Like other border states, its population had mixed loyalties. Jefferson Davis by C.E. Emery, about 1888 Organization of the Confederacy The Confederate States of America was organized at a congress of delegates from South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, which met ...
CONFEDERATE States of AmericaGEORGIASLAVERYDRAFT (Military service)SLAVE rebellionsMASSACRESThe article discusses the fear and burdens of managing slavery in Confederate Georgia as the entire white male population in the state were in the Confederacy military service during 1860s. Topic...
The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 following the election of President Abraham Lincoln. Led by Jefferson Davis and existing from 1861 to 1865, the Confederacy struggled for legitimacy and was never recognized as a sovereign ...
By early 1863, the government was forced to impose a number of severe taxes on the population. These taxes resulted in building resentment among the population and still they were not enough to yield the finances needed. To keep the military machine running, the Confederate States of America ...
In the university of Georgia, the original constitution of the confederate states of America is publicly displayed at the main library. You could also attend a church service on this day. The service is dedicated to all the soldiers who lost their lives in the civil war and praying for ...
President, Confederate States of America "We feel that our cause is just and holy; we protest solemnly in the face of mankind that we desire peace at any sacrifice save that of honour and independence; we ask no conquest, no aggrandizement, no concession of any kind from the States with ...
Richmond, Virginia, became the capital of the Confederate States of America in May 1861. From that point on, it would be the target of multiple Union "On to Richmond" campaigns. Richmond was symbolic: its capitol building bore the imprimatur of the Revolutionary War generation and had been de...
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America Theconvention, which was the congress under the provisional constitution—when not busy providing for the needs of the new government—turned its attention to framing a permanent constitution. On March 11 its work was completed when it adopted th...
the anniversary of any major action of the war, to be an occasion in its own right. While Memorial Day is now observed nationwide, parallel observances throughout the South honor the Confederate dead, and still hold official or semi-official recognition by the former states of the Confederacy....
armies were defeated in the field and surrendered, effectively unconditionally. Confederate cities were destroyed, Confederate institutions dismantled, and Confederate states placed under military occupation and reintegrated into the Union. The Confederate States of America ceased to exist ...