Trivia 12-9-15 True or False

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Surely, false because there was no position officially named as "Commander" in Chief of Confederate forces. The position of "General in Chief" was not created until January 1865 when Lee was so appointed.

Davis resisted any attempt to put any one man in charge, unless it was him. He performed the function of being commander of all land and ocean forces of the Confederacy until February 1865.

http://www.historynet.com/confederate-army
The Confederate Army didn’t have a general-in-chief until late in the war. The President, Jefferson Davis himself served as commander-in-chief and provided war strategies to land and Naval forces.

http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/biographies/robert-e-lee.html
Though President Davis named the Virginian General-in-Chief of all Confederate forces in February 1865, only two months later, on April 9, 1865, Lee was forced to surrender

Braxton Bragg was "charged with the conduct of military operations of the Confederate states" from February 1864 until November 1864 but all that meant is that he was chief of staff or military advisor to Jefferson Davis (as Lee had been before the Seven Days). http://www.civilwarhome.com/CHMbraggbio.html
 
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