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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 --INDEX.
Auditing of War Department, 261, 267, 275, 294.
Appointment of, of grade of subaltern, 333, 384, 404, 442, 462, 485.
Rank and pay, 61, 79, 177, 255, 384.
Exemption from military service, 310, 316, 320, 450, 461, 462, 473--475, 490.
Employment of volunteer, prohibited, 317.
Electoral votes, 12.
Memorials, petitions, etc., of citizens, 43, 57, 103, 151, 155, 181, 190--192, 198, 199, 256, 302, 360, 415.
Post routes, 181, 198, 199, 248, 249, 256, 402, 415, 541.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 5, 10, 16, 295.
Security from invasion, 424, 494.
Construction, 302, 362, 434, 455, 456, 471, 480--482, 485.
Construction, 171, 175, 178, 191.
Defense, 80, 96, 105, 110, 124, 128, 129, 142.
Partnership claims, 104.
Sequestration of estates, 27, 45, 79, 81, 84, 116, 139, 203, 269, 310, 332, 342, 348, 413.
Power to declare or grant to disloyal persons, 333, 413.
Authority of the President, 542, 550, 562.
Collectors of taxes, 33, 116, 117, 147, 165, 203, 212, 219, 296, 304, 310, 311, 317, 511, 512, 542, 551, 561.
Engraving and printing Treasury notes, 431.
Interest due Tennessee Branch Bank, 341, 455, 516
Legislative, executive, and judicial, 481, 485, 498, 502--504, 507, 527.
Marine Corps, 184.
Navy, 24, 446, 468, 493, 511.
Relief for prisoners captured at Forts Henry and Donelson, 75.
River and harbor defenses, 80, 342, 468, 493, 495, 511.
Secret service fund, 267.
Support of the Government, 117, 123, 132, 140, 143, 144, 148, 149, 152, 165, 172, 173, 175, 515, 526, 529--531, 539, 554, 560.
To carry into effect certain acts, 287, 291, 293, 359, 361, 382.
Treasury, War, and Navy Departments, 265, 279, 290, 431, 440.
Security of, 35, 72, 73, 142, 234, 238, 267, 276, 291.
Delegate in First Confederate Congress, 80.
Contested election, Johnson versus Garland, 10, 22, 23, 112--114, 133--136, 168, 169, 175, 177, 178, 330, 338, 391--395, 414, 419, 425, 426, 428.
Electoral votes, 12.
Memorials and petitions of citizens, 57, 60, 97, 127, 141, 187.
Payment of certain volunteer troops in, 316.
Post routes, 57, 60, 141, 163, 187, 195, 249, 331, 541.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 5, 295.
Appointment of superintendent general of, 277.
Organization of, authorized, 484, 491, 493, 506.
Commutation for quarters, etc., 384, 448, 498, 502, 553, 556, 557, 560.
Artillery Corps, 190, 248, 262, 286, 324, 351, 370, 377, 389.
Cadets, 203, 538, 548, 550, 562.
Chaplains, 71, 77, 119, 190, 231, 267, 273, 276, 294.
Commanding general, 24, 33, 34, 45, 46, 48, 49, 57, 66, 74, 107, 108, 126.
Compensation. See Compensation.
Detail of artisans and mechanics from, 118, 125, 151.
Disasters to, 11, 23, 25, 27--29, 71, 76, 77, 81, 85, 88, 122, 164, 166--168, 174, 186, 234, 238--243.
Drunkenness in, 13, 14, 28, 62, 191, 231, 250, 266, 294, 380, 483.
Efficiency, 44, 181, 189, 200.
Employment of negroes:
Musicians, 94, 132.
Slaves, 300, 316, 324, 336.
Enlistment of cooks, 54, 79, 250, 262, 263, 279, 283, 285, 316.
Establishment and organization, 52, 80, 138, 139, 168, 213, 255, 273, 281, 290, 350, 444.
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Exemptions from service. See Military Service.
General staff, 30, 261, 267, 273, 276, 277, 341, 426, 429, 430, 444, 458, 463, 483--486, 492, 498, 515, 522, 523, 532--534, 538, 560, 562--565.
Heavy artillery, 71.
Increase of, 23, 24, 56, 92, 106, 213, 255, 273, 281, 290, 299, 300, 311.
Maintenance of legal strength, 27, 157, 337, 343--345, 348, 349, 351, 354--356, 359, 361, 365, 366, 368, 379, 380, 382, 383, 387--389, 395--401, 426, 428, 435--439, 442--444.
Medical Department, 145, 156, 164, 190, 276, 277, 332, 362, 384, 444, 454, 486.
Military courts, 369, 370, 428, 449, 470, 489, 496, 498, 507, 527.
Musicians, 94, 132, 190, 215.
Pontoniers, 71.
Raising and arming additional troops for, 22.
Recognition of services, 27, 28.
Regulating appointment of officers, 22, 78, 182, 214, 215, 309, 364.
Relief for soldiers' families, 122, 231.
Relief of incompetent or disabled officers, 67, 142, 384, 447, 448, 512, 513, 518--521, 525, 526, 538--540, 549, 560.
Retirement of officers. See Relief of, etc. (ante).
Signal Corps, 182, 214, 279, 290, 350, 377, 449, 453, 458.
Stuff and clerical force for general at seat of government, 106, 137.
Strength of, requested, 53.
Thanks of Congress to officers and soldiers of, 186, 187.
See also Provisional Army of the Confederate States: Confederate Troops; and Public Defense.
Citizens by military authority, 343, 356, 418, 419.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 313.
Committee on Indian Affairs, 22.
Leave of absence, 104.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 14, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 360, 366, 371, 373, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 446, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 490, 494.
Appointment of officers, 182, 214, 279, 283, 285.
Attachment of batteries to certain infantry regiments, 50.
Increase of, 190, 248, 262, 286.
Officers for ordnance duty, 309, 324, 351, 370, 377, 389.
Organization of heavy artillery, 71.
Detail of, from the Army, 118, 125, 151.
Exemption from military service, 90, 91, 93, 96, 343, 431--434, 450, 461, 471--474, 490, 557.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 282, 290, 294, 367, 460.
Committees:
Conference, 125, 127.
Judiciary, 21, 83, 84, 193.
Leave of absence, 414.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 182, 269.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 225, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 387--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 447, 449, 451, 453, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--551, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 164, 182, 379, 386, 457, 501.
Committees:
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 87.
Special, 110.
Leave of absence, 159, 229, 314, 436, 523.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 70, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 202, 212, 218, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518.
Port of entry, 51, 52, 195, 255, 263, 271.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 129, 304, 333, 384, 388.
Committees:
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
Special, 110.
War Tax, 307, 511.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 60, 179, 244, 295, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 128, 138, 147, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 168, 171, 172, 178, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 221, 224, 225, 227--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 278, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 326, 327, 358, 360, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 430, 436--438, 442, 445, 451, 452, 461, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 517, 518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549--551, 559, 562, 563, 566.
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Provision for, 203, 309, 364, 378, 403, 553, 554, 560, 561, 564.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committee on Buildings (Joint), 29.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 58, 123, 130, 335, 418, 437, 438, 441, 452, 471, 472, 483, 487, 505, 508, 519, 527, 533.
Committees:
Conference, 437, 548, 552.
Ways and Means, 193, 428, 526, 534.
Leave of absence, 125, 201, 308, 362.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 48, 78, 104, 130, 145, 155, 177, 336, 379, 428.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 32, 137, 179, 244, 295, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99, 100, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 358, 360, 378, 379, 383, 387--389, 395--397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 47, 59, 147, 226, 289, 310, 318, 320, 322, 354, 430, 458, 472, 475, 546.
Committees:
Foreign Affairs, 21, 335, 406, 407, 467, 529, 546.
Printing, 22, 61, 78, 104, 124, 158, 234, 434, 470, 539.
Special, 10, 13, 28, 234, 319, 328.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 88, 103, 122, 129, 186, 234.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 8, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 151, 153, 159, 168, 172, 177, 178, 191, 216, 218, 224--231, 237, 247, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 278, 280, 282--284, 292, 293, 321, 323, 355, 358, 366, 371--373, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 439, 443, 445--447, 449, 452, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 492, 494--497, 500, 501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 534, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of engagement at Edwards Ferry, Va., 142.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 124, 127.
Special, 11, 13, 565.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 316.
Committees:
Inauguration, 13.
Military Affairs, 21, 119, 192, 448.
Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 275, 276, 278, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on reports, 13, 24, 30, 36, 37, 51, 85, 87--89, 97, 107, 121, 122, 139, 142, 151, 154, 160, 164, 166--168, 174, 193, 263, 270, 304, 305, 308, 312, 345, 368, 379, 410, 427, 434, 439, 446, 482.
Contributions for families of soldiers lost in, 362.
Action of Congress on report of retreat from Corinth, Miss., 305.
Mentioned, 188, 507.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 44, 71, 142, 312, 414.
Committees:
Medical Department, 359.
Military Affairs, 24, 543.
Patents, 22, 84, 271, 427, 428.
Special, 307.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 50, 52, 54, 62--64, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 128, 138, 146, 151, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224, 225, 229--231, 235, 247, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 278, 280, 282--286, 292, 301, 306, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 360, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395, 397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 425, 426, 430, 436, 438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 452, 474, 475, 480, 515--518, 520, 522, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 539, 543, 547, 549--551, 558, 559, 562, 566.
Secretary of State, 161, 300, 389, 421--423, 477.
Secretary of War, 26, 56, 57, 68, 121, 122, 124, 140, 151, 216, 243.
Relief for, 508, 509, 549, 551.
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Committee on Rules, 8, 37.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 165, 169, 183, 335, 341, 343, 370, 390.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 548, 563, 564.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, 7, 12, 17, 18, 169, 183, 213, 266, 340, 352, 353.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 187, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 237, 250, 254, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 367, 371, 373, 378, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 443--445, 447, 449, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494, 495, 500, 501, 509, 515, 518, 520, 522, 523, 525, 526, 532, 534, 536, 539, 547, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Exchange for articles in kind, 147, 148, 185, 201, 214, 264, 265, 287, 291, 293, 294, 532.
Issue of, to meet contract for vessels of war, 315, 329, 330, 351, 356, 389, 420.
Payment of interest on, 382.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 48, 51, 52, 59, 65, 86, 111, 309, 320, 337, 344, 362, 462, 506.
Committees:
Special, 50.
Ways and Means, 21.
Leave of absence, 100, 125, 559.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 350, 362.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 91, 105, 111, 115, 121, 138, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 306, 321, 323, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 451--453, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 494, 495, 497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549, 550, 552.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 13, 54, 77, 116, 176, 183, 199, 203, 307, 349, 554.
Committees:
Conference, 563, 565.
Flag and Seal, 22, 272, 349, 538.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Rules and Officers of the House, 22.
Leave of absence, 391.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 27, 33, 53, 78, 130, 145, 183, 278, 328, 336, 361, 371, 470, 523.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 151, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275--278, 282, 284--286, 292, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371, 430, 435--439, 442, 443, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 474, 475, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Delegate in First Confederate Congress, 502, 513, 514.
Arrears of bounty, 413, 414, 435, 442, 463, 477, 478, 484, 486.
Bounty to conscripts, 313, 345.
Bounty to three-years' men, 477.
Marine Corps, 184.
Privates, 484, 492, 504, 523, 542, 561.
See also Furloughs.
Resolution of inquiry, 76, 77.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 15, 24, 35, 48, 76, 81, 82, 204, 213, 226, 247, 267, 314, 499.
Committees:
Naval Affairs, 21.
Special, 7, 328.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 154, 234, 333, 415.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 547, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 99, 105, 111, 115, 121, 146, 152, 153, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 191, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224, 225, 228--231, 235, 237, 247, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 278, 280, 283, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 360, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 451, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 505, 515--517, 520, 522, 525, 526, 532, 543, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of:
Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 368.
Bombardment at Pensacola, Fla., 87, 121.
Attorney-General, 26, 56.
Diplomatic relations with, 468, 478, 479, 493.
Thanks of Congress, 311.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 224, 364, 380, 440.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 21.
Leave of absence, 66, 345.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 21, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 202, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224, 227, 229, 230, 257, 258, 264, 275, 278, 280, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 326, 327, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 395--397, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 443, 444, 447, 449, 452.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 151, 154.
Committees:
Military Affairs, 21.
Pay and Mileage, 22, 116, 125.
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Leave of absence, 116.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 138, 148, 152, 171, 172, 177, 178, 212, 215, 221, 224, 229, 230, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 265, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 360, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 430, 436--439, 442--446, 451, 453, 461, 476, 491, 492, 496, 497, 499, 501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 525, 526, 528, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549, 550, 552, 562, 563, 566.
Continuance in office, 28, 30, 31, 34, 62.
Regulation of appointments, 214, 215.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Conference committee, 155.
Thanks of Congress, 447, 459, 477, 485.
Governor of Georgia, 47.
Secretary of State ad interim, 72.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 303, 318, 330, 342, 468, 474, 494.
Committee on Military Affairs, 162, 365.
Leave of absence, 500.
Representative in First Confederate Congress,
124, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--228, 237, 254, 258--260, 264, 265, 275, 278, 280, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 360, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 32, 76, 318, 332, 365, 380.
Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Inauguration, 13.
Special, 28, 234.
Leave of absence, 459.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 163, 203, 351.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 225--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 278, 280, 282--286, 292, 293, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 428, 435--439, 447, 449, 451, 452, 468.
Claim for making flags, 278.
Report of engagement in Hampton Roads, Va., 193, 211.
Thanks of Congress, 80, 86, 87, 93.
Amount paid for, used by Executive Departments, 75.
House of Representatives, 169, 170, 329.
Post-Office Department, 424, 425, 439, 453, 458.
Rooms for committees, 33.
State Department, 151, 202.
Treasury Department, 271, 286, 289, 293.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Buildings, 29.
Conference, 124, 127.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 20, 71, 93, 102.
Committees:
Claims, 22, 200, 201.
Pay and Mileage, 22, 89, 116, 138, 273.
Leave of absence, 440.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 10, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 250, 254, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 275, 278, 280, 282--286, 292, 293, 396, 397, 399, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 428, 435, 437--439.
Appointment of additional, 203.
Compensation, 538, 548, 550, 562.
Virginia Military Institute, 335, 343.
Commandants, 424, 470, 492, 498, 518.
Drillmasters, 272, 275, 280, 294.
Establishment, 424, 470, 492, 498, 518.
Munitions of war, 272, 273, 280.
Efficiency, 44, 189.
Payment of persons employed, 23, 45, 48, 58, 61, 160, 175, 182, 200, 317, 323, 402, 403, 554, 555.
