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    The 1st Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, convened between...
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    The Confederate States Congress was both the provisional and permanent legislative assembly of the Confederate States of America that existed from 1861...
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    Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, also known as the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a unicameral congress of deputies...
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    The flags of the Confederate States of America have a history of three successive designs during the American Civil War. The flags were known as the "Stars...
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    the Confederate Secretary of War who would establish draft quotas for the several states of the Confederacy. On September 27, 1862, the Congress extended...
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    The 2nd Confederate States Congress, consisting of the Confederate States Senate and the Confederate States House of Representatives, met from May 2,...
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  • The Confederate Senate was the upper house of the Congress of the Confederate States of America. Its members were, like those of the United States Senate...
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    1865, the 2nd Confederate States Congress provided "for the appointment of a General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States." On February 6...
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    Twenty Negro Law (category 1st Confederate States Congress)
    legislation enacted by the Confederate Congress during the American Civil War. The law specifically exempted from Confederate military service one white...
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    of slaves in the United States Vice President of the Confederate States of America C.S. Congress (provisional) (May 1861) [1st pub. March 1861]. "Article...
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    Partisan Ranger Act (category 1st Confederate States Congress)
    8, 1862, a bill was introduced to the 1st Confederate States Congress by a member of the Confederate Congress from Virginia to allow raising a force...
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    The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway...
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    1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress expanded the provisional forces and established a more permanent Confederate States Army. An accurate count...
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  • constitution for what came to be known as the Confederate States of America.: 60  Before the congress could accomplish anything, it required a set of...
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    design of the Confederate States Army was based on the structure and customs of the United States Army when the Confederate States Congress established...
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    Congressman, and a member of the 1st Confederate States Congress from Kentucky; he was also involved in the formation of the Confederate government of Kentucky...
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    the Confederate States (PACS) was authorized by Act of Congress on February 23, 1861, and began organizing on April 27. The Army of Confederate States was...
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    Department of the Navy was established by an act of the Provisional Confederate Congress in Montgomery, Alabama which passed into law on February 21, 1861...
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    Confederate States) on February 8, 1861, and subsequent foundation of the permanent government on February 22, 1862, the Confederate States Congress adopted...
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    Territory, colloquially referred to as Confederate Arizona, was an organized incorporated territory of the Confederate States of America that existed from August...
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    state's congressional districts, to represent Florida in the 1st Confederate States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other offices...
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    in the Confederate States Army were before the date of appointment or commission. Under an Act of September 1, 1861, the Confederate Congress permitted...
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    state's congressional districts, to represent Florida in the 2nd Confederate States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other offices,...
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  • Each branch of the Confederate States armed forces had its own service dress and fatigue uniforms and regulations regarding them during the American Civil...
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    Civil War. It was established by an act of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States on March 16, 1861. The Corps' manpower was initially authorized...
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    John R. Baylor (category Confederate States Army officers)
    rewarded when Baylor orchestrated the former AG's election to the 1st Confederate States Congress. Baylor became known for ordering his cavalry regiment to exterminate...
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    Augustus H. Garland (category Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States)
    secession from the United States, but later served in both houses of the Congress of the Confederate States and the United States Senate, as well as becoming...
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  • The 1st Mississippi Partisan Rangers was a unit of the Confederate Army from Mississippi. The 1st Partisans operated as a cavalry regiment in North Mississippi...
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    the Confederacy's position on black prisoners-of-war. The Congress of the Confederate States of America had passed a law on May 1, 1863, stating that white...
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  • both the Union and Confederate armies. Missouri sent representatives to the United States Congress and the Confederate States Congress, and was represented...
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