The nonpartisan (constitutionalist) Provisional Confederate Congress votes to move the capital from Montgomery, Alabama to Richmond, Virginia.

       [restored 2/1/2025]

Subsequent Events:

7/20/1861                   4/12/1865

Authority:

Confederate Constitution, Article I, Section 8 [Clause 17]
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp#a1

References:

Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 284.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,214,966,389,282

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