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Samuel Jameson Gholson

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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	New York Herald, “Letters for the Army,” May 19, 1861	05/19/1861
Letter	Robert Anderson to Abraham Lincoln, May 19, 1861	05/19/1861