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Joseph Johnston > other Confederate department commanders

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However, what that actually meant was ambiguous. Johnston only had direct control of a few regiments, and Davis never explicitly gave him command of the other units. Johnston outranked all the previously independent department commanders in his new department.

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Joseph Johnstonlacked clear command authority overother Confederate department commanders

“However, what that actually meant was ambiguous. Johnston only had direct control of a few regiments, and Davis never explicitly gave him command of the other units. Johnston outranked all the previously independent department commanders in his new department.”

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