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After being criticized by many high-ranking officers, where was Breckinridge transferred to?

  • Trans-Allegheny Department

  • Army of Tennessee

  • Army of Northern Virginia

  • Department of the Pacific

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After being criticized by many high-ranking officers for his actions during the Second Battle of Manassas, General John Breckinridge was transferred to the Trans-Allegheny Department in the western part of the Confederacy. He spent the remainder of the war in this department, where he commanded a small force of troops that was responsible for defending the Confederate supply lines and preventing Union forces from entering the Shenandoah Valley.
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