Military forces of the Confederate States

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The military forces of the Confederate States, also known as Confederate forces, were the military services responsible for the defense of the Confederacy during its existence (1861–1865).

General Robert E. Lee, for many, the face of the Confederate Army

General Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr

Uniforms of the Confederate States Armed Forces

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Each branch of the Confederate States armed forces had its own service dress and fatigue uniforms and regulations regarding them during the American Civil War, which lasted from April 12, 1861, until May 1865.

Colonel John S. Mosby 3rd from right center row

J. E. B. Stuart

Confederate Infantry uniform, Private Edwin Francis Jemison, 2nd Louisiana Regiment, C.S.A. killed at Malvern Hill 1862

Confederate Navy uniform, Lieutenants Armstrong and Sinclair