Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Confederate States” in article 9 of The Daily Dispatch: October 6, 1863., [Electronic resource]:

...s hold their commissions from that Government. She carries the national flag and the pennant carried by vessels of war, and receives her instructions directly from the Minister of Marine of the Confederate States . The European Powers having recognized the possession by the Government of Richmond of the rights of belligerents, among which are those of forming armies and fitting out vessels of war, I am at a ...
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