East of the Mississippi River, 104.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 129, 147, 205, 222, 320, 332, 338, 409, 442, 445, 447, 450, 452, 471, 475, 506, 515.
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Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Conference, 160, 562, 565.
Enrolled Bills, 22, 137, 140, 143, 167, 172, 135, 187, 199, 223, 237, 265, 419, 427, 450, 459, 462, 481, 493, 506, 550, 552, 557, 561, 566, 567.
Military Affairs, 162, 190, 364, 419, 429, 440--442, 456, 483, 484, 486, 488, 525, 532, 533, 553, 554, 556.
Leave of absence, 51.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 163.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 10, 179, 244, 295, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 36, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 163, 167, 171, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 373, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445--447, 451, 452, 460, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 48, 88, 130, 204, 211, 222, 234, 262, 270, 300, 307, 312--315, 336, 359, 386, 408, 410, 411, 441, 475.
Committee on Naval Affairs, 21, 456.
Leave of absence, 66, 193, 347, 507.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 61, 104, 130, 145, 415, 470.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 62, 63, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 278, 280, 282, 283, 285, 286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 474--476, 480, 496, 497, 499--501, 505.
Designs for flag, 122.
Increasing number and efficiency, 71.
Pay of, 77, 190, 231, 267, 273, 276, 294.
Rank of, 119.
Appointment of, for hospitals, 204, 233, 263, 264, 287.
Delegate in First Confederate Congress, 502, 513, 514.
Payment of removal and subsistence fund, 104.
Presence of foreign vessels in, 44, 64, 72.
Thanks of Congress to General Lee, 306.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 9, 11, 22, 29, 50, 59, 70, 90, 92, 95, 97, 106, 139--141, 160, 202, 247, 275, 281, 301, 310, 326, 347, 397, 414, 425, 451, 470, 551.
Committees:
Conference, 290.
Patents, 22.
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22, 75, 87, 139, 178, 195, 198, 248, 275, 418, 556.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359, 444, 455, 456, 471, 479, 553.
Special, 10, 319.
Leave of absence, 362.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 87, 130, 151, 204.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 244, 295, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 180, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 278, 280, 282--286, 292, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 442--447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--551, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 303, 395.
Committees:
Medical Department, 359.
War Tax, 307.
Leave of absence, 166.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 380.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 46, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 159, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 435--439, 449, 451, 452.
Dunkard, 379, 431, 450, 460.
Friends, Society of, 320, 379, 431, 450, 460.
Mennonists, 460, 490.
Nazarines, 490.
Auditing, settlement, etc., 88, 123, 129, 141, 268, 318, 352, 353, 367, 390, 413, 414, 418, 442, 449, 463, 477, 478, 484, 486.
States against Confederate States, 109, 200, 332, 353, 378, 409, 419, 429, 554.
See also Court of Claims.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 35, 97, 109, 142, 148, 163, 182, 325, 332, 454, 472.
Committees:
Claims, 22, 120, 200, 455, 554.
Elections, 21.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Special, 150.
Leave of absence, 203.
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Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 97, 122, 182, 350, 381.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 177, 178, 180 186, 191, 193, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371-- 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--439, 442, 443, 449, 451--453, 460, 474--476, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 525, 526, 532, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 155, 549, 552.
Printing, 29.
Special, 11.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 47, 201, 303, 317, 380, 457, 471--473, 520.
Committees:
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22, 198.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
War Tax, 307.
Leave of absence, 87.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 58, 181, 317.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 248, 250, 254, 258, --260, 264, 278, 280, 283, 301, 306, 321, 323, 358, 360, 366, 371--373, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494, 500, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549--551, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees Conference, 563.
Rules, 16.
Special, 296, 325.
Exemption from military service of certain, 92, 431, 433, 450, 459.
General at seat of government, 106, 132, 137.
House of Representatives, 29, 48, 76, 103, 212, 213, 244, 272, 313, 448.
Increase of pay in Departments, 332, 350, 366, 455, 523, 527, 528, 547--549, 552, 554, 555.
Navy Department, 305.
Number, etc., in Departments, 181, 300, 305.
Quartermaster-General's Bureau, 232, 261, 263, 286.
State Department, 300.
Treasury Department, 167, 168, 171--174, 202, 214, 223, 247, 255.
War Department, 75, 89, 93, 101, 350.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 22, 43, 124, 141, 170, 181, 224, 292, 310, 330, 342, 461, 473.
Committees:
Claims, 22, 120, 198--200, 271, 291, 455, 554, 555.
Naval Affairs, 21, 96, 309, 495, 521, 559.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 75.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 244, 295, 367, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224-- 230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--284, 286, 292, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386-- 389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--438, 442--447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 539, 543, 549--551, 559, 562, 563, 566.
For the Army:
Allowance for volunteers, 52, 118, 309, 350.
Commutation value, 307, 363.
Furnished in kind, 444, 459, 477, 518.
Manufacture, 317, 483, 492, 504, 507, 518.
Quantity on hand, 162.
Supplies of shoes, 80, 118, 483, 488, 506, 507, 518, 527.
President of the Provisional Congress, 5, 7, 319.
Provision for, 144, 145, 194, 265, 267, 349, 442, 555.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 307, 338, 349, 373, 441, 451, 458, 473.
Committees:
Commerce, 305.
War Tax, 307.
Leave of absence, 424.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 315, 349.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395, 396, 408, 409, 411, 412, 430, 435--438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494, 497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 559, 562, 563.
Port of entry, 415.
Increase of, 255, 256.
Investigation of, 321, 385.
Management of, in Tennessee, 76, 129, 130, 145.
Proposed legislation to secure more and better food for Army, 296.
Rank in Provisional Army, 430, 431.
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Appointment of, 360.
Appointment of additional, 43, 65, 66, 74, 86, 96, 104, 105, 107, 224.
Recall, 71, 141, 317, 333, 334, 421--424, 464--467.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 104, 262.
Reports by, 120, 540, 541.
Appointed, 11, 19, 22, 28, 29.
Bills, etc., referred to, 33, 36, 202.
Instructions to, 35, 75.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 23, 27, 29, 33, 45, 48, 53, 54, 58, 61, 66--68, 71, 78, 79, 81, 82, 86, 93, 103, 104, 109, 110, 120, 139, 141, 142, 145, 151, 155, 160, 163, 165, 177, 182, 192, 194, 200, 201, 203, 204, 267, 269, 278, 315, 317, 331, 338, 341, 343, 350, 366, 370, 378, 380, 382, 386, 390, 459, 470, 477, 479, 516.
Instructions to, 45, 61, 97, 123, 141, 183, 332.
Reports by:
Memorials and petitions, 120, 198--200, 455, 555; claims of deceased soldiers, 120; relief of certain persons, 120, 199, 271, 291, 455; destruction of property by Confederate troops, 198, 455; claims against Confederate States, 200, 455, 554; payment of pensions, 200, 555; compensation of members of Congress, 201; perpetuation of testimony, 455; payment of census takers, 554; compensation for damages to property by the enemy, 555.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22, 305, 309.
Bills, etc., referred to, 33, 87, 97, 181, 332, 347, 384, 386, 415, 479.
Instructions to, 51, 116, 303, 386, 479.
Reports by:
Repealing duties on imports, 120; planting of cotton, 194; coins, 194; increased facilities for importing goods, etc., 194; port of delivery at Augusta, Ga., 195.
Appointment proposed, 11.
Appointed, 11, 15, 21.
Bills, etc., referred to, 23, 114, 296, 330, 338, 425.
Instructions to, 137.
Reports by:
Johnson versus Garland, 112--114, 133--136, 391--395; vacancy in representation from Virginia, 340.
Appointed, 99, 223, 265.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22, 171, 265.
Reports by, 23, 74, 87, 93, 109, 110, 119, 125, 127, 129, 136, 137, 140, 143, 151, 162, 167, 172, 178, 185, 187, 199, 211, 214, 215, 223, 237, 247, 251, 255, 262--265, 271, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 289, 291, 294, 359, 361, 372, 389, 419, 427, 439, 444, 450, 453, 455, 459, 462, 477, 481, 493, 495, 498, 506, 507, 527, 536, 542, 549--552, 554-- 557, 561, 563, 564, 566, 567.
Appointed, 11, 19, 22, 29.
Designs and models referred to, 26, 81, 88, 103, 104, 122, 130, 151, 164, 181, 204, 208, 234, 350, 359, 380, 381, 415, 440, 470.
Reports by, 272, 538.
Appointed, 11, 15, 21.
Bills, etc., referred to, 29--31, 43, 44, 71, 124, 161, 267, 321, 345, 346, 385, 390, 410, 418, 468--470, 479, 523, 553.
Instructions to, 47, 141, 317, 342, 385.
Reports by:
Prohibition of importations from United States, 45; commissioners to Industrial Exhibition at London, 64; foreign vessels in Chesapeake Bay, 64; additional commissioners to foreign countries, 65, 86; foreign consuls in the Confederate States, and commissioners to foreign powers, 333, 334, 421--424, 464--467; policy of the war, 334, 335, 404--407; free navigation of the Mississippi River, 334, 335, 401--407; existence of war between the United States and Confederate States, and letters of marque, etc., 467, 468, 493, 494; law of privateering, 467, 468, 493, 494; diplomatic intercourse with Brazil and other South American States, 493; retaliation, 523, 529.
Appointment proposed, 305.
Appointed, 13.
Reports by, 17, 18.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 24, 47, 94, 116, 310, 502.
Instructions to, 104.
Reports by:
Election of Elias C. Boudinot as delegate from Cherokee Nation, 513, 514; pay and mileage of delegates from Indian nations, 514.
Appointed, 11, 15, 21.
Bills, etc., referred to, 22, 23, 27, 31, 34, 35, 45, 47, 49, 51, 56, 63, 68, 75, 81, 87, 96, 97, 115, 116, 120, 127, 142, 153, 161, 181, 192--194, 199, 202--204, 234, 251, 267, 269, 296, 310, 311, 313, 314, 317--320, 329, 330, 332, 333, 336, 338, 353, 360, 370, 378, 379, 385, 390, 407, 420, 440, 454, 463, 470, 482, 484, 509, 549, 554.
Instructions to, 26, 27, 33, 44, 49, 50, 56, 63, 70, 75, 81, 94, 104, 109, 129, 130, 163, 174, 181, 234, 312, 313, 315, 318, 319, 322, 328, 330, 332, 333, 353, 362, 391, 454, 469.
Reports by:
Carrying into effect certain clause of Constitution, 31; security of archives and Government, 72; fixing time for meeting of Congress, 78; regulating appointment of officers, 78; printing reports of Attorney-General for use of House, 78; property of alien enemies, 79, 84; indemnity under sequestration acts, 82, 84; right of officers of the Army to hold seats in Congress, 82--84; issue of Treasury notes, 84; judicial courts, 89, 192; exemptions from military service, 111; compensation of
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attorneys, 119, 120; compensation to citizens for property damaged by military, 119; compensation for commissioners of courts, 119; compensation of clerks, marshals, etc., 119, 120, 208; amendments to sequestration act, 120, 192, 337, 413; Treasury notes legal tender, 161, 192, 411, 413; legalization of acts of district attorney, marshal, etc., of Tennessee, 174; memorials and petitions, 192, 348, 413; increasing penalty in certain criminal cases, 192; abolishment of offices of Assistant Secretary of State and Assistant Attorney-General, 192; relief of certain persons, 193, 323, 324; punishment for forgery and counterfeiting, 194, 413; officer to act as President in case of vacancy, 234; suspension of writ of habeas corpus, 235, 373--377, 412, 413; punishment for trading with the enemy, 235; prompt returns from disbursing officers and agents, 273; payment of census takers, 323; confiscation of estates for treason, 348; oath of allegiance to United States by residents of Confederate States, 348; punishment of slaves taken in arms against Confederate States, and of officers commanding them, 348; retaliation in certain cases, 348, 413; punishment for felonies committed by officers and privates in Army of the United States, 348; repressing atrocities of enemy, 348; repressing atrocities of enemy, 348; martial law, 373--377, 412; changing time for assembling of Congress, 410, 411; protecting persons resisting invasion, 412; amnesty to disloyal persons, 413; protection of issue of Treasury notes, 413; claims of deceased soldiers, 413, 449; commission for trial and punishment of offenses in Army, 428; changing place of holding court, 448; judicial districts in Texas, 448, 449; fees of district attorneys, 449; communication from the Attorney-General, 449; organizing military courts, 489, Private Secretary for the Vice-President of Confederate States, 536; fugitive slaves, 537.
Appointed, 325, 359.
Bills, etc., referred to, 343, 362--364, 381, 384, 409, 439.
Reports by:
Granting of sick furloughs, 409; provision for sick and wounded soldiers in hospitals, 444.
Appointed, 11, 15, 21, 24, 160, 162, 194.
Bills, etc., referred to, 22, 24, 26--31, 33--35, 43--47, 50--54, 56, 57, 61, 66, 67, 71, 75, 77, 80, 82, 86--88, 91, 93, 95--97, 103, 108, 109, 119, 122--125, 127, 129, 130, 132, 138, 139, 142, 145, 147, 151, 153, 155, 156, 162, 163, 165, 167, 176, 181--183, 187, 191--193, 202, 204, 213, 255, 262, 266, 267, 296, 297, 300, 302--305, 307, 309--316, 318, 320, 322, 324, 327--333, 335, 336, 340--343, 349--351, 357, 360--362, 365, 367, 370, 371, 373, 379, 381, 384, 386, 399, 402, 412, 414, 418, 420, 426--428, 435, 463, 470, 477, 485, 486, 496, 500, 504, 506, 507, 512, 526, 532, 539, 547.
Instructions to, 23, 30, 31, 44, 45, 66, 67, 70, 71, 75, 88, 98, 116, 122, 129, 130, 142, 151, 154, 161, 164, 183, 203, 204, 271, 296, 300, 302, 307, 310--314, 316--318, 320, 331--333, 335, 360, 380, 386, 424.
