APPENDIX III

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE CONFEDERATE
STATES-1861-1865

President, Jefferson Davis, February 18, 1861.
Vice-president, Alexander H. Stephens, February 18, 1861.
Secretary of State, Robert Toombs, February 21, 1861;
Robert M. T. Hunter, July 25, 1861; William M.
Browne, ad interim, February 17, 1862; Judah P.
Benjamin, March 18, 1862.

Attorney-general, Judah P. Benjamin, February 25, 1861;
Thomas Bragg, November 21, 1861; Thomas H.
Watts, March 18, 1862 (no definite information as to
the end of Mr. Watts's period of service; he became
Governor of Alabama on December 21, 1863); Wade
Keyes, ad interim; George Davis, January 2, 1864.
Secretary of the Treasury, Christopher G. Memminger, Feb-

ruary 21, 1861; George A. Trenholm, July 18, 1864. Secretary of the Navy, Stephen R. Mallory, March 4, 1861. Postmaster-general, Henry T. Ellet, February 25, 1861 (de

clined the appointment); John H. Reagan, March 6,

1861.

Secretary of War, Leroy P. Walker, February 21 to September 16, 1861; Judah P. Benjamin, November 21, 1861 (was also acting from September 17 to November 21, 1861, and from March 18 to March 23, 1862); Brigadier-general George W. Randolph, March 18, 1862; Major-general Gustavus W. Smith (assigned temporarily), November 17, 1862; James A. Seddon, November 21, 1862; Major-general John C. Breckinridge, February 6, 1865.

APPENDIX IV

MEETINGS OF THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS

PROVISIONAL CONGRESS

First Session.-Assembled at Montgomery, Alabama, February 4, 1861. Adjourned March 16, 1861, to meet on the second Monday in May.

Second Session (called).-Met at Montgomery, Alabama, April 29, 1861. Adjourned May 21, 1861.

Third Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, July 20, 1861. Adjourned August 31, 1861.

Fourth Session (called).-Met at Richmond, Virginia, September 3, 1861. Adjourned the same day.

Fifth Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, November 18, 1861. Adjourned February 17, 1862.

FIRST CONGRESS

First Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, February 18, 1862. Adjourned April 21, 1862.

Second Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, August 18, 1862. Adjourned October 13, 1862.

Third Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, January 12, 1863. Adjourned May 1, 1863.

Fourth Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, December 7, 1863. Adjourned February 17, 1864.

SECOND CONGRESS

First Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, May 2, 1864. Adjourned June 14, 1864.

Second Session. Met at Richmond, Virginia, November 7, 1864. Adjourned March 18, 1865.

DATE

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

1860. December 20. South Carolina passed ordi

nance of secession
December 26. Major Anderson evacuated
Forts Moultrie and Castle Pinckney, and
concentrated his troops at Fort Sumter.
Mississippi seceded from the

1861. January 9. Union.

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January 9. The Star of the West fired on

before Charleston harbor

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January 31. New York mass meeting re

solved against coercion of the South
Confederate States' convention

February 4.

held at Montgomery

February 4. "Peace Congress" called by

Virginia met at Washington

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February 15. Confederate States' commis-
sioners appointed to adjust matters with
the United States
February 18. Jefferson Davis inaugurated as
President of the "Confederate States of
America".

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