- Collection:
- America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia
- Title:
- Confederate States of America Congress legislative act and resolution, 1862-1864
- Creator:
- Confederate States of AmericaCongress
- Date of Original:
- 1862/1864
- Subject:
- Confederate States of America. Congress
Charleston (S.C.)
Confederate States of America--History
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 3rd - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
United States, South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, 32.77657, -79.93092 - Medium:
- legislative acts
resolutions (administrative records) - Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/x-djvu
application/pdf - Description:
- This collection consists of two documents from the Confederate States of America Congress. The first is an act of April 19, 1862, making Augusta, Georgia a port of delivery for goods imported into Charleston, South Carolina. The second is a join resolution of the Confederate House and Senate thanking the troops of the 3rd Regiment from the state of Georgia for re-enlisting in the war. The resolution was passed by the House on February 6 and by the Senate on February 11, 1864.
On February 4, 1861, representatives from 6 of the seceded states assembled in Montgomery, Alabama, to organize the Confederate States of America. At this time, the representatives drafted a provisional constitution and declared a provisional legislature. They selected Jefferson Davis to serve as their president. The provisional congress continued to meet in Montgomery until May 20, 1861, when the provisional capital moved to Richmond, Virginia. A permanent government and constitution were ratified for the Confederate States of America in 1862. The government was divided into a Senate and House of Representatives. The Congress of the CSA remained in session until the end of the Civil War.
America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the Digital Library of Georgia by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_turningpoint_ghs1040-001
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/ghs/turningpoint/do:ghs1040-001
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Division of Library and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Georgia Historical Society as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [Identification of item], Confederate States of America, Congress act and resolution, MS 1040, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia, as presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Original Collection:
- Confederate States of America, Congress act and resolution, MS 1040, Georgia Historical Society, Savannah, Georgia.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Historical Society
- Rights:
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