What role did Breckinridge serve in the Confederate Army?
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John C. Breckinridge served as a major general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He was a native of Kentucky, and had served as a U.S. senator, vice president, and secretary of war before the war. Breckinridge initially opposed secession, but he eventually joined the Confederacy after his home state voted to secede.
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