Directory of Confederacy Resources

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This category is focused on the civil government of the Confederate States of America. Here you will also find a few websites of a general nature that do not better fit elsewhere. The time period begins with state secession in late 1860 and concludes with the conquest of the Confederacy in 1865. Here you can learn about: · The Confederate Government, which served the eleven seceded states from 1861 to 1865. · The Confederate President, Jefferson Davis. · The Confederate Cabinet. · The Confederate Congress. · The Confederate Constitution. · The Confederate White House. · The Executive Branches of the Confederate Government. · The Confederate Capital, Richmond, Virginia. · Miscellaneous Websites, which have no better home.

Subcategories

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Confederate Cavalry
• Confederate Units
• Davis, Jefferson
• Flags
• Florida
• Georgia
• Loring, William Wing
• Louisiana
• Memorial Day
• Mississippi
• Navies
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Unitarianism
• Virginia

Resources in This Category

• A Digest of the Military and Naval Laws of the Confederate States

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/digest/digest.html
  A digest of the military and naval laws of the Confederate States : from the commencement of the Provisional Congress to the end of the first Congress under the permanent constitution, by Confederate States of America.

• Causes of the Civil War

  http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Causes_of_the_Civil_War
  Provides listing and explanation of causes of the war from a North Georgia perspective.

• Confederate Constitution

  http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/csa.constitution.html
  The Congress of Delegates from the seceding Southern States convened at Montgomery, Alabama, on February 4, 1861. They quickly adopted a provisional Constitution, and in less than a month, devised and approved a permanent Constitution, which was adopted March 11, 1861.

• Confederate Desertion

  http://etymonline.com/cw/desert.htm
  C.S.A. deserters in context. Studies in broad view and detail, and comparisons to the North. Some Anti-Confederate views challenged.

• Confederate Government Senators

  http://www.civilwarhome.com/confederatesenators.htm
  Lists names of Confederate Senators along with the state each represented.

• Confederate planet devoted to confederate history and artifact collecting

  http://www.confederateplanet.com/
  A site devoted to confederate memorabilia and artifacts, articles about the Confederacy and its equipment. Videos and interesting news about the collecting community.

• Confederate Pride

  http://www.angelfire.com/country/rebel86/
  Includes biography and pictures of Robert E. Lee, rebel links, polls, webrings, MIDIs, and flags.

• Confederate States of America Constitution

  http://americancivilwar.com/documents/confederate_constitution.html
  Complete text and signers included.

• Confederate States of America Documents (The Avalon Project)

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/csapage.asp
  Confederate States of America Government Documents during the initial four-month period from December 24, 1860 to April 29, 1861.

• Documenting the American South

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/
  Details the rise of Southern secessionism using first-hand written accounts, literature and narratives from the time period.

• Documents of The American Civil War

  http://www.americancivilwar.com/documents/index.html
  Documents and reference material relating to Confederate action.

• Gazkhan's Civil War Re-enacting, History and Hobbies Page

  http://home.freeuk.com/gazkhan/index.html
  Site contains history of Palmetto Regiment, and articles on Confederate flags, the Rebel Yell, Succession Cockades, and the Armies surrender. Also has information on reenacting and war gaming.

• Genesis of the Civil War

  http://www.tysknews.com/Depts/Constitution_Issues/genesis_civil_war.htm
  Deals primarily with the issues leading to the War, from a Southerner's perspective.

• Introduction to CSA Stamps and Postal History

  http://www.jlkstamps.com/csa.htm
  Stamps of the Confederacy.

• John Bachman Letter to Henry Summer

  http://www.sc.edu/library/socar/uscs/1996/bach96.htm
  Written in 1851, the letter outlines some of the concerns of Southerners after the compromise of 1850 that eventually led to secession.

• The Avalon Project : Constitution of the Confederate States; March 11, 1861

  http://avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp
  A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Confederacy. Including the Diplomatic Correspondence 1861-1865.

• The Civil History of the Confederate States

  http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilhistory.htm
  A brief history of the Confederacy.

• The Confederate States of America

  http://www.civilwarhome.com/csa.htm
  Provides details of the Confederacy from its beginning in 1861 to its end in 1865.

• The Papers of Jefferson Davis

  http://jeffersondavis.rice.edu/
  Well done website about the President of the Confederate States of America.

• The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America,

  http://docsouth.unc.edu/imls/statutes/menu.html
  The legal code of the Confederacy. Full text available on this site.

• Valley of the Shadow

  http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/
  Staunton Spectator August 1861 newspaper transcriptions.

• War Department Collection of Confederate Records

  http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/109.html
  An index to the huge quantity of Confederate records collected and cataloged by the National Archhives.

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