Reports by:
Continuance in office of major-generals and brigadier-generals of the Provisional Army, 30, 31, 62, 214; procuring maps for use of committee, 31; authorizing appointment of commander in chief of Army, 33; destruction of property, 55, 63; suppression of drunkenness in Army, 62, 191; passports, 64; public defense, 74, 106, 156, 158, 214, 281, 294, 377, 448, 483, 484, 488; clerical force in War Department, 75, 232; exemptions from military service, 79, 192, 343, 557; enlistment of cooks in Army, 79; fixing rank and pay of adjutants and first sergeants, 79; appointment of chief laboratorian, etc., 79; increase of Army, 106, 255, 435; reenlistment of volunteers, 117; transportation and clothing for volunteers, 118; furloughs in certain cases, 118; pay of sergeant-majors and quartermaster-sergeants, 118; manufacture of army shoes in camp, 118; pay and allowances due deceased soldiers, 118, 231; manufacture of arms, 118; detailing artisans and mechanics, 118, 125; construction of railroads, 119, 259, 260; tender of troops by brigades, 119; chaplains, 119, 190, 276; manufacture of saltpeter and small arms, 123; increasing personal staff of the President, 125; working niter caves, 125; transportation of troops, etc., 152; pecuniary aid to prisoners of war, 155; memorials and petitions, 156, 161, 190--192, 194, 364; efficiency of Medical Department, 156; payment of officers of Virginia Militia, 157, 189; maintenance of legal strength of Army, 157; keeping firearms in hands of effective men, 157; arming troops with pikes, 157; employment of male slaves on Government work, 158, 448; prohibiting transportation to and sale of certain articles in places held by the enemy, 188, 189; efficiency of the cavalry, 189; extension of terms of service of volunteers, 189; voluntary contributions in aid of the war, 189; thanks to patriotic women of country, 189; payment of musicians, 190; increase of Artillery Corps, 190; prompt returns from disbursing officers and agents, 190; loss of public property, 190; additional fortifications on the Mississippi River, 190; manufacture of rifle guns, 191; creation of office of Judge-Advocate-General, 191; drill-masters, 194; efficiency of the Army, 200; appointment of artillery officers in the Provisional Army, 214; increasing Engineer Corps, 214; Signal Corps, 214, 377; supply of small arms, 216; relief for soldiers' families, 231; calling forth the militia, 232; organizing battalions of sharpshooters, 232, 292; recognizing organization of certain military companies, 234; organization of the Army,
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255; increasing Quartermaster and Commissary Departments, 255; organizing bands of partisan rangers, 261, 403; commissioners to audit claims created by officers of the Army, 268; relief of certain persons, 276, 285; Maryland Line, 276; organization of general staff for Army, 276, 429, 430, 484, 485, 522, 532; appointment of superintendent general of armories, 277; artillery officers for ordnance duty, 324, 377; impressment of slaves, 324; discharge of soldiers under 18 years of age, 324; filling up of existing companies, regiments, etc., 336, 337, 435; horses, 362, 363; increasing Medical Corps, 362; completion of railroads, 362, 363; separation of Pay and Quartermaster Departments, 362; payment of officers and soldiers, 363; shelter and subsistence of troops passing through Richmond, 363; granting of sick furloughs, 363; commutation of clothing, etc., 363; seizure by Government of cotton and woolen manufactories, etc., 363; transportation of soldiers, etc., 363; food for the Army, 363; increasing and regulating appointments of general officers, 364, 535; medals, 364, 403, 554; appointments in Provisional Army, etc., 364; number of men on pay in the Army, etc., 364; relief of disbursing officers an d other agents, 364; substitutes, 364, 419, 477; privates for police duty, 364; raising of additional forces in Missouri and Kentucky, 364, 524; transfer of troops, 365; thanks to certain officers and men, 371, 404; rank of officers of Provisional Corps of Engineers, 377; increasing pay of enlisted men, 377; claims against Confederate States, 378; appointment of adjutants of regiments, 404; discharge of conscripts over 35 years of age, 425; organization of forces in States occupied by enemy, 429; protection of unenrolled persons in arms, 440; exchange of citizens held as prisoners of war by enemy, 440, 441; volunteer companies for local defense, 440; establishing places for examination for military duty, 441, 521; purging Army of ignorant and incompetent officers, 447, 448, 540; quarters for Army intelligence Office, 448; election of officers by regiments and battalions, 448; camps of instruction, 470; manufacture of clothing and shoes for Army, 483, 488; organization of staff departments of the Army, 483; payment to widows, etc., of bounties due deceased soldiers, 483, 484; negroes captured by the enemy, 484; conviction for treason, etc., 484; law of exemptions, 484; bounties and furloughs, 484, 523; receiving into service certain regiments, 491, 524; consolidation of reduced regiments, 541, 542; return of pay rolls to proper authorities, 555; repelling invasion, 556; regulating pay of officers of the Army on furlough, 556; enrollment of conscripts, 556.
Appointed, 11, 15, 21, 309.
Bills, etc., referred to, 24, 31, 48, 57, 67, 78, 80, 86, 87, 130, 132, 162, 182, 202, 204, 213, 308, 310, 349, 361, 370, 373, 385, 390, 410, 453, 454, 463, 469, 477, 506, 527.
Instructions to, 43, 48, 67, 203, 303, 320, 342, 350, 365, 416, 494.
Reports by:
Naval affairs, 74; organization of the Navy, 76, 89, 184, 216; purchase or construction of gunboats, 89, 105, 106, 216, 494, 495; defense of coast and rivers, 96, 416, 521; enlistments in the Marine Corps, 184, 478; establishment of Naval School, 184; manufacture of saltpeter and small arms, 184, 232; conferring temporary rank on officers of Marine Corps, 184; manufacture of iron, lead, and copper, etc., 192; prize money, 215; chaplains, 233; existence of war between the United States and Confederate States, and letters of marque, etc., 248; thanks to certain officers and men, 415, 417, 456; pay of engineer in chief and passed assistant surgeons of Navy, 415; reorganizing Marine Corps, 416; river navigation, 416; promotions in the Navy, 416, 417; law of privateering, 417, 418; naval storekeepers, 559.
Appointment proposed, 35.
Appointed, 325, 359.
Bills, etc., referred to, 386.
Appointment proposed, 305.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 29, 31, 75, 103, 317, 350, 427, 428.
Instructions to, 487.
Reports by, 84, 271.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22, 116, 125, 306, 307.
Bills, etc., referred to, 68, 70, 132, 267, 300.
Reports by:
Arrearages of pay and mileage to members of Provisional Congress, 89, 148, 273; compensation and mileage of members of Congress, 89; mode of paying members of Congress, 138; disbursement of contingent fund, 138.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22, 87.
Bills, etc., referred to, 23, 24, 30, 31, 33, 43, 44, 50, 57, 58, 60, 61, 67, 68, 75, 77, 78, 81, 82, 87, 122, 130, 132, 141, 153, 154, 163, 165, 181, 182, 187, 204, 215, 223, 256, 302, 311, 313, 315, 317, 324, 331, 336, 343, 362, 381, 384, 410, 415, 436, 458, 470, 504.
Instructions to, 61, 87, 320, 331, 349, 402, 415.
Reports by:
Establishing post routes, 75, 198, 248, 249, 418, 454, 541; postal affairs, 120, 95, 556; memorials and petitions, 195, 198, 418, 556; suspension of mail service on the Sabbath, 195--198, 418, 556; advertisements by Post-Office Department, 198; prepayment of postage, 198; transportation of mailable matter outside of the mails, 275; adjustment of claims for postal service, 418; taxation of telegrams with letter postage, 418; Sunday mails, 418; rate of postage,
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418; transportation of mails across Mississippi River, 454; increasing salaries of route agents, 526; carriage of mails, 556.
Appointed, 11, 19, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 29, 53, 78, 80, 85, 124, 142, 182, 201, 262, 264, 277, 338, 346, 370, 410, 427.
Instructions to, 53, 78, 141.
Reports by, 61, 62, 78, 104, 124, 158, 159, 234, 274, 434, 470, 471.
Appointed, 19, 28, 29.
Appointment proposed, 15, 35.
Appointed, 305, 325, 359.
Bills, etc., referred to, 350, 362--364, 369, 384, 385, 410, 434, 440, 463, 502, 521.
Instructions to, 382.
Reports by:
Repealing law authorizing commutation for soldiers' clothing, 444; construction of railroad, 455; requisitions upon Treasury Department, 480; quarters for Army Intelligence Office, 553.
Appointed, 7, 8, 16.
Appointed, 7, 8, 15, 16, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 11, 14, 15, 24, 32, 47, 70, 99, 129.
Instructions to, 24, 99, 154.
Reports by, 15, 16, 19, 21, 37--42, 73, 74, 84, 94, 120, 166.
Appointed, 11, 15, 22.
Bills, etc., referred to, 307.
Reports by:
Kansas affairs, 379.
Appointment proposed, 120, 166.
Appointed, 304, 307.
Bills, etc., referred to, 304, 310, 311, 317.
Reports by;
Payment to district collectors, 511.
Appointed, 11, 15, 21, 193,
Bills, etc., referred to, 23, 24, 29--31, 33, 43, 44, 57, 61, 67, 71, 78, 81, 87, 88, 103, 110, 120, 122, 126, 130, 132, 140, 145, 149, 155, 160, 165, 167, 171, 193; 182, 183, 201--203, 212, 251, 258, 261, 267, 296, 201, 308, 310, 311, 319, 323--325, 329,833, 341, 349, 350, 352, 353, 366, 370, 381, 389, 390, 410, 420, 427, 434, 439, 440, 446, 447, 453, 454, 463, 470, 477, 480, 482, 483, 487, 488, 496, 499, 507--509, 511, 516 6,523,527, 532, 539, 555, 561.
Instructions to, 29, 63, 71, 75, 77, 82, 123, 144, 147, 148, 175, 182, 233, 263, 300, 310, 332, 352, 360, 382, 410, 498--500, 507, 508.
Reports by;
Stationery for members and officers of House, 45, Issue of Treasury notes 79, 117, 216, 347, 403, mints, 79: war tax on cotton, 79: payment of pensions, 79, payment to district collectors, 116; appropriations, 117, 287, 359, 468, 481, 515; prohibiting exportation of cotton or tobacco, 117; export duty on cotton and tobacco, 117; public defense, 128; support of the Government, 123, 175, 514, 5151 compensation of the President of the Confederate States, 146; payment of war tax, 160, 161; production and purchase of cotton, 166; tariff, 166; admitting imports duty free, 166; estimates, 171; remission of duty on certain railroad iron, 171; clerical force in Treasury Department, 171; relief for Missouri, 187; advance money to Missouri, 187; depositories of public funds, 187; suspending collection of taxes in certain States, 187; dividing appropriation for expenses of War Department and Army, 212; exchange of bonds, etc., 214, 287; auditing War Department accounts, 275; issue of bonds, 315; detecting counterfeit notes, 346, 468; changing form of Treasury notes, 346, 347; relief of certain persons, 347; provision for raising revenue, 367; apprehension of counterfeiters, 402; payment of census takers, 402, 403; selling property for taxes, 428; extending session of Congress, 447; appropriation for purchasing and equipping vessels abroad, 468; defense of western and southern rivers, 468; taxation, 514; reducing rate of interest on funded debt, 514, 539; borrowing money from States, 521; punishment for uttering or passing counterfeit Treasury notes, 534; extending term of office of certain war-tax collectors, 540; relief of Bible Society, 549; copper tokens, 555; coins for the Confederate States, 555; pay of the President's messenger, 555, 556.
Army, 13, 23, 24, 30, 33, 50, 67, 75, 79, 88, 92, 97, 106, 107, 118, 127, 255, 305, 310, 315, 331, 357, 363, 364, 368, 369, 377, 378.
Assistant Attorney-General, 538, 548, 550, 551, 562.
Attorneys, judges, etc., 27, 50, 68, 119, 210, 211, 248, 261, 263, 287.
Cadets, 538, 548, 550, 562.
Certain civil officers, 381.
Chaplains, 77, 190, 231, 267, 273, 276, 294.
Clerical force of Executive Departments, 332, 350, 366, 455, 523, 527, 528, 547--549, 552, 554, 555.
Color-bearers, 342.
Delegates from Indian nations, 513, 514, 528, 527, 561.
District collectors, 33, 116, 117, 147, 155, 203, 212, 219, 296, 304, 310, 311, 317, 511, 512, 542, 551, 561.
Heads of Executive Departments, 146, 147.
Mail route agents, 349, 526, 556.
Members of Congress, 53, 66, 68, 70, 89, 98--102, 109111, 121, 124, 127, 128, 136, 140, 148, 201, 219, 223, 255, 267, 272, 273, 294.
Messenger to the President, 508, 509, 555, 556.
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Mode of payment to Members of Congress, 121, 132, 138, 143, 151, 152, 155, 169, 173, 175, 201, 267, 271, 274, 294.
Navy, 320, 368, 370, 415, 416, 439.
Officers of the Congress, 66, 70, 84, 94, 95, 99, 109, 127, 274.
Postmasters, deputy, 139, 178--181, 267, 271, 283, 285.
President of the Confederate States, 146, 147, 168, 173, 175.
Private property destroyed, 53--55, 58--60, 198, 199, 204, 329, 555.
Slaves lost in service, 155, 158, 199, 316, 370, 459.
Slaves taken by the enemy, 410, 484.
Vice-President of the Confederate States, 146, 147.
See also Fees.
Acceptance of certain organizations, 155, 164, 170, 173, 202, 234, 266, 294, 314, 485, 486, 491, 495, 500, 501, 505, 506, 524, 525, 561.
Arming with pikes proposed, 26, 138, 139, 157.
Consolidation of regiments, etc., 298, 512, 513, 518--521, 526, 541, 542.
Disbanding of organizations, 420, 516, 542.
Election of officers by certain battalions and regiments, 360, 448.
Firearms in the handset effective men, 157, 158, 178, 206.
Number in field and camps of instruction, 303.
Organization of temporary forces in States occupied by the enemy, 543.
Partisan rangers, 193, 261, 262, 277, 279, 281, 285, 309, 350, 403.
Provision for families of soldiers, 307, 316.
Reenlistment, 25, 26, 30, 117, 161, 182, 185, 189, 221.
Reorganization of reenlisted troops, 219, 228, 266.
Shelter and subsistence of, passing through Richmond, 313, 363.
Statistics, 312.
Tender of, by brigades, 67, 119.
Transfers, 266, 303, 365, 367, 412, 419, 429, 447, 456, 459, 478, 485.
Action of the United States, 297.
See also Alien Enemies.
Adjournment of sessions, 35, 61, 72, 73, 81, 108, 115, 153, 154, 165, 219, 229--231, 264, 270, 284, 289292, 382, 386, 387, 402, 411, 435, 447, 455, 491, 492, 516, 561, 565, 566.
Assembling of sessions, 5, 35, 47, 78, 108, 115, 264, 295, 296, 366, 370, 415, 427.
Convening of, at extraordinary times and places, 35, 72, 73.
Corps of reporters and printers, 332
Exemption of members and officers from military service, 90, 92, 431, 432, 450.
