The provisional Confederate Congress declares the Mississippi River open to all commerce.
[restored 3/12/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Provisional Confederate Constitution, Article I, Section 6 [Clause 3]
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/csa_csapro.asp
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 164.
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