On March 11, 1861, delegates from the newly formed Confederate States of America agreed on their own constitution. Here is a look at this little-known third constitution that controlled the lives ...

Found in a wagon as the war ended in April 1865, the original Confederate Constitution adopted on March 11, 1861, has been housed for decades in the University of Georgia's Hargrett Rare Book and ...

This Constitution, and the laws of the Confederacy which shall be made in ... By a vote of the Congress, on the 2d day of March, in the year 1861, the deputies from the State of Texas were ...

NEW-ORLEANS, Thursday, March 21. The State Convention, to-day, after a lively debate, ratified the permanent Constitution of the Confederate States by a vote of 100 Ayes to 7 Nays. Advertisement ...

“I do not regard the Negro as my equal, and positively deny that he is my brother, or any kin to me whatever.” 34 —Stephen A. Douglas What would a truly pro-slavery constitution look like?

The Confederate States of America was formed on Feb. 8, 1861, by South Carolina ... The new government adopted its own constitution, motto, and flag. That flag would change multiple times during ...

I understood going in that Radan would argue that "on the basis of American constitutional law in 1860–1861, the unilateral secessions of the Confederate states were lawful," on the grounds that ...

Scott’s strategy was derisively named “The Anaconda Plan.” Then on July 21, 1861, Union and Confederate soldiers met in a single-pitched battle — Bull Run (aka Manassas). The Confederates ...

Per Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution ... military position in the Confederacy. Three members of the House were expelled in 1861 for their disloyalty to the Union ...