inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. 2. occupied with or skilled in criticism. 3. involving skillful judgment as to truth, merit, etc.; judicial: a critical analysis. 4. of or relating to critics or criticism:
The Commander-in-Chief of the United States military is the President of the United States. This is pursuant to Article II, Section 2, Clause I of the Constitution which states that The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States.... the US President.
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.