Brown, Joseph E. (Joseph Emerson), 1821-1894United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018Georgia. Governor (1857-1865 : Brown)1864Transportation of corn to indigent soldiers families -- Relief fund for soldiers' families -- Cotton planting -- Illegal distillation -- Impressment of provisions -- Slaves escaping to the enemy -- Desertion of our cause by removals within the enemy's line -- The currency -- Orphans' estates -- Furloughs refused -- The new militia organization and conscription -- Conflict with the Confederate Government -- Suspension of the Habeas Corpus -- The causes of the war, how conducted, and who responsible -- How peace should be sought -- Appendix: act of sixteenth Charles I, Chapter 10. This went into operation 1st August, 1641.Title from TEI header.Includes index.This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is part of the collection The Southern homefront, 1861-1865.Transcribed from: Message of His Excellency Joseph E. Brown, to the extra session of the legislature : convened March 10th, 1864, upon the Currency Act; secret sessions of Congress; the late Conscription Act; the unconstitionality of the act suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, in cases of illegal arrests made by the President; the causes of the war and manner of conducting it; and the terms upon which peace should be sought &c. Milledgeville, Ga. : Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, State Printer, 1864. 48 p. ; 23 cm. Cover title. Crandall, 1569. Parrish and Willingham, 2859.Text scanned (OCR) by Elizabeth S. Wright. Images scanned by Elizabeth S. Wright. Text encoded by Elizabeth S. Wright and Jill Kuhn.Text in both HTML and SGML formats.Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title.System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML fileshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Currency question--Confederate States of AmericaDraft--Confederate States of AmericaFederal-state controversies--Confederate States of AmericaHabeas corpus--GeorgiaCivil rights--GeorgiaGeorgia--Politics and government--1861-1865Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865Georgia. Militia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--PeaceMessage of His Excellency Joseph E. Brown, to the extra session of the legislature : convened March 10th, 1864, upon the Currency Act; secret sessions of Congress; the late Conscription Act; the unconstitionality of the act suspending the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, in cases of illegal arrests made by the President; the causes of the war and manner of conducting it; and the terms upon which peace should be sought &c. / Georgia. Governor (1857-1865 : Brown)Text