The Provisional (constitutional) Congress of the Confederate States (a voluntary union) meets, in Montgomery, Alabama, as a convention, consisting of delegates from Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and the Independent Republic of South Carolina, to draft a provisional constitution, elect a provisional president and vice president, select a capital, and approve a flag. The provisional constitution is scheduled to be replaced with a permanent constitution by March 11.
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Authority:
unanimous Declaration (of Independence), Paragraph 6
ccc-2point0.com/unanimous-declaration-of-independence
References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 285.
Provisional Constitution of the Confederate States – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Constitution_of_the_Confederate_States
American Civil War, 1861
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAcivilwar2.htm
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