Confederate Armed Forces

The Confederate Armed Forces, known again simply as the United States Armed Forces after 2030, or abbreviated as CAF, were the military forces of the post-Great Collapse Confederate States of America. Created under the CSA, the CAF were a means to reinstitute the Federal Government of the United States of America. The rise of Seaboard, the Great Lake States, and the Harrisburg Committee to the north all helped the government forces in the Confederacy fund the military organization.

The CAF is divided into an Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps- although due to the land-based nature of the Seaboard-American War, the Navy was less funded than it was in the United States Armed Forces. However, the Confederate Marine Corps was a division of the Navy that received a significant portion of the defense budget. On top of that, the Air Force was designated a sector of the Army to consolidate spending and budgeting into a more streamlined, easily fundable agenda.

General Melvin Hill, a US Commander, was one of the leading members in the effort to restore the American military as an attempt to enforce martial law. His success led him to be the Grand General of the Confederate Armed Forces, and later the Chief of Staff of the Army. He appointed Arnold McGrath the lead General of the 1st Army Corps. Hill held his position as Grand General, but let McGrath take the position of Chief of Staff of the Army. General James Wright subsequently became the commander of the 1st Army Corps.

## Army

The CAF, prior to the confederate acquisition of the Appalachian territories, was comprised of four Army Corps districts. Appalachia became the fifth.

1. **Confederate Army Corps**
	* Commander: James Wright
	* The first organized Army Corps following the Great Collapse, the Confederate Army Corps is the most powerful of the five Army Corps. Containing all surplus troops and equipment, the First Army Corps was designated to secure and protect the capital of the CSA. This includes Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
2. **Central Army Corps**
	* Following the expansion of the Confederate Federal Government, North Carolina was designated the Central Army Corps. When Tennessee was required, it was under the Second Army Corps. The same went for any additions of West Virginia with the exception of the Northern Panhandle, which was integrated into Pennsylvania.
3. **Southern Army Corps**
	* Originally encompassing the South, the Southern (3rd) Army Corps was issued for South Carolina and north Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. With the westward expansion, the Atlantic Army Corps was created. Further westward expansion falls into the Southern Army Corps, including territory in Arkansas, Texas, and Oklahoma.
4. **Atlantic Army Corps**
	* The Atlantic Army Corps was created from the Southern Army Corps after the southern territories became too large for a single military sector. Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida (with the exception of the panhandle south of Alabama) are the territory for the 3rd Army Corps.
5. **Appalachian Army Corps**
	* *Commander*: Carlos Glasson
	* The last Army Corps, the Appalachian (5th) Army Corps was created as the Army Corps directly involved in battling and defending against the Seaboard Territories to the North. The 5th Army Corps controls all of Pennsylvania, and any new acquired territory from the Great Lake States in Ohio or Seaboard to the North.

## Appalachian Army Corps

The Appalachian Army Corps, commanded by Carlos Glasson, was the Army Corps assigned with maintaining Appalachia and repelling incursions by the Great Lake States and Seaboard.

* 1st Capital Appalachian Brigade - Harrisburg, commanded by Col. Emma Jenkins
* 2nd West Appalachian Brigade - Fort Colliers, commanded by Col. Dwayne Hill
* 3rd West Appalachian Brigade - Fort Devlin, Pittsburgh, commanded by Col. John Chambers
* 4th West Appalachian Brigade - Eerie, Appalachia
* 5th Appalachian Brigade - Allentown, PA
* 6th Appalachian Brigade - Scranton, PA
* 7th Appalachian Brigade - Syracuse, PA
* 8th Appalachian Brigade - Newburgh, PA

## Appalachian American Marine Division

The Appalachian American Marine Division was created as a sector of the Confederate/US Marine Corps for affairs in the Appalachian region. The Marine Division is subdivided into four brigades. Following the annexation of the Appalachian Republic, Ontrel Smith became the lead commander of the Division.

* 1st Marine Brigade - Based out of Camp Quaker, south of Allentown.
* 2nd Marine Brigade - Based near rove City, a center point between Pittsburgh and Erie.
* 3d Marine Brigade - Commanded by Colonel Ontrel Smith. Created to battle Seaboard, based from Camp Matamor.
* 4th Marine Brigade - Centered at Camp King following the Hudson Compromise.