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Confederate States of America.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

William M. Browne Letters to Mary Taylor

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01539
Scope and Contents Letters on Confederate States of America Executive Department stationery to Mary Taylor concerning rising rent on the house that Browne is renting from here in Richmond. In the first letter, Browne writes that he must decline to take the house for another year as Taylor has raised the rent and he believes that "$1500 is as much as [he] ought to pay." In the second letter, Browne writes that since Taylor did not reply to his first letter he "concluded that [she] had resolved to allow [him] to...
Dates: 1863 July 23; 1863 August 4

Confederate Conscription Form

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01527
Scope and Contents

Two blank printed forms detailing the conscription process for the army of the Confederate States of America. The forms include Extracts from an act to further provide for public defense, exemptions for certain persons from enrollment in the service, and substitutes. Signed, (printed) by George W. Randolph, Secretary of War for the Confederacy.

Dates: 1862 June 5

Confederate Currency Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS 00015
Scope and Contents

This collection contains the paper currency of the Confederacy. The bonds and notes were issued from various states, banks, and other sources between 1861-1864. The issuers include the Confederate States of America, the Virginia Treasury, the City of Richmond, the Monticello Bank, City of Lynchburg, and many others.

Dates: 1861-1864

Confederate Way Bill

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00371
Scope and Contents

Piedmont Rail Road Way Bill for the Confederate States.

Dates: 1865 February 25

Julian B. Burnet Letter to His Excellency Joseph E. Brown

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01327
Content Description Two page letter dated February 16, 1862 intended as an inquiry to the Governor of Georgia from the County of Glynn. As representative of the county, Burnet is asking if the officers of the county (the sheriff, clerks of courts, surveyor, and ordinary) will be subject to a draft in order to furnish the number of troops not filled by volunteers in the time that the Governor requested. The sentiment of the officials is that they would rather resign their posts and volunteer then be...
Dates: February 16, 1862