Key personnel There were twelve key positions in the War Department of which four were filled by civilians and eight by military personnel; these positions were: •
Secretary of War (civilian) • Adjutant and Inspector General: Gen.
Samuel Cooper • Assistant Secretary of War (civilian):
Albert Taylor Bledsoe,
John Archibald Campbell • Chief of the Bureau of War (civilian):
Robert Garlick Hill Kean • Chief of Conscription: Brig. Gen.
Gabriel J. Rains, Brig. Gen.
Charles W. Field, Brig. Gen.
John S. Preston • Chief of Nitre and Mining: Col.
Isaac M. St. John, Col. Richard Morton • Chief of Ordnance: Brig. Gen.
Josiah Gorgas • Chief Signal Officer: Col.
William Norris • Commissary General of Subsistence: Col.
Lucius B. Northrop, Brig. Gen. Isaac M. St. John • Quartermaster-General: Col.
Abraham C. Myers, Brig. Gen.
Alexander Lawton • Surgeon General: Col.
Samuel P. Moore • Commissioner of Prisoner Exchange: Col.
Robert Ould, Col. William Norris • War Department Commissioner of Indian Affairs (civilian):
David Hubbard Departments and Bureaus The War Department had several sub-departments in its organization structure: • Adjutant and Inspector-General's Department: Established by an act of the Confederate Congress on 19 April 1862 The Niter and Mining Bureau was initially a part of the Bureau of Ordnance, but later became a full independent bureau on April 22, 1862. • Signals Bureau: Established by an act of the Confederate Congress on 19 April 1862. Although officially established in 1862, Alexander had set about the creation of a signal service and had a signal service operational in time for the
First Battle of Manassas, months before any comparable Federal counterpart would emerge. The Signal Bureau was also involved in the gathering of intelligence during the course of the war. ==See also==