Joint rules, 7, 19, 73, 74, 184, 185, 187, 210, 212.
Limitation of legislation, 23, 33, 47, 50, 51.
Members of the two Houses to confer confidentially, 74.
Pay of members and officers. See Compensation.
Safekeeping of records, 35, 72, 73, 142, 234, 238, 267, 276, 291.
Arrearages of pay and mileage to members, 53, 66, 68, 89, 148, 151, 152, 155, 169, 173, 175, 255, 267, 272, 273, 294.
Payment for stationery for members; 160, 271, 286, 289, 293.
Printing of Journal, 182, 304, 319.
Privilege of floor of House to ex-members of, 47, 84.
Records of, 16, 54, 115, 147.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 20, 24, 87, 88, 92, 96, 103, 104, 108, 118, 132, 142, 156, 203, 205, 245, 246, 259, 262, 267, 303, 318, 358, 381, 413, 416, 424, 452, 462, 476, 478, 494.
Committees:
Conference, 437.
Naval Affairs, 21, 74, 76, 89, 105, 106, 119, 184, 192, 215, 216, 232, 248, 259, 415--417, 478, 494.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 33, 58, 109.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 180, 191, 193, 202, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224--226, 228--231, 235, 237, 247, 250,257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282, 284--286, 292, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 371, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 897, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 430, 436--439, 443--447, 449, 451, 453, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 490, 492, 494, 495, 501, 505, 509.
Committees:
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22, 120.
War Tax, 307.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 292, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 360, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451, 452, 468, 475, 476, 492, 494, 496.
Criticism of law, 298, 299, 311.
Enforcement of, in Tennessee, 314.
Message of the President, 156, 165, 266, 298.
Number of soldiers enrolled under act of, 303, 304.
Trans-Mississippi Department, 318, 331, 356.
See also Military Service.
Law to carry into effect a certain clause, 23, 31, 123, 125, 204, 310.
Operation of Government, 104, 108.
Foreign residents exempted from military service by, 322.
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Inquiry as to, within the Confederate States, 47, 48, 317, 333, 324, 334, 421--424, 464--467.
Army and War Department:
Division of appropriation, 212, 231, 247, 255.
Congress:
Regulations as to disbursement, 121, 132, 138, 143, 267, 271, 274, 294.
House:
Payments from, 11, 45, 48, 58, 76, 87, 93, 153, 212, 213, 244, 272, 291, 302, 540, 541.
Provisional Congress:
Payments from, 255, 267, 272, 273, 294.
Senate:
Payments from, 48, 58.
War Department:
Payments from, 136.
Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Inauguration, 13.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Leave of absence, 442.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 49, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 146, 163, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 193, 218, 221, 224, 225, 228, 237, 254, 257--260, 275, 279, 280, 284, 301, 306, 321, 323, 358, 361, 371, 372, 378, 379, 387, 388, 396, 399, 400, 411, 412, 480, 490, 492, 495, 496, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Enlistment, 54, 79, 250, 262, 263, 279, 283, 285, 316.
See Port Royal Ferry, S. C., etc.
Authors and composers, 360.
Control by Confederate States, 29.
Delivery to the enemy prohibited, 181.
Destruction of. See Private Property: Destruction, etc.
Exportation:
In exchange for salt, 386.
Of present crop prohibited, 117, 126, 150, 152, 162, 165, 185, 256--258.
Export duty, 67, 117, 300, 382.
Impressment, 532.
Indemnity to owners for destruction of, 27, 55, 58--60, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 109, 115.
Limitation of production, 29, 75, 76, 94, 98, 99, 106, 125.
Loan to Confederate States, 147, 332.
Manufacture of cards, 151.
Purchase by the Confederate States, 166.
Sale or hypothecation to foreign governments, 292, 532.
Seizure by General Hindman, 331, 356.
Shipment of, 13, 33, 342, 343.
War tax, 44, 79, 148.
Possession of, by Confederate States Government, 363.
Punishment for, 81, 127, 194, 312, 319, 346, 360, 402, 413.
Detection, 319, 329, 346, 347, 390, 402, 468.
Manufacture, 298, 310--312.
Punishment for passing, 486, 487, 534, 535, 561, 564.
Reward for conviction of forgers, 360, 402, 425, 439, 453.
Establishment, 87, 379.
Change of place of holding, 420, 448, 486, 493, 498.
Equalizing and fixing salaries of judicial officers, 50, 68, 119, 120.
Establishment, 75, 89, 192.
Exemption of judges, marshals, clerks, etc., from military service, 90, 92, 431, 432, 450.
Georgia, northern district, 141, 147, 151, 156.
Organization of Supreme, 26, 204, 391.
Texas districts, 437, 440, 448, 449.
Transfer of suits to State courts, 45, 89.
Armies in the field, 369, 370, 428, 449, 470, 489, 496, 498, 507, 527.
Limitations, 369, 370.
Proceedings in cases of drunkenness, 380, 483.
Aiding the enemy, 318.
Army, not provided for in military code, 174.
Certain criminal cases, 192.
Extortion, 554.
Forgery and counterfeiting, 81, 127, 194, 312, 319, 324, 360, 402, 413, 439, 453.
Fraud and peculation, 129, 274, 275.
Misapplication of voluntary contributions, 139, 189.
Trading with enemy, 235--237.
Treason, 330, 348, 484.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Fishing Creek, Ky., 97, 122, 308, 312.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 23, 32, 81, 95, 163, 169, 236, 311, 318, 327.
Committee on Elections, 21, 114, 169, 393, 395, 414, 419, 425.
Leave of absence, 431.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 330, 380.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224, 226--228, 237, 247, 248, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 371--373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428.
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Defense, 342, 365, 415, 416, 424, 494, 521, 532, 567.
Decimal system, 97.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 52, 76, 307, 341, 385.
Committees:
Naval Affairs, 21.
Public Buildings, 22.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 15, 164.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, 70, 77, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 152, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 191, 193, 212, 215, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 248, 250, 254, 258--260, 264, 275, 276, 279, 280, 284--283, 286, 292, 293, 301, 321, 323, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 397, 399--400, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 430, 435--437, 439, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451, 460, 461, 468, 474, 476, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 516--518, 520, 525, 526, 534, 536, 537, 543, 547, 549, 550, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 7, 18, 53, 58, 101, 103, 106, 108, 111, 115, 140, 141, 162, 181, 330, 331, 336, 360, 390, 462, 471, 473.
Committees:
Commerce, 22, 120, 194, 195.
Conference, 160.
Elections, 21.
Rules, 8, 15, 19.
Special, 187, 296, 297.
Leave of absence, 516.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 160, 302, 316, 373, 415.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 225--230, 235, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--439, 442, 443, 445, 446, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505.
Cotton and tobacco exported, 67, 300.
Exemptions, 382, 410.
Remitted on certain railroad iron, 165, 171, 175, 178, 191.
Suspension or repeal, 23, 120, 141.
Mint, 310.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 75, 102, 322, 330, 360, 458.
Committee on the Judiciary, 21, 72, 83, 120, 235, 377.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 57, 162, 341.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 216, 218, 224--230, 235, 247, 248, 250, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 411, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--439, 442, 443, 445--447, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 495--497, 499, 501, 505, 509, 515--518, 522, 525, 526, 528, 534, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 559, 562.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 29, 102--104, 109, 350.
Committee on Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22.
Leave of absence, 125, 450.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 24, 109, 320.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 59, 60, 62 --64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 121, 153, 163, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 216, 218, 224--230, 237, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 366, 371--373, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 449, 451--453.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Buildings, 29.
Special, 13, 184.
Approvals, 52, 86, 93, 101, 103, 142, 143, 148, 156, 164, 175, 191, 201, 205, 206, 210, 217, 219, 255, 261, 265, 271, 285--287, 290, 291, 293, 294, 382, 401, 420, 429, 442, 423, 458, 478, 481, 485, 486, 497, 506, 511, 618, 526, 527, 560--562, 564--567.
Authority as to convening of Congress, 35.
Authority in regard to appointments, 542, 550, 562.
Committee to act with, 52.
Dispatches from Gen. R. E. Lee, 339, 340.
Increase of personal staff, 86, 125, 162, 167, 175.
Messages to Congress, 25, 26, 31, 36, 37, 48, 56, 68, 72, 80, 85, 89, 94, 96, 97, 102, 103, 107, 108, 110, 121, 122, 124, 126, 131, 132, 140, 143, 144, 149, 150, 156, 157, 161, 167, 169, 174, 187, 188, 211, 213, 216, 222, 223, 250, 251, 258, 261, 263, 266, 267, 281, 287, 288, 297--299, 301, 308, 312, 319, 324, 337--339, 345, 350, 352, 353, 356, 357, 366, 368--370, 387, 389, 409, 410, 420, 426, 427, 434, 437, 439, 444, 446, 452--454, 460, 463, 475, 477--479, 482, 483, 488, 496, 499, 512, 513, 521, 542, 547, 548, 558, 553, 556, 557, 560, 564.
President of the Confederate States:
Election and acceptance, 12, 13, 16.
Inauguration, 13, 17--19, 48, 58.
Vetoes, 107, 108, 287, 288, 499, 500, 515, 557, 567.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 24, 88, 116, 124, 142, 154, 173, 182, 211, 222, 224, 227, 262, 264, 281, 291, 319, 355.
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Committees:
Military Affairs, 21, 74, 106, 107, 160.
Special, 50.
Leave of absence, 148, 431.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 200.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 8, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 50, 52, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 191, 193, 202, 216, 218, 225, 227--231, 237, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 284, 285, 293, 321, 323, 326, 355, 358, 361, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--388, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 426, 430, 435--439, 443--446, 449, 451--453.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 66.
Committees:
Elections, 21, 395.
Naval Affairs, 21.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 23, 66, 81, 141, 331.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 115, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224, 225, 227--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 292, 293, 326, 327, 355, 358, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--480, 435--438, 442--444, 446, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 492, 494, 495, 497, 499--501, 505, 509.
Interest due on existing, 129, 149, 498, 508.
Rate of interest reduced, 514, 538--540, 549, 560.
Pay and allowances due, 47, 97, 109, 118, 120, 129, 183, 184, 192, 231, 232, 261, 266, 341, 352, 353, 413, 414, 435, 442, 449, 463, 477, 478, 484, 486.
Pensions to widows, 122.
Design for flag, 130.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 315.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, 21, 523, 529.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 68, 93.
Representative in First Confederate Conference Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 51, 52, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 227, 229--231, 237, 247, 248, 254, 257, 259, 260, 264, 276, 284--286, 292, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 360, 366, 371--373, 378, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442--447, 449, 451, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494, 495, 497, 499, 500, 505, 509, 516--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--551, 558, 559, 562, 563.
Increase of, 172, 173, 187, 215.
Designs for flag, 104.
Relief for, 27, 338, 341, 364, 456, 463.
Returns, 147, 190, 265--267, 273, 274, 470, 555.
Conscripts at 35 years of age, 425.
Prevention of, for certain regiments, 213, 216.
Private soldiers under 18 years of age, 311, 324--328, 366, 367.
Sick and wounded soldiers, 290, 343.
Special reasons, 386.
Compensation, 119, 210, 211, 248, 261, 263, 287, 378, 449.
Exemption from military service, 92, 431, 432.
Clerk of House of Representatives, 8, 9, 540, 556.
Design for flag, 81.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committee, special, 296.
Thanks of Congress, 338, 361, 372, 401.
Thanks of Congress to Commander Farrand and Captain Drewry, 338, 339, 347, 349, 361, 372, 401, 415.
Employment, 103, 138, 194, 272, 275, 280, 294.
Court-martial proceedings, 380, 483.
Punishment for, 231, 250, 266, 294, 380.
Suppression, 13, 14, 28, 62, 191.
Action of Congress on report of operations about New Orleans, La., 319.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 51, 108, 311, 332, 337, 341, 381, 474, 512, 516, 525, 526, 528.
Committees:
Conference, 548, 552.
Indian Affairs, 22.
Printing, 22.
Special, 110, 328.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 142, 311.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 146, 152, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 193, 212, 218, 221, 224--230, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--439, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451--453, 460,
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461, 468, 474, 475, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 558, 559, 562, 563.
Action of Congress on reports, 263, 264, 270.
Resolutions on death of Generals McCulloch and McIntosh, 213, 214, 279, 283, 285.
Thanks of Congress to Generals Van Dorn and Price, 213, 214, 279, 283, 285.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 10, 102, 110.
Committees:
Enrolled Bills, 22, 23, 74, 87, 93, 110, 119, 125, 127, 129, 136, 151, 178, 211, 214, 215, 223, 251, 263, 271, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 289, 291, 294, 359, 361, 372, 389, 439, 444, 455, 477, 498, 507, 527, 536, 542, 549, 551, 554--557, 561, 563, 564, 566.
Indian Affairs, 22, 513, 514.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 81, 251.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 148, 177, 178, 215, 216, 224--231, 247, 248, 250, 257, 258, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282, 284--286, 292, 293, 301, 323, 326, 327, 361, 372, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 411, 425, 426, 430, 435--439, 442--445, 451, 452, 474, 475, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563.
Message of President Lincoln, 163.
Proclamation of President Lincoln, 469.
Deficiency in appropriation, 431, 440.
Increase of, in Provisional Army, 182, 214, 279, 283, 285.
Rank of officers, 309, 377, 412, 419, 429--431.
Commissioners. See Commissioners to, etc.
Foreign consuls residing in Confederate States, 47, 48, 317, 333, 334, 421--424, 464--467.
Treaties, 65, 66.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Leesburg, Va., 37.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 232, 346.
Committee on Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Leave of absence, 431.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 151, 153, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430.
Clerical force, 75, 89, 93, 167, 168, 171--174, 181, 202, 214, 223, 232, 247, 255, 261, 263, 286, 300, 305, 312, 332, 350, 366, 455, 523, 527, 528, 547--549, 552, 554, 555.
Cost of public buildings used by, 75.
Exemption of officers and employees from military service, 90, 92, 431, 432, 450.
Organization under Permanent Constitution, 104, 108.
Salary of heads of, 146, 147.
Cotton and tobacco prohibited, 117, 126, 150, 152, 162, 165, 185, 256--258.
Cotton in exchange for salt, 386.
Transportation of mailable matter, 223, 274, 275, 279, 291.
Thanks of Congress, 338, 347, 349, 361, 372, 401, 415
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 129, 304, 384.
Committees:
Claims, 22.
Medical Department, 359, 373.
Special, 307, 384.
