Confederate Organisations – Staff Bureaux – American Civil War High Command

The administration of the Confederate Army was carried out by various Staff Bureaux.

General in Chief of the Confederate Army

General Robert Edward Lee 31 January 1863-9 April 1865

Military Adviser to President

Brigadier-General Robert Edward Lee 8 June 1861-4 November 1861

General Robert Edward Lee 8 June 1861-6 March 1862- 1 June 1862

General Braxton Bragg 25 February 1864-31 January 1865

Adjutant-General’s Department

Lieutenant-Colonel George Deas 7 March 1861-16 March 1861

General Samuel Cooper 16 May 1861-19 April 1865

Inspector-General’s Department

Lieutenant Colonel George Deas 7 March 1861-16 March 1861

General Samuel Cooper 16 May 1861-19 April 1865

Quartermaster-General’s Department

Colonel Abraham Myers 15 March 1861-10 August 1863

Brigadier-General Alexander Robert Lawton 10 August 1863-9 May 1865

Commissary Department

Colonel Lucius Bellinger Northrop 27 March 1861-16 February 1865

Brigadier-General Isaac Munroe St John 16 February 1865-April 1865

Ordnance Department

Brigadier-General Josiah Gorgas 8 April 1861-April 1865

Corps of Engineers

Colonel Alfred Landon Rives 13 November 1861-June 1864

Commissary of Prisoners Department

Brigadier-General John Henry Winder 21 June 1861-10 February 1865

Brigadier-General Gideon John Pillow 10 February 1865-24 March 1865

Brigadier-General Daniel Ruggles 24 March 1865-9 May 1865

Provost Marshal General’s Department

Colonel Archibald Godwin Campbell 8 March 1862-16 July 1862

Surgeon-General’s Department

Surgeon-General David C Deleon 6 May 1861-12 July 1861

Signals Department

William Norris 31 July 1862-7 August 1864

William N Barker 8 August 1864-April 1865

William Norris April 1865-25 April 1865

Bureau of Nitre and Mining

Colonel Isaac Munroe St John -15 February 1865

Colonel Richard Morton 15 February 1865-April 1865

Bureau of Conscription

Colonel George W Lay x-16 December 1862

Brigadier-General Charles William Field 25 May 1863-23 June 1863

Colonel George W Lay 23 June 1863-30 July 1863

Brigadier-General John Smith Preston 30 July 1863-17 March 1865