The nonpartisan (constitutionalist) provisional Confederate Congress convenes in Richmond, Virginia.

       [restored 2/1/2025]

Subsequent Events:

4/4/1862                   3/18/1865

Authority:

Confederate Constitution, Article I, Section 4 [Clause 2]
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csa.asp

References:

Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 285.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,213,590,712,228

Source