Leave of absence, 373.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 82, 182, 204, 333.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 148, 151, 159, 167, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224, 226--231, 235, 237, 248, 250, 254, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 430, 435--438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 468, 474--476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Leesburg, Va., 142.
Clerks, marshals, etc., 27, 119, 120, 183, 202, 206--211, 261, 263, 276, 287, 290.
District attorneys, 210, 211, 378, 449.
Action of Congress on report, 97, 379, 122, 308, 312.
Property losses, 30.
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Adoption of flag, 272, 273, 349, 350.
Designs and models proposed, 26, 81, 88, 103, 104, 122, 130, 151, 164, 181, 204, 208, 234, 359, 380, 381, 415, 470.
Establishment of seal, 431, 440, 538, 562, 563, 565, 566.
Payment for specimen flags, 291.
Punishment for counterfeiting seal, 81.
See also Committee on Flag and Seal (Joint).
Electoral votes, 12.
Legislative proceedings, 66, 119.
Memorial of Governor of, 410.
Memorials and petitions of citizens, 141, 331.
Post routes, 23, 81, 141, 249, 331.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 295.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 11, 15, 18, 19, 27, 28, 44, 46, 52, 67, 76, 99, 101, 102, 104, 136, 151, 154, 164, 175, 182, 218, 220, 222, 224, 227, 236, 244, 250, 296, 297, 300, 306, 313, 314, 320--322, 350, 378, 379, 383, 385, 424, 454, 468, 469, 485, 494, 498, 508, 545.
Committees:
Foreign Affairs, 21, 45, 64, 65, 86, 333--335, 345, 404--406, 467, 493, 525.
Special, 7, 28, 48, 122, 234, 328.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 97, 385, 469.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 50--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 180, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 360, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 480, 491, 492, 495, 497, 499--501, 509, 515--518, 520, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 539, 543, 558, 559, 566.
Punishment for, 127, 194, 360, 402, 413.
Action of Congress on report of evacuation of Nashville, etc., 368.
Statement regarding battle of Fort Donelson, Tenn., 379.
Thanks of Congress, 307.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 29, 50, 80, 87, 102, 158, 162, 172, 181, 186, 204, 237, 246, 308, 316, 341, 342, 377, 413, 415, 457, 459--461, 472, 473, 554, 558.
Committees:
Accounts, 22, 120.
Special, 28, 50, 234.
Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 181, 203, 269.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 10, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 36, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 360, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442--445, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 468, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Design for flag, 151.
Negotiations with, 466.
Punishment for, 129, 274, 275.
Committee on Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Leave of absence, 150, 428.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 372, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 428, 430, 435--439, 442--447, 449, 451--453, 468, 469, 475, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549--552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Artisans detailed from the Army, 118.
Bounty and furloughs, 220, 225, 484, 492, 504, 523, 542, 561.
Pay of officers on, 470, 556.
Sick and wounded, 43, 118, 142, 315, 363, 409, 411, 435.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 226, 249, 270, 313, 344.
Committees:
Naval Affairs, 21.
Special, 76, 238, 243, 244.
Leave of absence, 370, 459.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 36, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 128, 138, 153, 163, 167, 168, 172, 186, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 354, 358.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 24, 26, 67, 97, 145, 250.
Committees:
Claims, 22.
Elections, 21, 177.
Enrolled Bills, 262, 264, 265, 280, 453.
Leave of absence, 85.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 26, 53.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547.
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Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 111, 116, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 151, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 292, 293, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 387--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 430, 435--439, 442--446, 449, 451, 453, 469, 474, 480, 491, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 537, 539, 543, 549--552.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 11, 33, 43, 75, 87, 93, 146, 160, 415, 479.
Committees:
Conference, 125, 127, 128.
Judiciary, 21, 83.
Special, 555.
Contested election to House of Representatives, 10, 22, 23, 112--114, 133--136, 168, 169, 175, 177, 178, 330, 338, 391--395, 414, 419, 425, 426.
Leave of absence, 234, 313.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 153, 187.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 244, 295, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 46, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 99--102, 111, 116, 121, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 180, 186, 193, 212, 215, 218, 221, 371, 373, 383, 386, 388, 389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 430, 435, 436, 439, 442--446, 449, 453, 460, 461, 475, 476, 480, 490, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 539, 543, 559, 562, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 27, 29, 53, 65, 71, 82, 88, 90, 91, 94, 105, 106, 116, 176, 193, 238, 315, 339, 343, 391, 438, 440, 441, 445, 460, 491, 508, 514, 515.
Committees:
Conference, 481, 490.
Military Affairs, 194, 404, 438, 448, 460.
Special, 50, 150.
Ways and Means, 21, 166, 167, 183, 193, 481, 485, 526.
Leave of absence, 125, 236.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 350.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 16, 179, 244, 295, 547, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 148, 152, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 180, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 387--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 430, 436--438, 442--445, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494, 497, 499, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 525, 526, 534, 537, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 559, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 23, 47, 61, 72, 110, 141, 175, 181, 201, 203, 209, 211, 236, 264, 296, 302, 309, 317, 331, 349, 435, 457, 519.
Committee on the Judiciary, 21, 31, 78, 84, 89, 119, 161, 192, 208, 210, 234, 235, 273, 323, 348, 367, 410--413, 448, 449, 489, 536, 537.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 47, 181, 317, 324, 381, 470.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442--447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552.
Committee, special, 284.
Leave of absence, 139.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 108, 179, 244, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 111, 115, 121, 128, 163, 168, 171, 177, 178, 212, 216, 224, 226--231, 235, 237, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 286, 293, 326, 358, 371, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 436, 443, 447, 449, 453, 469, 480, 492, 494, 495, 497, 499--501, 505, 522, 525, 526, 528, 558, 559, 562.
Communication from Governor of, 47.
District courts, 141, 147, 151, 156.
Electoral votes, 12.
Memorials and petitions of citizens, 43, 58, 67, 75, 81, 181, 194, 302, 310, 311, 317, 324, 331, 343, 458.
Post routes, 58, 75, 181, 249, 317, 331, 458, 541.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 18, 97, 137, 295.
Infantry--Regiments: 1st Regulars, 420.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 45, 305, 307.
Committees:
Enrolled Bills, 171.
Indian Affairs, 22.
Medical Department, 359, 373.
Special, 307.
Leave of absence, 64, 139, 373, 402.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 110, 165.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 126, 128, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 276, 284, 285, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
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Clerk pro tempore of the House, 5.
Chief of Ordnance, 163.
Claims against. See Claims; and Committee on Claims.
Foreign consuls, 47, 48, 317, 322, 333, 334, 421--424.
Security of archives, 35, 72, 73, 142, 234, 238, 267, 276, 291.
Support of:
Appropriations. See Appropriations.
Cotton and tobacco in exchange for Confederate States bonds, 292, 532.
Further means (Treasury notes), 171, 175--177, 186, 199, 219, 351, 352, 403.
Thanks of Congress to officers and men, 417.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 182, 270, 324, 457, 461, 472.
Committee on Ways and Means, 21.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 88.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 36, 47, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 126, 128, 138, 159, 163, 167, 171, 177, 178, 191, 193, 202, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--259, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 386--388, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 426, 430, 438, 442--444, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 490, 492, 494--497, 499, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 526, 528, 534, 536, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 63, 122, 173, 257, 322, 386, 420, 451, 462, 483, 515.
Committees:
Flag and Seal, 22.
Judiciary, 21, 82, 83, 413.
Leave of absence, 150.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 382.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 244, 295, 367, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 116, 121, 126, 128, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 193, 203, 212, 216, 221, 224--231, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 474--476, 490, 492, 494--497, 499, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Recall of commissioners from, 71.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Leesburg, Va., 142.
Construction of, 24, 48, 89, 105, 159, 162, 164, 308, 316, 329, 424, 494.
Suspension of writ, 34, 52, 130, 142, 194, 235, 279, 280, 290, 318--320, 373--377, 384, 391, 412, 413, 481, 505--511, 516--518, 557, 560.
Administers oath to the President, 18.
Action of Captain Buchanan, 211.
Action of Congress on report of Captain Buchanan, 193, 211.
Message of the President, 82, 85.
Thanks to Captain Buchanan and command, 80, 86, 87, 93.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 22, 47, 66, 80, 81, 96, 127, 153, 160, 302, 310, 331, 342, 360, 383, 398, 437, 505.
Committees:
Accounts, 22.
Indian Affairs, 22.
Special, 28, 234.
War Tax, 307.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 10, 23, 97, 103.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 245, 295, 367, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 147, 152, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 247, 248, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 452, 453, 460, 461, 469, 474, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 516--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 559, 562, 563.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 106, 122, 312, 382, 397, 456, 469, 472, 473, 477, 484, 520.
Committees:
Conference, 563.
Military Affairs, 21, 24, 161, 194, 231, 259, 285, 364, 378, 484, 523, 524, 555.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 367, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 153, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 218, 221, 224, 225, 229--231, 237, 250, 257--260, 264, 265, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 358, 360, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 430, 435--439, 442--446, 449, 451--453, 469, 474--476, 492, 494--496, 499--501, 505, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563.
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Private Secretary to the President, 110, 126, 140, 142--144, 148, 149, 156, 164, 167, 169, 175, 191, 201, 205, 216, 219, 255, 258, 261, 265, 267, 271, 285, 286, 290, 293, 294, 297, 337, 339, 350, 356, 366, 368, 382, 387, 401, 409, 420, 426, 429, 437, 439, 444, 452, 453, 458, 460, 475, 477, 481, 497, 511, 518, 527, 542, 557, 560, 561, 565--567.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 310, 317, 333, 360, 470, 517.
Committees:
Commerce, 309.
Conference, 562.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Special, 110.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 181, 331, 470.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 97, 137, 179, 245, 295, 367, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 306, 321, 323, 355, 358, 360, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442--447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Fort Donelson, Tenn., 368.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 26, 44, 91, 129, 145, 156, 172, 207, 222, 275, 284, 293, 304, 305, 314, 327, 353, 385, 441, 473, 474.
Committees:
Judiciary, 21, 83, 174, 194, 413.
Special, 150, 319, 325, 339, 359, 385.
War Tax, 307.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 71, 82.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 245, 295, 367, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 437--439, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451, 453, 460, 461, 469, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 500, 501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 549--552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Delegate to Provisional Congress.
Transportation of remains, 104, 199.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 290.
Special, 565.
Thanks to officers and crew, 211, 219, 223, 255.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 45, 155, 457, 471.
Committees:
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22, 526.
Leave of absence, 203.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 86, 104, 125, 130.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 49, 50, 52, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 99, 100, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 159, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 237, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 323, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 372, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 443--447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 494, 495, 497, 499--501, 505, 515--518, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of operations about New Orleans, La., 319.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 481, 490.
Printing, 29.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 50, 75, 158, 280, 302, 367, 437, 457, 480, 489, 551.
Committees:
Inauguration, 13.
Military Affairs, 162, 191, 371, 404, 448, 488, 489, 557.
Patents, 22.
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22.
War Tax, 307.
Leave of absence, 148, 339.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 81, 410.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224, 225, 227--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 426,
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428, 430, 435--438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 532, 534, 536, 537, 543, 547, 550--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 447.
Committees:
Naval Affairs, 309.
Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Leave of absence, 453.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 179, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 301, 323, 326, 358, 361, 366, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 395--397, 408, 409, 412, 419, 425, 426, 431, 435, 436, 442, 447.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 211, 315, 379.
Committees:
Conference, 125, 127.
Judiciary, 21, 111, 119, 120.
Leave of absence, 177.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 78, 315, 336, 523.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 14, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224, 226--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 395--397, 399, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442--447, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494, 500, 501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 29, 51, 81, 91, 136, 170, 209, 273, 302, 349, 385, 436, 471, 520.
Committees:
Conference, 160, 169.
Inauguration, 13.
Special, 284.
Ways and Means, 21, 166.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 50, 122.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 224--230, 235, 237, 254, 257--259, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--438, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 490, 492, 494, 497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Provision for officers and soldiers, 381.
Improper food for, 313.
Number and value of, lost, 162.
Payment for:
Lost in military service, 30, 82, 145, 190, 191, 200, 315, 320, 328, 336, 362, 363.
Purchased by Col. A. W. McDonald, 203, 204, 285, 292, 294, 391, 449, 455, 481.
Accommodations for sick and wounded, 304, 312, 439, 444, 450, 478, 558.
Chaplains for naval, 204, 233, 263, 264, 287.
Establishment, 24.
Management of, 288, 289, 303, 317, 373, 384.
Clerical force, 29, 48, 76, 103, 212, 213, 244, 272, 313, 448.
Contested election, 10, 22, 23, 112--114, 133--136, 168, 169, 175, 177, 178, 330, 338, 391--395, 414, 419, 425, 426, 428.
Measures for comfort of members, 15, 93.
Officers, 7--10, 14, 21, 28, 311.
Organization, 5--9, 11.
Privilege of floor, 47, 84, 123.
Privileges of the Senate to members, 74, 210.
Publication of Journal, 556.
Regulations for payment of officers, 263, 274.
Rules, 7, 24, 32, 37--43, 51--54, 57, 58, 61, 67, 109, 120, 127--129, 145, 146, 154, 161, 163, 164, 166, 177, 182, 218, 226, 249, 250, 284, 297, 301, 307, 322, 323, 325, 339, 379, 386, 408, 434, 438, 454, 460.
Status of members holding commissions in the Army, 33, 82--84, 136--138, 140.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committee, special, 147, 325.
President pro tempore of the Senate, 7, 12, 17, 18.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Leesburg, Va., 142.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 179, 245, 295.
Duty free, except from the United States, 66, 166, 167, 170, 171, 256--258.
Increase of facilities, 194, 195, 286, 289, 293.
Prohibited from United States, 29, 45, 147.
Repeal or suspension of duty, 23.
Cotton and tobacco, 532.
Private property, 271, 315.
Slaves, 300, 316, 324, 336.
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Arkansas and Red River Superintendency, 47, 115, 116, 151, 167, 210.
Transmission of report, 94.
Census of Cherokees east of Mississippi River, 104.
Fidelity to treaties, 299.
Pay and mileage to delegates in Congress, 513, 514, 523, 527, 561.
Trade and intercourse, 47, 115, 151, 167, 210.
Pensions, 43, 79.
Incitement of servile, 469.
Manufacture of, 71, 162, 192.
Action of Congress on report of operations in Valley of Virginia, 13, 36.
Mentioned, 340.
Thanks of Congress, 183, 185, 187, 201, 307.
Action of Congress on reports, 319.
Condition of fortifications on, 19, 20, 131, 132.
