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Irwin (Georgia, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
gave up the Secretaryship of the Treasury on the banks of the Catawba, where Postmaster-General Reagan, having no further official business to transact, took Trenholm's place. The flight continued Gulfward, the escort constantly diminishing. At Washington, Ga., the rest of Davis's cabinet deserted him, only Reagan remaining faithful. Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, doubtful whether his official services would be needed on the Gulf, fled, with Wigfall, to La Grange, where he met his family and was subsequently arrested; and Benjamin fled to England. Davis's family had accompanied him from Danville to Washington; now, for prudential reasons, they separated, but were soon reunited and near Irwinsville, the county seat of Irwin county, Ga., 3 miles south of Macon, Davis was arrested by National cavalry on the morning of May 11, 1865, and taken a prisoner to Fort Monroe. For a list of military and naval operations during the war, see battles and Civil War in the United States.
Alabama (Alabama, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
n as the Southern Confederacy. On Feb. 4, 1861, delegates numbering forty-two and representing South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida, which States had adopted ordinances of secession, assembled in Montgomery, Ala., s fruitless, for that congress was opposed to any form of conciliation. On the 7th a resolution from the legislature of Alabama, offering the Provisional Government of the Confederacy of Seceding States the sum of $500,000 as a loan, was accepted. er ineligible to re-election. The constitution was submitted to the several States for ratification. The convention of Alabama ratified it on March 13, 1861; of Georgia, on March 14; of Louisiana, March 21; of Mississippi, March 26; of South CarolMemminger, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury; J. H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General, and T. H. Watts, of Alabama, Attorney-General. Randolph resigned in the autumn, and James A. Seddon, a wealthy citizen of Richmond, was made Secret
Florida (Florida, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
name of the Southern States that seceded from the Union and formed the league also known as the Southern Confederacy. On Feb. 4, 1861, delegates numbering forty-two and representing South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida, which States had adopted ordinances of secession, assembled in Montgomery, Ala., to form a union. The sessions began in the Statehouse, with R. W. Barnwell, of South Carolina, as temporary chairman. Rev. Basil Manly invoked the blessings ofent was organized. Jefferson Davis had been unanimously chosen President for a term of six years. He chose for his cabinet Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, Secretary of State; George W. Randolph, of Virginia, Secretary of War; S. R. Mallory, of Florida, Secretary of the Navy; C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury; J. H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster-General, and T. H. Watts, of Alabama, Attorney-General. Randolph resigned in the autumn, and James A. Seddon, a wealthy ci
Danville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
mond for safe-keeping, and that of the Richmond banks, was sent away by the Danville Railway early in the day. The Confederate government halted in its flight at Danville, where an attempt was made at reorganization, to continue the contest so long as there was a man left in the Confederacy. On hearing of the surrender of Lee, they fled from Danville to Greensboro, N. C., and made their official residence in a railroad carriage, where they remained until the 15th, when, it being seen that the surrender of Johnston was inevitable, they again took flight on horses and in ambulances for Charlotte, for the railway was crippled. There Davis proposed to establ, fled, with Wigfall, to La Grange, where he met his family and was subsequently arrested; and Benjamin fled to England. Davis's family had accompanied him from Danville to Washington; now, for prudential reasons, they separated, but were soon reunited and near Irwinsville, the county seat of Irwin county, Ga., 3 miles south of
Left Prong Catawba River (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
ailway was crippled. There Davis proposed to establish the future capital of the Confederacy, but the surrender of Johnston prevented. The fugitive leaders of the government now took flight again on horseback, escorted by 2,000 cavalry. They turned their faces towards the Gulf of Mexico, for the way to Mississippi and Texas was barred. At Charlotte, George Davis, the Confederate Attorney-General, resigned his office; Trenholm gave up the Secretaryship of the Treasury on the banks of the Catawba, where Postmaster-General Reagan, having no further official business to transact, took Trenholm's place. The flight continued Gulfward, the escort constantly diminishing. At Washington, Ga., the rest of Davis's cabinet deserted him, only Reagan remaining faithful. Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, doubtful whether his official services would be needed on the Gulf, fled, with Wigfall, to La Grange, where he met his family and was subsequently arrested; and Benjamin fled to England. D
