[2] The Civil Service ceased to exist in 1865, when the Confederacy was defeated by Union forces and slavery was abolished.
[4] The Department of State was tasked with "King Cotton diplomacy" to attempt to establish trade with anyone willing to perpetuate slavery.
[5] The Treasury Department was modeled around the previous, federal office, with a Comptroller, Auditor, Register, Treasurer, and Assistant Secretary.
[7] The Department of War controlled conscription, the production of munitions, the collection of food, and the construction of additional mining and munition-production facilities.
[8] The South had previously contained large munitions factories, such as in New Orleans following the Mexican–American War, and by 1863 the department was running seventeen arsenals and depots.