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On May 21, 1861, the Congress of the Confederacy passed "An Act to put in operation the Government under the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America". [3] It includes the following provisions: Section 1.... And on [the first Wednesday in November, eighteen hundred and sixty-one] the several states shall elect or appoint ...
Confederates did not need to invade and hold enemy territory to win, but only to fight a defensive war to convince the North the cost of winning was too high. The North needed to conquer and hold vast stretches of enemy territory and defeat Confederate armies to win. [227]
Pages in category "Confederate victories of the American Civil War" The following 199 pages are in this category, out of 199 total.
Dark Blue: Free States Light Blue: Slave states that did not secede Red: Confederate States Gray: Non-autonomous territories. The diplomacy of the American Civil War involved the relations of the United States and the Confederate States of America with the major world powers during the American Civil War of 1861–1865.
Confederates launch a surprise early morning attack on the Union encampment on the first day of the Battle of Shiloh. Albert Sidney Johnston was considered one of the best generals serving in the Western Theater. By 1862, he commanded all Confederate forces between the Cumberland Gap and Arkansas. Before the battles of Fort Henry and Fort ...
The division of Union and Confederate states during the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. In the context of the American Civil War, the Union, or the United States, is sometimes referred to as "the North", both then and now, as opposed to the Confederacy, which was often called "the South".
In the early years of the war the Confederate government had a hands-off approach to the railroads. Only in mid-1863 did the Confederate government initiate a national policy, and it was confined solely to aiding the war effort. [229] Railroads came under the de facto control of the military. In contrast, the U.S. Congress had authorized ...
The last large Confederate military department, the Trans-Mississippi Department, surrendered on May 26, completing the formalities on June 2. The last surrender on land did not come until June 23, when Cherokee Confederate General Stand Watie gave up his command. At sea, the last Confederate ship, CSS Shenandoah, did not surrender until ...