- Founded
- February 28, 1861 ( 1861-02-28 )
- Disbanded
- May 26, 1865 ( 1865-05-26 )
- Country
- Confederate States
- Type
- Army
- Size
- 1,082,119 total who served 464,646 peak in 1863
- Part of
- War Department
- Colors
- Cadet Gray
- March
- Dixie
- Conflicts
- American Civil War List of American Civil War battles Cortina Troubles Indian Wars
- Commander in chief
- Jefferson Davis (1861–65)
- General in chief
- General Robert E. Lee (1865)