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The Congress of the Confederate States of America The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America: Third Session of the First Congress 1863

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06745.001 Author/Creator: The Congress of the Confederate States of America Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1863 Pagination: 195 p. ; 16 x 23.5 cm. Order a Copy

edited by James M. Matthews
stamp of Adjutant General Office, Confederate Archives July 14, 1888

Johnson, Homer Uri, fl. 1896

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