As the Chief of Police, I want to welcome everyone to the Davenport Police Department website. The Davenport Police Department is one of the finest law enforcement agencies in America. We are the only nationally accredited (CALEA) police department in the QuadCities, and the largest accredited agency in Iowa.
The commander in chief of the Confederate Army was Jefferson Davis, who was also the president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. There were many Confederate Army leaders that served under Jefferson Davis.
Control and operation of the Confederate army was administered by the Confederate States War Department, which was established by the Confederate Provisional Congress in an act on February 21, 1861. The Confederate Congress gave control over military operations, and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the President of the Confederate States of America on February 28, 1861, and March 6, 1861.