Statistics for occurrence #1 of “J. A. Winston” in page 182 of Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1.:
...dred and thirty. Ex-Governor Alexander Mouton, an intimate friend and willing instrument of Slidell, was chosen President, and J. Thomas Wheat, Secretary.
J. L. Manning,
of South Carolina, and J. A. Winston , of Alabama, Commissioners from their respective States, were invited to seats in the Convention, and made vehement speeches in favor of secession.
The Governor was formally
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