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[[File:Confederate States of America General-collar.svg|right|thumb|Confederate States Army general officers collar badge]]
The [[general officer]]s of the treasonous [[Confederate States Army]] (CSA) were the senior military leaders of the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War]] of 1861–1865. They were often former officers from the [[United States Army]] (the [[Regular Army (United States)|regular army]]) prior to the Civil War, while others were given the rank based on merit or when necessity demanded. Most Confederate generals needed confirmation from the [[Congress of the Confederate States|Confederate Congress]], much like prospective [[General officer|generals]] in the modern U.S. armed forces.
Like all of the Confederacy's military forces, these generals answered to their civilian leadership, in particular [[Jefferson Davis]], the South's [[President of the Confederate States of America|president]] and therefore [[commander-in-chief]] of the Army, [[Confederate States Navy|Navy]], and the [[Confederate States Marine Corps|Marines]] of the Confederate States.
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