 The Confederacy appointed junior and field grade officers by election from the enlisted ranks.Although no Army service academy was established for the Confederacy, many colleges of the South (such as The Citadel and the Virginia Military Institute) maintained cadet corps that were seen as a training ground for Confederate military leadership.A naval academy was established at Drewry's Bluff, Virginia in 1863, but no midshipmen had graduated by the time the Confederacy collapsed.