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Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives Joint resolutions on the pending war, and matters appertaining thereto

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08981.01 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 13 January 1863 Pagination: 7 p. ; 22.5 x 14 cm. Order a Copy

Confederate resolution stating they will only accept peace if they remain an independant and recognized nation, and if the Emancipation Proclimation is revoked. Peace talks can not begin until "the friends of peace in the North shall grow strong enough to constrain Abraham Lincoln and his flagitious Cabinent to withdraw said proclamation."

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870

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