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Definition of Confederate army
1. Noun. The southern army during the American Civil War.
Generic synonyms: Army, Ground Forces, Regular Army, Gray, Grey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confederate Army
Literary usage of Confederate army
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1866)
"Two-thirds of the confederate army absentees.—Lee loses nearly half his army by
desertion*.—The other half threatened with starvation ..."
2. From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America by James Longstreet (1908)
"... the Tide of War—A Miracle great as the throwing down of the Walls of Jericho—In
Contempt of the Enemy the confederate army was dispersed—Harper's Ferry ..."
3. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1892)
"It is easily understood that the total strength of the confederate army from 1861
to 1865 far exceeded the number of white males in the seceded States " who ..."
4. History of the American Civil War by John William Draper (1870)
"DESTRUCTION OF THE SALLYING confederate army. ... THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE was
fought ; General Thomas totally defeated the confederate army, driving it from ..."
5. Narrative of Military Operations, Directed, During the Late War Between the by Joseph Eggleston Johnston (1874)
"The Dispositions there of the confederate army. — The Army at Cassville. — The
Position a strong one. — In Line of Battle. — Generals Hood and Polk urge ..."
6. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"Those from the Rhine say, that the French army there was gone into winter quarters,
as also the confederate army: and the Saxon troops are to have their ..."
7. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1816)
"... Bajazet defeated a confederate army of an hundred Sept 2896''nousan<' Christiane,
who had proudly boasted, that if the sky should fall they could uphold ..."
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