2 (or the Western Department) of the Confederate army, which held responsibility for defending the area between the Tennessee and Mississippi.

Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk commanded the corps from November 26, 1862, and held it with minor interruptions until his relief on September 29, 1863, and subsequent arrest on October 23, 1863.

[1] It participated in the Tennessee Campaign (June to October 1863) under General Braxton Bragg.

Major engagements under General Polk included Stones River (from December 1862 until January 1863) and Chickamauga (in September 1863).

[1] Major-General Patrick Cleburne was also in temporary command the corps from August 31 to September 1, 1864.