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Finding Aid for the Confederate Government Documents Collection (MUM01711)

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Finding Aid for the Confederate Government Documents Collection



Descriptive Summary

PURL: http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM01711/
Title: Confederate Government Documents Collection
Dates: 1861-1865
Physical Extent: 6 boxes (2.502 linear feet)
Repository: University of Mississippi. Department of Archives and Special Collections. University, MS 38677, USA
Identification: MUM01711
Language of Material: English
Abstract: Collection of documents related to different branches of the Confederate Government

Administrative Information

Processing Information

Collection processed by Archives and Special Collections staff. Finding aid encoded by Jason Kovari, August 2009.

Additions

No further additions are expected to this collection.


Subject Terms

Confederate States of America. Congress
Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives
Confederate States of America. Congress. Senate
Confederate States of America. President
Confederate States of America. Dept. of the Treasury


Formats

legislation (legal concepts)
official documents
reports


Scope and Content Note

Documents from the Confederate Government, notably the Office of the President; Department of the Treasury; and Congressional legislation, resolutions and committee reports. Also includes issues of Statutes at Large and Private Laws. Finally, collection includes 1 handwritten correspondence.


User Information

Prefered Citation

Confederate Government Documents Collection, Archives and Special Collections, J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi

Access Restrictions

The Confederate Government Documents Collection is open for research.

Copyright Restrictions

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Resources at the University of Mississippi

For more Civil War collections housed at the University of Mississippi Archives & Special Collections, view our Civil War Subject Guide


Container List

1.1 House Bills, September 1862-December 1863
1.2 House Bills, September 1862-December 1863
1.3 House Bills, January 1864-December 1864
1.4 House Bills, January 1864-December 1864
1.5 House Bills, January 1864-December 1864
1.6 House Bills, January-February 1865
1.7 House Bills, January-February 1865
1.8 House Resolutions, 1863-1865
1.9 Senate Bills, January 1863-February 1865
1.10 Miscellaneous Legislation
2.1 Joint Resolutions
2.4 Treasury Documents, 1861
2.5 Treasury Documents, 1861
2.6 Treasury Documents, 1863
2.7 Treasury Documents, 1864
2.8 Treasury Documents, 1865
2.9 Treasury Documents, Miscellaneous
2.10 Treasury Circulars, Undated
2.11 Communications of the Secretary of the Treasury
2.12 Directory of the House
2.13 Senate Rules, 1864
2.14 Misellaneous Acts
2.15 Finance Appropriations, House
2.16 Revenue Depots
2.17 C.S. Central Laboratory
2.18 Confederate Army Listings
2.19 Executive Officers of the Confederacy
2.20 Standing Committees of the Senate
2.21 Executive Department, 1862
2.22 Directory of the Senate
2.23 List of Public Acts and Resolutions
3.1 Messages of the President, 1861
3.2 Messages of the President, 1862
3.3 Messages of the President, 1863
3.4 Messages of the President, 1863
3.5 Messages of the President, 1863
3.6 Messages of the President, 1864
3.7 Messages of the President, 1864
3.8 Messages of the President, 1864
3.9 Messages of the President, 1865
3.10 Messages of the President, 1865
3.11 Messages of the President, Undated
3.12 Attorney General's Report
3.13 Postmaster General's Report
3.14 Commissioner of Patents Annual Report
3.15 Miscellaneous Reports
3.16 Miscellaneous Speeches
Box 4 Statutes at Large, 1861
Statutes at Large, 1862
Statutes at Large, 1863
Statutes at Large, 1863-1864
Box 4 Private Laws, 1862
5.1 Department of War - Reports and Decisions
5.2 Adjunct and Inspector General Orders, 1862
5.3 Adjunct and Inspector General Orders, 1863
5.4 Adjunct and Inspector General Orders, 1863
5.5 Adjunct and Inspector General Orders, 1864
5.6 Adjunct and Inspector General Orders, 1865
6.1 Committee of Foreign Affairs
6.2 Quartermaster and Commissary Department
6.3 Special Committee on the Pay and Clothing of the Army
6.4 Committee from the Joint Select Committee
6.5 Civil War Letter
6.6 Congressional Calendar, 1861-1865
6.7 Report of the Generals
6.8 Committee on Finance Reports