Thanks to officers and crew, 211, 219, 223, 255.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Leesburg, Va., 30, 37.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 30, 282.
Committees:
Printing, 22.
Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Leave of absence, 110.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 33, 53.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 245, 295.
Resignation, 296, 340, 341.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 121, 123, 138, 146, 148, 152, 159, 167, 168, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 254, 257, 259, 264, 265, 275, 280, 282--286, 293.
Contestant for seat in House from Arkansas, 10, 22, 23, 112--114, 133--136, 168, 169, 175, 177, 178, 330, 338, 391--395, 414, 419, 425, 426, 428.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Rules, 16.
Special, 147.
Call for information regarding operations of, 76, 77, 164, 174, 186.
Conduct and death at Shiloh, Tenn., 188.
Mentioned, 29.
Resolutions on death of, 186.
Mentioned, 291.
Thanks of Congress, 305.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 27, 352, 498.
Committees:
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22.
Special, 166.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 63, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 128, 138, 146, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 216, 218, 224, 225, 229--231--, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257, 258, 264, 265, 275, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 371, 378, 379, 383, 387, 388, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--439, 442--447, 449, 474, 480, 490, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 10, 16, 92, 95, 111, 136, 179, 215, 232, 235, 274, 278, 311, 372, 386, 414, 429, 430, 434, 441, 512, 516, 527.
Committees:
Conference, 548, 552.
Rules, 8, 21.
Rules and Officers of the House, 22, 74, 84, 94, 95, 434.
Special, 296.
Ways and Means, 21, 170, 171, 304, 315, 481.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 402.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 379, 383, 386--389, 395-- 397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435, 437, 438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 482, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of evacuation of Pensacola, etc., 368.
Private Secretary to the President, 25, 86, 93, 96, 100, 103, 107.
Resignation, 110.
Creation of office of, 88, 191.
Abolishment of office of Assistant Attorney-General, 153, 192.
Salary of Assistant Attorney-General equalized, etc., 538, 548, 550, 551, 562.
Bill relative to, 307, 379.
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Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 136, 169, 373, 401, 420, 461.
Committee on Military Affairs, 21.
Leave of absence, 152.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 431, 435--439, 442--446, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 547, 549, 550, 552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Committees:
Accounts, 22.
Special, 110.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 349.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49-- 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99, 100, 102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 224--230, 235, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282 -- 286, 293, 321, 323, 326, 327, 354, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 516--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549-- 552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 13, 15, 24, 31, 43, 56, 63, 76, 117, 123, 125, 182, 205, 212, 272, 343, 351, 361, 415, 555.
Committees:
Special, 13, 15, 16, 187.
Ways and Means, 21, 45, 79, 103, 116, 117, 123, 132, 140, 143, 146, 147, 149, 150, 152, 160--162, 171, 175, 187, 212, 214, 216, 265, 275, 287, 329, 346, 347, 359, 367, 390, 402, 403, 446, 447, 468, 481, 498, 500, 502, 507, 514, 515, 521, 539, 540, 549, 555.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 33, 58, 350.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 237, 247, 248, 250, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--439, 442--447, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499, 500, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549, 550, 552, 558, 559, 56, 563, 566.
Thanks of Congress, 417.
Additional forces for Provisional Army, 318, 342, 364, 505, 507, 524, 542, 543, 551, 561.
Disasters to armies of Confederate States in, 11, 76, 77, 186.
Memorial of citizens, 81, 251.
Post routes, 415.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 10, 46, 124, 295.
Suspension of war tax, 205.
Thanks of Congress to Gen. T. J. Jackson and officers and men under his command, 183, 185, 187, 201.
Appointment of chief laboratorian, 79.
Secretary pro tempore of the Senate, 7.
Thanks of Congress, 309.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 332.
Committees:
Patents, 22.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
War Tax, 307.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 61, 313.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 138, 146, 152, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 177, 178, 186, 193, 203, 212, 215, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 328, 355, 358, 361, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 431, 435, 436, 439, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 480, 491, 492, 494, 496, 497, 499, 500, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 566.
Copies for members of House, 87, 93.
Publication and distribution, 29, 370.
Inspection report, 13, 36.
Action of Congress on report of operations on Tennessee River, etc., 368.
Dispatches from, relative to battle of Second Manassas, 339, 340.
Mentioned, 367, 371.
Status and duties, 181.
Thanks of Congress, 306, 371.
Action of Congress on reports, 30, 37, 142, 160.
Governor of Virginia, 14, 183, 296, 340, 341.
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Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 232, 303, 342.
Committees:
Rules, 8.
Rules and Officers of the House, 22.
Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Leave of absence, 354.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented, by, 310.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49 -- 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 172, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 216, 218, 221, 225--230, 235, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 276, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323.
Sale of, 151.
Suppression of manufacture, 81.
Borrowed from States, 511, 521, 532.
Provision for payment, 512.
See also Bonds, etc.; Debts, etc.; and Treasury Notes.
Volunteer companies, 440, 538, 548, 549, 560.
Commissioners to, 44, 64.
Claims against Confederate States, 353.
Electoral votes, 12.
Legislative proceedings, 44, 195.
Post routes, 33, 44, 141, 195, 249.
Refund to, of excess of war tax, 483, 492, 504--506, 526.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 295.
Construction, 260, 261, 279, 281, 290.
Privileges and franchises, 479.
Infantry--Battalions: Wheat's, 516, 542.
Action of Congress on report of operations about New Orleans, La., 319.
Mentioned, 239, 240, 242, 243.
Thanks of Congress, 373, 456.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 82, 402.
Committees:
Inauguration, 13.
War Tax, 307.
Ways and Means, 21.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 43, 103, 151, 342, 360.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 179, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395 -- 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--439, 442--446, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 522, 525, 526, 558, 559.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 13, 19, 30, 34, 48, 67--69, 78, 90, 91, 102, 145, 165, 172, 177, 190, 215, 225, 271, 277, 306, 307, 313, 316, 329, 336, 371, 386, 391, 402, 424, 444, 452, 468, 469, 473, 505, 509, 528, 556.
Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Inauguration, 13, 17.
Public Buildings, 22.
Special, 15, 328, 555, 565.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 155, 165, 300, 329, 336, 338, 341, 359, 479, 516.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--51, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 138, 146, 152, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 203, 215, 218, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 366, 371, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442, 443, 445, 446, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 480, 500, 505, 509, 515--518, 522, 532, 534, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Resolutions on death of, 213, 279, 283, 285.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 51, 67.
Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Inauguration, 13.
Leave of absence, 76, 402.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 24, 30, 154, 269, 384.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224, 226--230, 235, 237, 254, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 306, 321, 323, 326, 328, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 431, 435--
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438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 490--492, 494--497, 499, 500, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 559, 562, 563.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 95, 96, 129, 204, 209, 303, 311, 351, 408.
Committee on Ways and Means, 21.
Leave of absence, 459.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 163, 201.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 153, 159, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--439, 442--447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480.
Resolutions on death of, 213, 279, 283, 285.
Committees:
Claims, 22.
Foreign Affairs, 21, 407.
Special, 166.
Leave of absence, 102, 431.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 320, 384.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--51, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 128, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 177, 178, 180, 187, 191, 193, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 254, 257, 258, 260, 264, 275, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 354, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 565.
Committees:
Accounts, 22, 290, 540, 541.
Foreign Affairs, 21, 467.
Inauguration, 13.
Special, 555.
Leave of absence, 88.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 204.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62-- 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 218, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 321, 323, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 383, 386--389, 395--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442, 443, 445, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 44, 255.
Committees:
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
Ways and Means, 21.
Leave of absence, 308.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 343.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 91, 99--102, 105, 126, 128, 138, 146, 151, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 180, 191, 193, 215, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 254, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 383, 387--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435, 436, 443, 445--447, 449, 451, 452, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 500, 501, 505, 515--518, 522, 525, 526, 528, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 550--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Delegate in First Confederate Congress, 80.
Mentioned, 131, 291, 354.
Thanks of Congress, 386, 404.
Daily, 43, 198.
Employment of carriers and clerks under age of 16 years, 331.
Exemption of contractors, etc., from military service, 431, 433, 450, 471.
Payment:
Dues remaining from United States service, 331, 437, 453, 458.
Increase to route agents, 349, 526, 556.
Routes, 23, 24, 33, 44, 57, 58, 60, 75, 78, 81, 82, 115, 119, 122, 130, 141, 142, 153, 163, 181, 187, 195, 198, 199, 204, 215, 248, 249, 256, 279, 281, 290, 317, 331, 336, 362, 402, 415, 418, 454, 458, 491, 504, 541, 561--563.
Sunday, 15, 43, 61, 122, 154, 182, 195--198, 201, 302, 311, 324, 343, 381, 418, 556.
Support from revenues, 26, 299, 482.
Transportation:
Across the Mississippi River, 381, 410, 436, 454, 486, 487, 493, 497, 498.
Outside of the mails, 274, 275, 279, 291, 487.
Continuance in office, 28, 30, 31, 34, 62.
Regulation of appointments, 214, 215.
Secretary of the Navy, 48, 56, 61, 80, 126, 143, 146, 174, 211, 213, 216, 261, 299, 305, 308, 321, 322, 338, 353, 354, 365, 389, 420, 439, 446, 453.
Message of the President, 339, 340.
Preparation of geographical and topographical, 123.
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Appropriations. See Appropriations.
Bounty, 184.
Enlistments:
Encouragement, 111, 132, 184, 199, 217, 478.
Persons subject to military service, 458, 463, 478, 481, 482.
Reorganization, 368, 370, 416, 427.
Temporary rank of officers serving with volunteer troops, 78, 184.
Exemption from military service of certain, 90, 92, 431, 433, 450.
Issue of letters of, 124, 248, 284, 286, 293, 467, 468, 494, 531, 552.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 24, 161, 343, 474.
Committees:
Conference, 290.
Inauguration, 13.
Patents, 22.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 44, 381.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 179, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--226, 228--230, 237, 254, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283, 285, 286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442--445, 447, 449, 452, 453, 460, 461, 469, 474--476, 480, 491, 492, 496, 497, 499--501, 505.
Report of attack on General Cox, 368.
Abolishment, 554, 559, 560.
Declaration, 162, 190, 191, 331, 356.
Limitation, 508, 509.
Power to declare, 130, 313, 318, 319, 373--377, 412, 413, 454, 509--511.
See also Habeas Corpus.
Additional forces for Provisional Army, 342.
Organization, 262, 273, 276, 278, 284.
Maryland Line, 262, 273, 276, 278, 284.
Design for flag, 103.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Engrossment and Enrollment, 99.
Special, 325.
Provision for, 203, 309, 364, 378, 403, 553, 554, 560, 561, 564.
Efficiency, 145, 156, 384, 444, 454, 493.
Increase of, 332, 362.
Investigation of, 164.
Officers to command enlisted men, 190, 276, 277, 558.
Rank of Surgeon-General in Provisional Army, 430, 431, 487, 557.
Reorganization, 444, 454, 486, 487, 557--559.
Enrolled men, 441, 442.
Furloughs, 347.
Secretary of the Treasury, 53, 102, 103, 119, 129, 149, 160, 167, 183, 269, 287, 298, 301, 319, 324, 352, 366, 381, 390, 402, 413, 414, 420, 439, 483, 496, 512, 527, 564.
Aid to, 93.
Construction, 93.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 91, 172, 173, 227, 304, 365, 420, 472.
Committees:
Medical Department, 359, 373.
Printing, 22, 271.
Special, 166.
Territories and Public Lands, 22.
Leave of absence, 373.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 182.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62-- 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 128, 147, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 237, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282, 283, 286, 293, 301, 306, 323, 326, 354, 358, 361, 366, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386, 389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 436, 438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451, 460, 461, 469, 477, 491, 494--497, 500, 501, 505, 509, 515--518, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 20, 30, 32, 49, 51, 67, 90, 92, 138, 139, 144, 145, 149, 157, 163, 168, 177, 182, 204, 212, 213, 228, 236, 247, 253, 283, 291, 296, 304, 309, 320, 326, 328, 339, 350, 372, 384, 432, 438, 460, 462, 463, 472, 473, 507, 519, 520, 534.
Committees:
Conference, 437, 442, 562.
Military Affairs, 21, 29, 31, 33, 34, 49, 55, 63, 75, 79, 89, 117, 118, 125, 152, 155--158, 188--190, 213, 214, 216, 231, 232, 234, 255, 261, 267, 268, 276, 277, 280, 292, 294, 324, 328, 336, 337, 362--364, 377, 382, 403, 425, 426, 428, 429, 432, 435--438, 447, 448, 470, 477, 483, 484, 486, 500, 520--523, 532, 535, 536, 539--541, 547, 548, 556, 564.
Special, 10, 12, 13.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 67, 71, 139, 163, 304, 415.
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Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 187, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494, 495, 497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Age subject to, 219, 220, 224, 225, 266, 299, 307, 311, 312, 343--345, 355, 388, 398, 399, 435, 436, 442--444, 488, 489.
Aid to families of soldiers, 307, 316.
Enlistment of persons not liable to, 343--345.
Enrollment of conscripts not physically qualified for, 360, 496, 556.
Exemptions, 30, 61, 77, 79, 87, 89--93, 95, 96, 111, 112, 119, 155, 192, 220, 224, 244, 272, 277, 279, 280, 284--286, 290, 292--294, 302, 304, 307, 310, 311, 315, 316, 320, 322, 330--333, 335, 336, 341--343, 349, 361, 371, 373, 379, 407, 415, 419, 420, 430--434, 436, 437, 444--446, 450--453, 456--462, 471--477, 481, 484, 487, 489, 490, 557, 561.
Rendezvous for examination of enrolled men, 441, 442, 505--507, 521, 522, 527, 561.
Substitutes, 220, 302, 312, 326, 331, 338, 341, 349, 355, 356, 364, 380, 395, 419, 425, 427, 460, 477.
Organization, etc., for Confederate States service, 53, 108, 111, 130, 137, 138, 204, 220, 221, 226, 232.
Payment of Virginia officers, 116, 130, 157, 176, 189, 190, 248, 262, 286.
Status of State officers, 137, 138.
Development, 162, 192, 246, 299.
Dahlonega, Ga., 310.
Resolution of North Carolina Convention, 24, 79.
Claims against Confederate States, 353.
Electoral votes, 12.
Legislative proceedings, 33.
Memorials of citizens, 122, 129, 182, 381.
Post routes, 122, 249, 541.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 10, 295.
Security from invasion, 424, 494.
Thanks of Congress to citizens of Vicksburg, 310.
Defense, 66, 80, 190.
Free navigation, 314, 334, 335, 404--407.
