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- GLC#
- GLC01065
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- February 13, 1864
- Author/Creator
- Virginia, Constitutional Convention, 1864
- Title
- Constitution of the State of Virginia, and the Ordinances Adopted by the Convention which Assembled at Alexandria, on the 13th Day of February, 1864.
- Place Written
- Alexandria, Virginia
- Pagination
- 31 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 15 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Printed by D. Turner, printer to the state. This constitution was passed by the loyal government of the state of Virginia, in exile in the North during the Civil War. The most notable change from earlier constitutions was the abolition of slavery in an official way by the state. Also includes an official repudiation of the Confederate government, and states that any officeholder under that government was barred from public office.
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