South Carolina (South Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
gates numbering forty-two and representing South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianain the Statehouse, with R. W. Barnwell, of South Carolina, as temporary chairman. Rev. Basil Manly Barnwell Rhett, the father of secession in South Carolina, thought himself peculiarly fitted for Secn secret. On the second day Memminger, of South Carolina, offered resolutions declaring it to be exuture permanent Southern constitution, for South Carolina is about to be saddled with almost every gna, March 21; of Mississippi, March 26; of South Carolina, April 3. In the Mississippi convention sred field, with seven stars-similar to the South Carolina flag; another was from a gentleman of the almost treasonable. W. Porcher Miles, of South Carolina, chairman of the committee, protested agaioke withdrew his motion. Mrs. C. Ladd, of South Carolina, presented a model, through W. W. Boyce, tSecretary of the Navy; C. G. Memminger, of South Carolina, Secretary of the Treasury; J. H. Reagan,
Greensboro (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
Richmond at midnight was the War Department, represented by Major Melton. The gold of the Louisiana banks that had been sent to Richmond for safe-keeping, and that of the Richmond banks, was sent away by the Danville Railway early in the day. The Confederate government halted in its flight at Danville, where an attempt was made at reorganization, to continue the contest so long as there was a man left in the Confederacy. On hearing of the surrender of Lee, they fled from Danville to Greensboro, N. C., and made their official residence in a railroad carriage, where they remained until the 15th, when, it being seen that the surrender of Johnston was inevitable, they again took flight on horses and in ambulances for Charlotte, for the railway was crippled. There Davis proposed to establish the future capital of the Confederacy, but the surrender of Johnston prevented. The fugitive leaders of the government now took flight again on horseback, escorted by 2,000 cavalry. They turned t
Providence, R. I. (Rhode Island, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
ng the chair Cobb declared that they met as representatives of sovereign States which had dissolved their political connection with the United States; that the separation was a fixed, an irrevocable fact—perfect, complete, and perpetual; counselled his associates to assume the responsibility necessary for the accomplishment of the work they had entered upon; and concluded by saying, With a consciousness of the justice of our cause, and with confidence in the guidance and blessing of a kind Providence, we will this day inaugurate for the South a new era of peace, security, and prosperity. It was agreed that all votes should be taken by States. It was perceived at the outset that perfect harmony in the convention could not be expected. Nearly all of the delegates, as private letters show, were aspirants for office. Judge McGrath, who laid aside his judicial robes at Charleston, sent word by Memminger that he would like to be made Attorney-General. Robert Barnwell Rhett, the father o
La Grange (Tennessee, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
signed his office; Trenholm gave up the Secretaryship of the Treasury on the banks of the Catawba, where Postmaster-General Reagan, having no further official business to transact, took Trenholm's place. The flight continued Gulfward, the escort constantly diminishing. At Washington, Ga., the rest of Davis's cabinet deserted him, only Reagan remaining faithful. Mallory, the Secretary of the Navy, doubtful whether his official services would be needed on the Gulf, fled, with Wigfall, to La Grange, where he met his family and was subsequently arrested; and Benjamin fled to England. Davis's family had accompanied him from Danville to Washington; now, for prudential reasons, they separated, but were soon reunited and near Irwinsville, the county seat of Irwin county, Ga., 3 miles south of Macon, Davis was arrested by National cavalry on the morning of May 11, 1865, and taken a prisoner to Fort Monroe. For a list of military and naval operations during the war, see battles and Civ
North Carolina (North Carolina, United States) (search for this): entry confederate-states-of-america
ring it to be expedient forthwith to form a confederacy of seceded States, and that a committee of thirteen be appointed to report a plan for a provisional government on the basis of the Constitution of the United States, and that all propositions in reference to a provisional government be referred to that committee. Alexander H. Stephens then moved that the term congress, instead of convention, be used when applied to the body then in session, which was agreed to. Commissioners from North Carolina appeared (Feb. 6), and were invited to seats in the convention. They came only as commissioners from a State yet in the Union, instructed to effect an honorable and amicable adjustment of all the difficulties that distract the country, upon the basis of the Crittenden Compromise (q. v.) modified by the Virginia legislature. Their mission was fruitless, for that congress was opposed to any form of conciliation. On the 7th a resolution from the legislature of Alabama, offering the Provi
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