Question: The Confederate States Army were responsible for answering to the head of which branch of the new government?
Context: The General-in-Chief of the Confederate States Army, formally the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States, was the senior-most officer in the Confederate States Army in 1865.  The only holder of this military office was General Robert E. Lee, who retained command of the Army of Northern Virginia. The Military of the Confederate States of America existed between 1861 and 1865, and was tasked throughout its existence with fighting the American Civil War.  It comprised three branches: the Confederate States Army, the Confederate States Navy and the Confederate States Marine Corps.  It was disbanded with the collapse of the Confederacy. The President of the Confederate States of America was the elected head of state and government of the Confederate States.  The president also headed the executive branch of government and was commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy, and of the militia of the several states when called into Confederate service. The following Confederate States Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of Wilson's Creek of the American Civil War, fought on August 10, 1861 near Springfield, Missouri.  Though identified with the Confederates, the Missouri State Guard were technically an independent army, as Missouri had not yet seceded, and were not folded into the Confederate Army of the West until March 17, 1862.  Though identified with the Confederates, the Arkansas State Trooops were technically not yet Confederate troops.  Arkansas had seceded on XX and be recognized as a Confederate States, but Brigadier General Nichols Pearce's troops had not been transferred from the State of Arkansas to the Confederate Government and had not been sworn into Confederate Service.  After the battle, Pearce's troops voted to disband rather than enter Confederate Service. The Confederate Roll of Honor was authorized by the Confederate Congress on October 13, 1862 as a means of honoring the valor and bravery of members of the Confederate States Army, Confederate States Navy, and Confederate States Marine Corps. The Navy of the Confederate States (CSN) was the naval branch of the Confederate States Armed Forces, established by an act of the Confederate States Congress on February 21, 1861.  It was responsible for Confederate naval operations during the American Civil War (1861-1865), fighting against the Union Navy / United States Navy. This is a list of Confederate arsenals and armories.  The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern slave states that had declared their secession from the United States.  The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War.  Arsenals and armories in this list were active during the years of the confederacy and during the American Civil War. The Confederate States Army (C.S.A.) was the military ground force of the Confederate States of America (Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861-1865).  On February 28, 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress established a provisional volunteer army and gave control over military operations and authority for mustering state forces and volunteers to the newly chosen Confederate president, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy on the Hudson River at West Point, New York, and colonel of a volunteer regiment during the Mexican–American War (1846-1848), later a United States Senator from Mississippi and U.S. Secretary of War in the administration of 14th President Franklin Pierce (1853-1857).  By March 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress expanded the provisional forces and established a more permanent Confederate States Army. The Confederate States War Department was a cabinet-level department in Confederate States of America government responsible for the administration of the affairs of the Confederate States Army.  The War Department was led by the Confederate States Secretary of War.  During its existence, the War Department was the largest department of the Civil Service in Confederate States of America. This is a list of Confederate arms manufacturers.  The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven Southern states that had declared their secession from the United States.  The Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War.  Companies appearing in this list were manufacturers of arms within the confederate states.
Answer: executive