Mail service across, 381, 410, 436, 454, 486, 487, 493, 497, 498.
Additional forces for Provisional Army, 312, 342, 364, 505, 507, 524, 542, 543, 551, 561.
Advance of money to, 183, 187, 199, 200, 205.
Claims against Confederate States, 332, 378, 409, 419, 429, 554.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 295.
Suspension of war tax, 205.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment, 99.
Defenses, 80, 96, 105, 110, 124, 128, 129, 142.
Thanks of Congress, 320.
Thanks of Congress to officers and men, 417.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 32, 57, 87, 311, 317, 332, 415.
Committee on the Judiciary, 21, 79, 83, 192, 428.
Leave of absence, 107, 459.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 151, 317, 342, 459.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 224--230, 235, 248, 250, 254, 257, 258, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442--447, 449, 451, 453, 461, 469.
Thanks of Congress, 303.
Captured from the enemy, 272, 273, 280.
Increase of, 56.
Inventions, 75, 97, 125, 130, 142, 156, 161, 350, 390, 410, 567.
Manufacture of, 25, 32, 44, 47, 70, 88, 96, 97, 118, 123, 129, 145, 150, 162, 184, 191, 192, 219, 232, 233, 245, 246, 251, 265, 279, 280, 290, 299, 312.
Pikes, 26, 138, 139, 157.
Purchase, 24, 25, 46, 89, 105, 292, 352, 366, 553.
Quantity on hand, 44, 53, 162, 216, 312.
Transportation for, 152, 188, 215, 251--254, 269.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 142.
Committee on Claims, 22.
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Leave of absence, 125, 193, 453.
Petitions, papers, etc.,presented by, 67, 103, 302, 311, 317, 343.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 18, 180, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 81, 91, 99--102, 111, 138, 146, 152, 153, 163, 167, 301, 306, 321, 327, 358, 361, 366, 372, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451.
Payment of negro, 94, 132, 190, 215.
Quartermaster-General, 163, 190, 357, 368, 369, 463.
Secretary of the Senate, 7, 11, 13, 16, 20, 28, 31, 34, 46, 52, 58, 66, 68, 73, 74, 86, 88, 89, 94, 105, 106, 111, 115, 121, 124, 127, 128, 137, 139, 147, 151, 152, 155, 159, 162, 164, 165, 168, 171, 172, 175, 177, 184, 185, 191, 199, 210, 212--214, 217, 219, 224, 231, 232, 248, 255, 261, 263, 264, 267, 270, 272, 273, 279, 283, 286, 287, 290--296, 325, 329, 338, 347, 349, 351, 356, 361, 366, 368, 378, 381, 389, 409, 412, 414, 415, 426, 431, 437, 439, 442, 446, 449, 455, 458, 459, 470, 478, 481, 485--487, 491--493, 496, 498, 505, 506, 508, 511, 515, 518, 523, 526, 531, 538, 542, 547, 549, 551, 552, 554, 556, 560--567.
Collector of the port, 163, 338, 455, 492, 498, 518.
Repeal of United States laws and enactment of general law under Constitution of Confederate States, 109.
Rights of, in certain cases, 385.
Establishment, 184.
Regulation of, 384.
River, 416, 450, 469.
Appropriations. See Appropriations.
Clerical force, 305.
Investigation of, 322, 325, 328.
Appointment of chief constructor, 449, 454.
Appropriations. See Appropriations.
Chaplains, 204, 233, 263, 264, 287.
Enlistment of persons subject to military service, 478, 481, 482.
Officers:
Promotions, 350, 390, 416, 417.
Storekeepers, 506, 559, 561.
Organization of, 24, 26, 56, 67, 89, 168, 184, 202, 216, 247, 279, 283, 285, 447.
Pay of, 320, 415, 416, 426, 439, 478.
Publication of register of, 341, 365.
Reserve list, 182.
Volunteer, 76, 248.
See also Gunboats; and Vessels of War.
Employment in the Army, 142, 158, 277, 316, 448.
Reward to, for slaying Union soldiers and sailors, 469.
See also Slaves.
Superintendent of Public Printing, 158, 159.
Establishment of naval depot at or near, 44.
Correspondence, etc., relative to, 315, 319, 338.
Connection with Texas and New Orleans Railroad, 45.
Exemption of editors and employees from military service, 431, 433, 450, 458.
Establishment, 125, 210, 214, 219.
Correspondence, etc., relative to, 315, 338.
Collector of port, 313, 324, 347.
Claims against Confederacy, 109, 200.
Convention proceedings, 30, 79, 117.
Disasters to armies of Confederate States in, 11, 25, 28, 88, 167, 238--243.
Electoral votes, 12.
Memorials and petitions of citizens, 61, 130, 198, 313, 320, 384.
Post routes, 24, 130, 198, 249, 541.
Refund to, of excess of war tax, 324, 325, 498, 504, 506, 526.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 10, 14, 295.
Security from invasion, 450.
Infantry--Regiments: 2d, 240; 8th, 239, 240; 17th, 239; 31st, 239, 240.
Resolutions of congratulation, 367, 371--373.
Thanks of Congress to officers and men, 371, 372.
Commissary-General, 410, 434, 521.
Free navigation of Mississippi and Ohio rivers by, 314, 334, 335.
Proposed commercial treaty with, 320, 321, 334, 335, 404--407.
Administration of, in certain cases, 401, 407, 408, 442, 462, 485.
Allegiance to the United States, 332, 348.
Acceptance of resignations by generals, 302, 324.
Appointment:
Adjutants, of rank of subaltern, 333, 384, 404, 442, 462, 485.
Artillery, for ordnance duty, 309, 324, 351, 370, 377, 389.
Artillery, in Provisional Army, 182, 214, 279, 283, 285.
Naval storekeepers, 506, 559, 561.
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Chaplains, 71, 77, 119, 190, 231, 267, 273, 276, 294.
Commanding general, 24, 33, 34, 45, 46, 48, 49, 57, 66, 74, 107, 108, 126.
Corps for the working of niter caves, 125, 210, 214, 219.
Election of, by certain battalions and regiments, 360.
Increase of general, 532, 535, 536.
Pay of, 24, 30, 61, 79, 92, 204, 255, 368, 370, 415, 416, 426, 439, 470.
Promotions of naval, 350, 390, 416, 417:
Punishment for absence without leave, 302.
Rank of surgeons in Navy, 385.
Rations, 382.
Regulating appointment of, 22, 78, 182.
Relief for certain naval, 518, 527.
Relief for disbursing, and agents, 27, 338, 341, 364, 456, 463.
Relief of incompetent or disabled, 67, 142, 299, 384, 447, 448, 512, 513, 518--521, 525, 526, 538--540, 549, 560.
Retirement. See Relief of, etc. (ante).
Status of Army, who are members of Congress, 33.
Tactical examination, 381.
Vacancies in field, how filled, 332, 333, 512, 513.
Free navigation, 314, 334, 335, 404--407.
Appointment of artillery officers for ordnance duty, 309, 324, 351, 370, 377, 389.
Rank of Chief of Ordnance in Provisional Army, 430, 431.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 155, 481, 490, 519, 552, 565.
Flag and Seal, 29.
Rules, 16.
Special, 11, 184.
Organization of, 193, 261, 262, 277, 279, 281, 285, 309, 350, 403.
Regulations, 45, 47, 64, 233, 234, 267, 268.
Establishment, 425, 427, 428, 439.
Issuance of, 425, 427, 428, 439, 487.
Thanks of Congress to officers and crew, 211, 219, 223, 255.
Relief for disbursing officers, 27, 338, 341, 364, 456, 463.
Returns of disbursing officers, 147, 190, 265--267, 273, 274, 470, 555.
Separation from Quartermaster Department, 320, 362.
Action of Congress on report of engagements on James Island, S. C., 368.
Supplies furnished to, 354, 410.
Thanks of Congress, 386, 404.
Action of Congress on report, 368.
Continuance of United States, 93, 141, 149, 205, 555.
Naval, 104.
Provision for payment, 43, 48, 61, 78, 79, 122, 141, 200, 204, 205, 269, 331.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 14, 23, 29, 33, 43, 47, 108, 109, 116, 142, 147, 153, 169, 174, 195, 227, 247, 254, 259, 260, 263, 269, 281, 292, 311, 312, 315, 318, 332, 341, 350, 381, 451, 457, 459, 460, 470, 472, 498.
Committees:
Conference, 481, 490.
Foreign Affairs, 21, 421, 493.
Rules, 8.
Rules and Officers of the House, 22, 95, 120.
Special, 296.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70--77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 187, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 321, 323, 326, 328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 367, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426--498, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 474--477, 480, 491, 492, 495--497, 499, 501, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 549.
Engrossment and Enrollment, 99.
Printing, 29.
Special, 325.
Exemptions from military service of certain, 310, 315, 341, 431, 433, 450, 461, 462, 472.
Proposed arming of troops with, 26, 138, 139, 157.
Exemption from military service of licensed, 90, 92, 431, 433, 450.
Organization, 71.
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Abolishment. 87, 116, 194, 195.
Augusta. Ga., 51, 52, 195, 255, 263, 271.
Columbia. S. C., 415.
Prepayment, 88, 132, 198.
Rates, 87, 263, 278--280, 294, 315, 418.
Exemption from military service, 61, 77, 90--92, 431, 432, 450--452.
Pay of deputies, 139, 178--181, 267, 271, 283, 285.
Advertisements, 141, 198.
Exemption of postmasters, etc., from military service. 77, 90--92, 431--433, 450--452, 471, 490.
Service self-sustaining, 26, 299, 482.
Establishment, 50, 67, 336.
Richmond, Va., 320, 322.
Counting of electoral votes, 10--13.
Election and acceptance, 12, 13, 16.
Inauguration, 13, 17--19, 48, 58.
Provision for filling vacancy in office, 70, 168, 201, 202, 234, 235, 266.
Salary, 146, 147, 168, 173, 175.
See also Davis, Jefferson.
Committees:
Foreign Affairs, 21.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359.
Leave of absence, 164.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 78, 130.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 188, 146, 152, 153, 212, 215, 216, 218, 224, 225, 229--231, 235, 248, 254, 257--259, 264, 284, 285, 293, 321, 323, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435--438, 442--444, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 474, 476, 480.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 565.
Flag and Seal, 29.
Thanks of Congress, 213, 279, 283, 285.
Measures for release of, 385, 418, 419, 440, 441, 453.
Aid for, 75, 88, 136, 139, 140, 148, 155.
Exchange of, 94, 299, 300, 328, 345, 381.
Measures for release of armed citizens not regularly enlisted in the Confederate States Army, 440.
Payments to wives, 98.
Pay while held in custody, 470.
Retaliation. 296--298, 328--330, 348, 385, 413, 449, 469, 470, 523, 526, 529, 543--547, 549, 551, 554, 565.
Treatment of, 296, 297, 348.
Amendment of laws. etc., 303, 417, 418, 467, 468, 494.
Number of vessels commissioned, 144.
Depredations and seizures, 68, 78, 103, 119, 164, 198, 199, 204, 269, 270, 285, 329, 338, 348, 420.
Destruction for public safety, 24, 27, 51, 55, 58--60, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 94, 109, 115, 123, 141, 142, 303, 329, 342, 343, 455.
Impressments, 271, 315.
Indemnity for losses, 300, 555.
Perpetuation of testimony, 69, 142, 455.
Sale for taxes, 182, 183, 428, 449, 455, 481.
Sale and distribution, 124, 168, 202, 215, 223, 248, 284, 286, 293, 303, 468, 494, 531, 552.
Value of captured, 144.
Emancipation, 469.
Exchange of bonds for products subscribed, 147, 148, 185, 201, 214, 264, 265, 287, 291, 293, 294.
Relief of subscribers of cotton to, 332.
Sale or hypothecation of articles, 185, 201, 214, 264, 265, 287, 291, 293, 294.
Additional forces to serve during war, 312, 318, 337, 342--345, 348, 349, 351, 354--356, 359, 361, 364--366, 368, 379, 330, 382, 383, 387--389, 395--401, 426, 428, 435--439, 442--444, 505, 507, 524, 542, 543, 551, 561.
Artillery Officers, 182, 214, 279, 283, 285.
Establishment and organization, 486, 493, 499, 500.
Increase of:
Engineer Corps, 182, 214, 279, 283, 285.
General officers, 532, 535, 536, 564--566.
Medical Department, 486, 487, 493, 557--559.
Pay of officers, 204.
Rank:
Certain officers, 430, 431, 487.
Engineers, 309, 377, 412, 419, 429.
Temporary forces in States occupied by the enemy, 414, 429, 564, 566.
See also Army of the Confederate States: Confederate Troops; and Public Defense.
Cultivation in lieu of cotton and tobacco, 76, 94, 98, 99, 106, 125.
Payment for, to certain citizens, 81.
Abuse of power by, 360.
Military standing, 508, 509.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 20, 28, 30, 61, 71.
Committee on Military Affairs, 21, 30, 62, 194.
Leave of absence, 88.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 48.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 137, 180.
Resignation, 183.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 69, 70.
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Provision for, 47, 48, 50, 74, 103, 100, 109, 123, 139, 146, 149, 156, 158, 168, 173--175, 182, 214, 215, 217, 219--229, 232, 237, 247, 258, 259, 261, 270, 281--283, 287, 289, 291--294, 296, 301, 309, 322, 325, 329, 330, 344, 345, 349, 351, 355, 360, 365, 370, 377, 388, 395, 420, 431, 436, 448, 450, 456, 458, 459, 463, 470, 483. 484, 488, 489, 496, 498, 506, 526.
Preservation of, 35, 72, 73, 142, 234, 238, 267, 276, 291.
Appointment or election 12, 13, 53, 78, 104.
Exemption from military service, 90, 92, 431, 433, 450.
Losses in battle, 30, 162, 190.
Unnecessary waste or destruction, 103, 110, 150, 190, 271.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 46, 69, 86, 87, 255, 268, 302, 324, 441, 474.
Committees:
Conference, 481, 489, 490, 563.
Military Affairs, 21, 79, 118, 123, 125, 191, 262, 324, 343, 491.
Public Buildings, 22.
Special 15.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 160, 256.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 180, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 187, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 419, 423, 426. 428, 430, 435--438, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562 563, 566.
Clerical force, 232, 261, 263, 286.
Increase. 255, 256.
Investigation of, 321, 385.
Management of, in Tennessee. 76, 129, 130, 145.
Rank in Provisional Army, 430, 431, 486.
Remission of duties, 165, 171, 175, 178, 191.
Appointment of military transportation officers, 251--254.
