,000-man Confederate force commanded by Major General Sterling Price during a failed expedition into Missouri in the autumn of 1864.
Army of Northern Virginia (CSA) - SummaryOrganized in 1861, and officially named in 1862, the Army of Northern Virginia was the principal military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
Army of Tennessee (CSA) - SummaryThe Army of Tennessee was the Confederacy's primary fighting force in the Western Theater of the American Civil War between 1862 and 1865.
Army of the Mississippi (CSA) - SummaryOfficially organized on March 5, 1862, the Army of the Mississippi transitioned into the Army of Tennessee, the Confederacy's preeminent fighting force in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.
Army of the Northwest (CSA) - SummaryCreated on June 8, 1861, from troops in western Virginia, the Confederate Army of the Northwest participated in the Battle of Rich Mountain, the Battle of Cheat Mountain, and the Romney Expedition before being dissolved on February 9, 1862.
Army of the Potomac (CSA) - SummaryOrganized June 20, 1861, the Army of the Potomac later became the Army of Northern Virginia, the principal military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.
Army of the Shenandoah (CSA) - SummaryThe main Confederate force in northwestern Virginia after the beginning of the American Civil War, the Army of the Shenandoah, reinforced the Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Bull Run I, securing a Confederate victory.
Army of the South (CSA) - SummaryFormed in February 1865 and commanded by Major General Joseph E. Johnston, the Confederate Army of the South, consisted of the Army of Tennessee and all troops in Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and the Department of Southern Virginia.
Army of the West (CSA) - SummaryFormed on January 10, 1862, from troops operating in the Trans-Mississippi District of Department Number 2, in Arkansas and Missouri, the Confederate Army of the West participated in the Battles of Pea Ridge and Iuka before being merged with troops from the Department of Southern Mississippi and East Louisiana to form the Army of West Tennessee on September 28, 1862.
Army of Vicksburg (CSA) - SummaryFormally named the Army of the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's Army of Vicksburg was charged with defending Vicksburg, Mississippi, during Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant's Vicksburg Campaign in 1863.
Central Army of Kentucky (CSA) - SummaryCreated on October 28, 1861, under the command of General Albert S. Johnston, the Central Army of Kentucky was the main military force in the Confederacy's Western District until March 29, 1862, when it merged with the Army of the Mississippi.