<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Confederate States Army </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Active </Th> <Td> February 28 , 1861 -- May 26 , 1865 ( 4 years , 2 months and 4 weeks ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country </Th> <Td> Confederate States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> Army </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Size </Th> <Td> 500,000 -- 1,500,000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Part of </Th> <Td> C.S. War Department </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Colors </Th> <Td> Cadet gray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> March </Th> <Td> `` Dixie '' </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Engagements </Th> <Td> <P> American Indian Wars Cortina Troubles American Civil War </P> <Ul> <Li> Sumter </Li> <Li> First Manassas </Li> <Li> Wilson 's Creek </Li> <Li> Henry and Donelson </Li> <Li> Shenandoah </Li> <Li> South Mills </Li> <Li> Richmond </Li> <Li> Harpers Ferry </Li> <Li> Munfordville </Li> <Li> Shepherdstown </Li> <Li> Chambersburg Raid </Li> <Li> Mississippi River </Li> <Li> Peninsula </Li> <Li> Shiloh </Li> <Li> Jackson 's Valley Campaign </Li> <Li> Second Manassas </Li> <Li> Sharpsburg </Li> <Li> Hartsville </Li> <Li> Fredericksburg </Li> <Li> Murfreesborough </Li> <Li> Chancellorsville </Li> <Li> Gettysburg </Li> <Li> Vicksburg </Li> <Li> Corydon </Li> <Li> Chickamauga </Li> <Li> Chattanooga </Li> <Li> Wilderness </Li> <Li> Atlanta </Li> <Li> Spotsylvania </Li> <Li> New Hope Church </Li> <Li> Pickett 's Mill </Li> <Li> Cold Harbor </Li> <Li> Sabine Pass </Li> <Li> Plymouth </Li> <Li> Fort Pillow </Li> <Li> Petersburg </Li> <Li> St. Albans </Li> <Li> Kennesaw Mountain </Li> <Li> Jonesborough </Li> <Li> Franklin </Li> <Li> Nashville </Li> <Li> Appomattox Court House </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Commanders </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Commander - in - Chief </Th> <Td> Jefferson Davis , ( President of the Confederate States ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> General - in - Chief </Th> <Td> Robert E. Lee ( General - in - Chief - January 1865 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Insignia </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Flag </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>
the actual name of the confederate force at gettysburg was
Confederate States Army