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Arthur Pendleton Bagby

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Lawmaking/Litigating	The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama	04/30/1861 to 05/20/1861
Religion/Philosophy	The Presbyterian General Assembly is meeting in Philadelphia and its decisions will split the Church	05/16/1861 to 06/01/1861

Newspaper	Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “New European Views of the South,” May 17, 1861	05/17/1861
Newspaper	Savannah (GA) News, “The Civil War in Missouri,” May 17, 1861	05/17/1861