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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journal of the Confederate Congress --SECOND DAY--MONDAY, July 22, 1861.
OPEN SESSION.
Congress met pursuantt to adjournment, and was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Burrows.
Mr. Memminger of South Carolina presented two dispatches from the President; which were read, as follows, to wit:
(First dispatch.)
Manassas, July 21.
We have won a glorious but dear-bought victory; the night closed with the enemy in full flight, pursued by our troops.
JEFF. DAVIS.
(Second dispatch.)
Manassas, July 21, 1861.
To General Cooper,
Adjutant-General, Richmond:
Night has closed upon a hard-fought field. Our forces have won a glorious victory. The enemy was routed and fled precipitately, abandoning a very large amount of arms, munitions, knapsacks, and baggage. The ground was strewn for miles with their killed, and the farmhouses and the ground around were filled with his wounded. The pursuit was continued along several routes toward Leesburg and Centerville until darkness covered the fugitives. We have captured several field batteries and regimental standards and one United States flag. Many prisoners have been taken. Too high praise can not be bestowed, whether for the skill of the principal officers or for the gallantry of all the troops. The battle was mainly fought on our left, several miles from our fieldworks, our force engaged there not exceeding 15,000; that of the enemy estimated at 35,000.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
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Mr. Memminger of South Carolina then offered the following resolutions, to wit:
Resolved, That we recognize the hand of the Most High God, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords, in the glorious victory with which He hath crowned our arms at Manassas; and that the people of these Confederate States are invited, by appropriate services on the ensuing Sabbath, to offer up their united thanksgiving and praise for this mighty deliverance.
Resolved, That, deeply deploring the necessity which has washed the soil of our country with the blood of so many of her noblest sons, we offer to their respective families and friends our warmest and most cordial sympathy, assuring them that the sacrifice made will be consecrated in the hearts of our people, and will there enshrine the names of the gallant dead as the champions of free and constitutional government.
Resolved, That we approve of the prompt and patriotic efforts of the mayor of the city of Richmond to make provision for the wounded, and that a committee of one member from each State be appointed to cooperate in the plan.
Resolved, That Congress do now adjourn.
Mr. William Ballard Preston of Virginia announced the presence of Messrs. Robert E. Scott and Walter Preston, Delegates from the State of Virginia, who came forward, were qualified, and took their seats.
Mr. Davidson of North Carolina announced the presence of Mr. T. McDowell, a Delegate from the State of North Carolina, who came forward, was qualified, and took his seat.
Mr. Shorter, from the Committee on Engrossment, reported as correctly engrossed and enrolled
A bill to authorize the appointment of agents to sign Treasury notes.
The resolutions offered by Mr. Memminger were then taken up and unanimously passed.
The Chair announced the following as the committee under the third of Mr. Memminger's resolutions, to wit:
Messrs. W. H. Macfarland, of Virginia; A. W. Venable, of North Carolina; James Chesnut, jr., of South Carolina; Jackson Morton, of Florida; Thomas R. R. Cobb, of Georgia; Nicholas Davis, of Alabama; J. T. Harrison, of Mississippi; Henry Marshall, of Louisiana; A. H. Garland, of Arkansas; W. B. Ochiltree, of Texas.
The Chair then declared the Congress adjourned until 12 o'clock to-morrow.
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