Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chronology of Events
Congressional Organization
Congressional Leadership
Standing Committee Membership
Congressional Sessions
First Session: Montgomery, Alabama, February 4, 1861, to March 16, 1861
Second Session: Montgomery, Alabama, April 29, 1861, to May 21, 1861
Third Session: Richmond, Virginia, July 20, 1861, to August 31, 1861
Fourth Session: Richmond, Virginia, September 3, 1861
Fifth Session: Richmond, Virginia, November 18, 1861, to February 17, 1862
I. Edwin V. Sharpe to W. H. Pritchard, February 9, 1861
II. Jacob B. Platt to Alexander H. Stephens, February 12, 1861
IV. Thomas H. Hobbs to R. W. Walker, February 11, 1861
VII. A. Bonand to F. S. Bartow, February 12, 1861
IX. W. J. Laval to Howell Cobb, February 9, 1861
XI. Mrs. E. G. Carpenter to “Gentlemen,” February 20, 1861
XII. H. Aug. Pond to S. F. Hale, February 18, 1861
XIII. H. Aug. Pond to J. L. M. Curry, February 18, 1861
XIV. C. E. Brame to J. L. M. Curry, February 18, 1861
XV. Alexander Walker to Charles Conrad, March 2, 1861
XVI. Benjamin F. Jones to A. R. Wright, March 11, 1861
XVII. Documents Related to the Washington Peace Conference Annexed to President Davis’s Message, April 29, 1861
XIX. William Carey Crane to Howell Cobb, May 14, 1861
XXI. Special Report: Confederate States of America, Treasury Department, Richmond, July 20th, 1861
XXII. Resolution, Marietta, Georgia, July 17, 1861
XXIII. M. J. Zunts to Walker Brooke, July 18, 1861
XXIV. An Appeal, June 12, 1861
Appendix II: Proposed Seal and Flags
Notes
Bibliography
Index