Confederate States of America

    Date Event
    The Convention of Seceding States opens at the State House in Montgomery, Alabama
    The Convention of Seceding States passes the provisional constitution of the Confederate States
    - The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama
    Jefferson Davis selected as Provisional President of the Confederate States
    Jefferson Davis sworn in as Provisional President of the Confederate States
    First Confederate government bond authorized
    Confederate States Constitution adopted in Montgomery, Alabama
    In Georgia, Vice-President A.H. Stephens pronounces slavery the foundation of the new Confederacy
    Confederate president invites applications for "letters of Marque and Reprisal"
    The Congress of the Confederate States opens a special session session in Montgomery, Alabama
    - The Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in special session session in Montgomery, Alabama
    In Parliament, the British foreign secretary declares the Confederacy at war with the Union
    Robert E. Lee appointed commander of all Confederate troops in Virginia
    In Montgomery, Alabama, the special session session of the Confederate States Congress ends
    The Confederate Post Office issues its first postage stamps, bearing the likeness of Jefferson Davis
    Jefferson Davis declares a day of "fasting, humiliation, and prayer" across the Confederacy
    Judah P. Benjamin is named as Confederate Secretary of War and Thomas Bragg as Attorney General
    In Richmond, the Confederate Congress votes to admit Missouri as the Confederacy's eleventh state
    - In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its first session
    In a rainy Richmond, Virginia, Jefferson Davis is inaugurated to a full term as Confederate president
    In Tennessee, Confederate forces evacuate Nashville, the state capital
    In Tennessee, Nashville becomes the first Confederate capital to fall to the Union
    Jefferson Davis declares martial law in the Richmond area and also bans the production of spirits
    Confederate president Jefferson Davis signs the first Conscription Act in American history
    In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is now adjourned till August
    Robert E. Lee is appointed field commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
    - In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is meeting in its second session
    - In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its third session
    The new Confederate National Flag flies for the first time over the Confederate Capitol in Richmond
    - In Richmond, Virginia, the First Confederate Congress is sitting in its fourth and final session
    The House of Representatives passes a non-binding resolution that Jefferson Davis be tried for treason
    Date Title
    Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A. H. Stephens,” February 12, 1861
    New York Times, “Arms for the Rebels,” May 1, 1861
    New York Times, “The Reward of Treason,” May 16, 1861
    Chicago (IL) Tribune, “A New Trouble in Georgia,” May 25, 1861
    Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Military Policy of the North,” May 29, 1861
    Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Virginia Playing the Foot,” June 4, 1861
    San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “The Lack of “Improved” Firearms in the South,” June 5, 1861
    New York Times, “The Bitter Fruits,” June 10, 1861
    New York Times, “Famine Among the Confederates,” June 20, 1861
    New York Times, “Are They Pirates?,” June 23, 1861
    Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Anniversaries of Independence,” June 27, 1861
    Chillicothe (OH) Scioto Gazette, “Davis’ Subjects Dumpish and Disgusted,” July 2, 1861
    Newark (OH) Advocate, “The Impending Danger,” July 5, 1861
    (Concord) New Hampshire Statesman, “Andrew Johnson,” July 6, 1861
    Gideon Welles to Abraham Lincoln, August 5, 1861
    Andrew Johnson and William B. Carter to Abraham Lincoln, August 6, 1861
    Raleigh (NC) Register, “Arrest of a Traitor,” August 14, 1861
    Chicago (IL) Tribune, “East Tennessee,” August 16, 1861
    New Orleans (LA) Picayune, “Confederate Treasury Notes,” August 25, 1861
    Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Union Feeling in North Carolina,” August 27, 1861
    New York Herald, “Mason and Slidell,” November 17, 1861
    President Jefferson Davis, Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861
    Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Beautiful Weapon,” February 3, 1862
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