Louisiana Ordinance of Secession, passed in January 1861
View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical Society"An ordinance to dissolve the Union between the State of Louisiana and other states united with her under the compact entitled 'The Constitution of the United States of America.'" Elaborate version in…
Confederate Post Office Department circular, 1861
Confederate States of America -- Post-Office DeptView Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesPrinted Circular Letter No. 4 from the Confederate Post Office in Montgomery, Alabama, announcing that it is taking over postal service from the United States Government.
Loan bond for $1,000 from the Confederate Congress dated August 19, 1861
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesLoan bond for $1,000 from the Confederate Congress dated August 19, 1861. Two of the coupons have been cut from the bond. The last payable interst coupon would be due in 1868.
Five-cent temporary Confederate postage stamps, 1861
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesIssued by the Memphis postmaster, M. C. Gallaway, these five-cent stamps were printed in Memphis as an interim measure until the Confederate States of America began printing stamps. They were used for…
“Rules and Directions for Proceedings” from the Confederate States Patent Office
War Department. The Adjutant General's Office. War Records Office. 1874-7/1/1899View Full Item in National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual ReferenceWarrant of payment for fitting up rooms for the Confederate Courts and Clerk’s Office at New Orleans
Department of the Treasury. Customs Service. Collection District of New Orleans (Louisiana). 1804-1913View Full Item in National Archives at Fort WorthThis item is a letter Comptroller Lewis Cruger wrote to C. G. Memminger, Secretary of Treasury, the Conferate States of America (CSA) to issue a warrant of payment for the fitting up of rooms for the…
Issue of the Memphis Weekly Appeal newspaper, November 20, 1861
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesThis pro-Confederate newspaper was published in Memphis until the city's fall to Federal forces in June 1862. Casualties from the Battle of Belmont, Ky., are reported in this issue.
Issue of the Confederate Knoxville Daily Register newspaper, February 18, 1863
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesThis Confederate newspaper, published in Knoxville on Feb. 18, 1863 while the city was still in Southern control, contains "Army correspondence" from Vaughn's Brigade, notices of slave sales, rewards…
Confederate statute laws passed by the 1863 Confederate States of America Congress
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesThe Statutes At Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the Third Sessions of the First Congress, 1863." Public laws of the CSA published at Richmond by R. M. Smith, "Printer to Congress…
Issue of Forney’s War Press showing a Confederate ram under construction in England, October 24, 1863
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesOriginal newspaper, Forney's War Press, Saturday, October 24, 1863. The illustration shows a Confederate ram under construction in England. The Confederates contracted with several British firms for s…
Confederate tax receipt for Henry Maxwell, 1864
Confederate States of America. Department of the TreasuryView Full Item in Private Collection of Mary Newton MaxwellConfederate tax receipt showing that Henry Maxwell owes the Confederate States of America $1,865.70. [1] p. ; 7 x 11 cm.
Confederate tax receipts for Mary Jones, signed in 1864
View Full Item in University of Houston Libraries' Special CollectionsReceipts documenting ad valorem tax and soldiers' fund tax on ad valorem tax and agriculture for 1864. Includes estimate of tithes due from Mrs. Jones on corn and fodder.
Fifty dollar Confederate note printed in Columbia, South Carolina, 1864
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesFifty dollar Confederate note printed in Columbia, South Carolina. An image of President Jefferson Davis is in the center of the note.
Elizabeth C. Grissim’s oath of amnesty pledging allegiance to the United States, 1864
United States -- Provost Marshall's OfficeView Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesDocument verifying the oath of amnesty sworn by Elizabeth C. Grissim of Smith County, Tennessee.
Issue of The Confederate News from Jefferson, Texas, November 4, 1864
Carpenter, J. AView Full Item in The Dolph Briscoe Center for American HistoryWeekly newspaper from Jefferson, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with some advertising. Predecessor of the Jefferson News. two pages : ill. ; page 20 x 15 in.
Oath of amnesty for Cyrus N. Simmons pledging allegiance to the United States, 1864
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesOath of Amnesty for Cyrus N. Simmons, Co. B, 1st Tenn. Regt., of Macon County.
Map of the Confederate States with adjoining border and federal states, 1864
View Full Item in Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcuScale 1:3,600,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 48.1 At head of title: United States of North America: (South eastern division). General map showing state names and boundaries, countries, place names…
Book for Confederate school students titled The Confederate Spelling Book, 1865
Smith, R. M. (Richard McAllister), 1819-1870View Full Item in Duke UniversityAscribed by the publisher to R.M. Smith of Randolph-Macon College.
Amnesty certificate pledging allegiance to the Union signed Miss S. F. Talbot, May 12 1865
War Department. Provost Marshal General's Bureau. District of Virginia. 3/3/1862-8/28/1866View Full Item in National Archives at PhiladelphiaThis item is a certificate issued by the Provost Marshall's Office which pledged Ms. S. F. Talbot's allegiance to the Union in 1865.
Amnesty oath swearing allegiance to the United States, signed by Robert E. Lee, October 2, 1865
Department of State. 9/1789View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Textual ReferenceThis item is an oath of loyalty to the United States signed by General Robert E. Lee.