Connection:
New Orleans and Opelousas and Texas and New Orleans, 45.
Richmond and Danville and North Carolina, 181, 222, 333, 356.
Construction:
Alabama and Georgia, 302, 362, 434, 455, 456, 471, 480--482, 485.
Alabama and Mississippi Rivers, 171, 175, 178, 191.
Louisiana and Texas, 260, 261, 279, 281, 290.
Memphis and Little Rook. 93.
Vicksburg and Shreveport, 318, 363.
Exemption of employees from military service, 90, 95, 431, 433, 450, 457.
Extension of Western North Carolina, 109, 156, 200.
Government aid in Memphis and Little Rock, 93.
Increased efficiency, 82.
Inventions, 97, 103, 271.
Possession and control by Confederate States, 122.
Relief for Eastern Texas Company, 437, 440.
Transportation of troops and munitions of war, 152, 188, 215, 251--254, 269, 298, 384, 455, 456, 471, 480--482, 485.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 46, 61, 115, 141, 172, 336, 477.
Committees:
Indian Affairs, 22.
Medical Department, 359.
Special, 166, 288, 289.
Leave of absence, 150, 359.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 155, 181.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 180, 245, 295, 547.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--230, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 326, 327, 355, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--439, 442--444, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 587, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 559, 566
Secretary of War, 139, 155, 160, 164, 166, 167, 170, 174, 222, 258, 263, 298, 299, 345, 356, 357, 368, 369, 380, 402, 410, 413, 415, 420, 427, 434, 439, 446, 453 454, 463, 477, 482, 483, 488, 496, 512, 513, 521, 542, 547.
Commutation for, 154.
Supplies, 382,
Thanks of Congress, 417.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 87, 93, 128, 303, 341, 342, 447.
Committee on Patents, 22.
Leave of absence, 453.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368.
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Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 70, 81, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178. 187, 193, 218, 221, 230, 231, 235, 237, 247, 260, 275, 276, 279, 280, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 439, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 453.
Postmaster-General. 53, 68, 140, 223, 299, 410, 424, 482, 499, 556.
Additional commissioners 43, 65, 66, 74, 86, 96, 104, 105, 107, 224.
Diplomatic, consular, or commercial agents, 47, 48, 317, 333, 334, 421--424, 464--468, 478, 479, 493.
France, 466.
Great Britain, 71, 466.
Negotiations, 65, 66, 466.
Exemption from military service, 320, 336, 379, 431, 450, 460, 490.
Payment of exemption tax, 460, 490.
Disabled, etc., 67, 142, 384, 447, 448, 512, 513, 518--521, 525, 526, 538--540, 549, 560.
Disbursing officers, etc, 147, 190, 265--267, 273, 274, 470, 555.
Provision for raising, 82, 367, 426, 480, 481, 485, 486, 493, 496--499, 514, 516, 526.
Condition of defenses, 19, 20, 131, 132, 494.
Mail facilities at, 320, 322.
Removal of seat of government from, when public interests require, 35, 36.
Salary of certain civil officers at, 381.
Shelter and subsistence for troops passing through, 313, 363.
Connection of, 181, 222, 333, 356.
Action of Congress on reports, 270.
Coast and rivers, 132, 150, 361, 450.
Cumberland and Tennessee rivers, 342, 365, 415, 416, 424, 494, 521, 532, 567.
James River, 19, 20, 131, 132.
Mississippi River, 66, 80, 190.
Mobile Bay and Alabama River, 80, 96, 105, 110, 124, 128, 129, 142.
Western and southern rivers, 446, 468, 493, 495, 511.
Design for flag, 381.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 23, 35, 57, 61, 66, 70, 75, 78, 81, 87, 108, 122, 145, 146, 158, 316, 331, 360, 388, 436, 520.
Committees:
Medical Department, 359, 373.
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22, 195, 215, 454, 487.
Leave of absence, 309, 342, 373.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 57, 60, 87, 93, 97, 141, 153, 163, 331.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 5, 180, 245, 295, 368, 547, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121. 126, 128, 138, 147, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 203, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 321, 323, 326, 328, 358, 361, 366, 367, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 395--397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 442, 443, 445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 368.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 12, 24, 27, 35, 53, 60, 61, 69, 94, 130, 137, 139, 155, 170, 204, 220, 224, 226, 227, 300, 307, 324, 328, 329, 391, 456, 461, 462, 489, 514, 528, 535, 547, 549, 554.
Committees:
Judiciary, 21, 82, 84, 192, 337, 348, 373, 377, 384, 391, 413.
Naval Affairs, 233.
Special, 187, 319.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 548, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 52, 59, 60, 62, 63, 69, 70, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 177, 178, 180, 187, 191, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 254, 257--259, 264, 265, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 411, 412, 430, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442--447, 449, 451, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 523, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Action of Congress on report, 308.
Action of Congress on reports, 319.
Public use, 317, 318.
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Action of Congress on report of operations at Rich Mountain, W. Va., 270.
Designs for, 234, 415.
Establishment of, 431, 440, 538, 562, 563, 565, 566.
Punishment for counterfeiting, 81.
See also Committee on Flag and Seal (Joint); and Flag and Seal, etc.
Removal from Richmond when public interests require, 35, 36.
Staff and clerical force for general assigned to duty at, 106, 132, 137.
Action of Congress on report, 368.
Thanks of Congress to Colonel Lamar and officers and men, 309.
Proposed abolishment of the office of, 303.
Abolishment of office proposed, 46.
Completion, 181, 222.
Thanks of Congress, 331, 347, 359, 382.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 290, 563, 565.
Flag and Seal, 29, 272.
Special, 296, 325.
Organization, 11.
Amendment of acts, 120, 139, 192, 332, 337, 362, 364, 390, 414.
Exemption of commissioners from military service, 92.
Indemnity under act of, 82, 84, 125, 139.
Suspension of law, in certain cases, 342.
See also Alien Enemies.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 30, 44, 88, 91, 92, 123, 290, 305, 337, 350, 407, 473, 519.
Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Quartermaster's and Commissary Departments and Military Transportation, 359, 480.
Special, 166.
War Tax, 307.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 58.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 368, 548, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 171, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 367, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442--444, 447, 449, 451, 452, 469, 475--477, 480, 492, 494, 496, 497, 499, 509, 515--518, 520, 523, 525, 526, 532, 534, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 566.
Organization authorized, 232, 277--279, 284, 291--294.
Speaker of Virginia House of Delegates, 169.
Action of Congress, 186, 191, 193, 215.
Message of the President, 187, 188, 368.
Manufacture for the Army, 80, 118, 483, 488, 492, 504, 506, 507, 518, 527.
Thanks of Congress, 204, 219, 223, 255.
Asylums for, 380, 381.
Care in hospitals, 304, 312, 349, 439, 444, 450, 478, 558.
Discharges, 290, 343.
Examination, 330.
Furloughs, 43, 118, 142, 315, 363, 409, 411, 435.
Proposed contribution by members of House for relief of, 319.
Organization, 182, 214, 279, 290, 350, 377, 449, 453, 458.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 97, 98, 142, 218, 284, 312, 326.
Committees:
Inauguration, 13.
Indian Affairs, 22.
Pay and Mileage, 22.
Special, 284, 285.
Leave of absence, 345.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 29.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 47, 49, 50, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 146, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 172, 177, 178, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 282--285, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327.
Compensation for:
Lost in service, 155, 158, 199, 316, 370, 459.
Taken by the enemy, 410, 484.
Cooks for the Army, 54, 79, 250, 262, 263, 279, 283, 285, 316.
Disposition of captured, 391, 427.
Emancipation proclamation, 469.
Gradual emancipation in border States, 163.
Importation from certain border States prohibited, 163.
Impressment, 300, 316, 324, 336.
Protection of rights of owners, 556, 557, 560.
Punishment of, taken in arms against Confederate States, 296, 348.
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Recovery of fugitive, 440, 537, 538.
Reward to, for slaying Union soldiers and sailors, 469.
See also Negroes.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 9, 10, 13, 28, 54, 61, 65, 90, 91, 93, 94, 186, 193, 233, 256.
Committees:
Claims, 22.
Naval Affairs, 21.
Special, 10, 16.
Leave of absence, 110.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 71, 78, 82.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 137, 180, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 191, 193, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--228, 230, 231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 280, 283.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 28, 101, 107, 150, 154, 158, 204, 280, 282, 312, 332, 342, 355, 407, 445, 450, 457, 460, 471, 477, 501, 504, 507, 518, 521, 536.
Committees:
Conference, 290, 292.
Elections, 21, 112, 133, 136, 168, 175, 340, 391, 428.
Medical Department, 359.
Rules and Officers of the House, 22, 166.
Special, 307.
Leave of absence, 221.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 10, 180, 245, 295, 548, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 21, 47, 50--52, 54, 59, 60, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 367, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 436, 438, 443--445, 447, 449, 451, 453, 460, 461, 475, 477, 491, 492, 494, 496, 497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 523, 526, 532, 534, 536, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 562, 563, 566.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 75, 80, 141.
Committees:
Flag and Seal, 22.
Foreign Affairs, 21, 407, 424, 464, 467.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 16, 180, 245, 295, 368, 548.
Yea and nay votes, 36, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 138, 146, 151, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 193, 212, 216, 218, 221, 225, 229--231, 235, 237, 250, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 355, 358, 361, 371, 373, 378, 379, 386--388, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435--438, 442 --445, 447, 449, 451--453, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 500, 501, 509, 516--518, 522, 523, 525, 526, 534, 536, 539, 543, 547, 549, 552, 559.
Diplomatic relations with, 468, 478, 479, 493.
Claims against Confederate States, 353.
Electoral votes, 12.
Memorials and petitions of citizens, 82, 204, 304, 333, 350, 362, 415, 458.
Post routes, 204, 249, 362, 458, 541.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 6, 60, 295.
Exemption of employees from military service, 87, 90, 96.
Frauds, 223.
See also Express Companies.
Action of Congress on report, 368.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 437, 481, 490.
Special, 11, 565.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 77, 164, 183.
Committees:
Elections, 21, 112, 114.
Patents, 22.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 45.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 52, 54, 59, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 111, 115, 128, 138, 146, 152, 163, 167, 172, 177, 178, 191, 193, 212, 216, 218, 224, 229--231, 248, 254, 257--260, 264, 275, 284--286.
Abolishment of office of Assistant Secretary, 30, 153, 192.
Clerical force, 300.
Claims against Confederate States, 109, 200, 332, 353, 378, 409, 419, 429.
Exemption of officers from military service, 431, 432, 450.
Free navigation of Mississippi and Ohio rivers by Northwestern, 314, 334, 335, 404--407.
Gradual emancipation of slaves in border, 163.
Payment of war tax into the Treasury, 161, 162, 167, 175.
Proposed commercial treaty with Northwestern, 320, 321.
Proposed league, offensive and defensive, with certain, and territories on Pacific Coast, 469, 470.
Tender of troops by brigades, 67, 119.
House, 11, 30, 33, 45, 76, 153, 199, 302, 541.
Provisional Congress, 160, 271, 286, 289, 293.
Exemption of officers, etc., from military service, 431, 433, 450.
Vice President of the Confederate States:
Election and acceptance, 12, 13, 16.
Inauguration, 13, 17--19, 48, 58.
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Naval, 506, 559, 561.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 310, 347, 448.
Committees:
Accounts, 22.
Patents, 22.
Leave of absence, 480.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 75, 458.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 63, 64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 152, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 186, 191, 193, 202, 212, 216, 218, 225--231, 235, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 387--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 412, 419, 425, 428, 430, 431, 435--438, 443, 445, 447, 452.
For the Army, 363.
Quantity on hand, 162.
Thanks of Congress to officers and crew, 331, 347, 359, 382.
Organization, 26, 204, 391.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 23, 31, 44, 61, 71, 88, 109, 119, 123, 137, 217, 225, 227, 235, 236, 304, 322, 333, 342, 451.
Committees:
Inauguration, 13.
Military Affairs, 21, 64, 79, 119, 491, 495, 524, 525.
Leave of absence, 164.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 82, 104, 208, 333, 386.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 368, 548.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 91, 99--102, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 148, 153, 215, 218, 225--231, 235, 237, 247, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 284--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 395--397, 400, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 437--439, 442, 443, 445, 446, 449, 451, 453, 461, 469, 475--477, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 537, 539, 543, 549--552.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Carrick's Ford, W. Va., 24, 89.
Mentioned, 339.
Assessors, 90, 92.
Collection, 148, 248, 262, 287.
Collectors:
Exemption from military service of certain, 90, 92.
Extension of term of office, 540, 561, 564.
Payment of, in certain cases, 33, 116, 117, 147, 165, 203, 212, 219, 296, 304, 310, 311, 317, 511, 512, 542, 551, 561.
Cotton, 44, 79.
Excess refunded:
Louisiana, 483, 492, 504--506, 526.
North Carolina, 324, 325, 498, 504, 506, 526.
Missouri war tax, 205.
Payable on assets above liabilities, 123.
Payment of certain, at seat of government, 71.
Relief for taxpayers, 182.
Sale of property in default, 182, 183, 428, 449, 455, 481.
Secretary of the Treasury relative to war tax, 160.
Slave property, 410, 484.
States to pay into the Treasury, 161, 162, 167, 175.
Suspension of collection in certain cases, 119, 187, 205, 233.
Virginia war tax, 155, 160, 161.
War tax for redemption of Treasury notes, 30, 44, 79, 84, 88, 117, 183.
Auditor, 352, 353, 390, 413, 414.
Thanks of Congress to officers and crew, 211, 219, 223, 255.
Consolidation with postal system proposed, 565, 566.
Exemption of employees from military service, 90, 96, 431, 433, 450.
Disasters to armies of Confederate States in, 11, 25, 28, 29, 71, 76, 77, 85, 88, 122, 164, 166, 174, 186, 234.
Electoral votes, 12.
Enforcement of conscript law in, 314.
Legalization of acts of district attorney, marshal, etc., 109, 174, 175, 178, 219.
Management of Quartermaster and Commissary Departments in, 76, 129, 130, 145.
Memorials of citizens, 30, 182.
Post routes, 24, 82, 249, 415.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 7, 70, 108, 295.
Security from invasion, 424, 494.
Loan to General Hindman, 477.
Payment of interest due, 341, 455, 516.
Defense, 342, 365, 368, 415, 416, 424, 494, 521, 582, 567
Maintenance of, 14, 20, 23, 34, 44, 57.
Perpetuation, 69, 142.
Defense of frontier, 155, 164, 170, 173, 355, 383.
Electoral votes, 12.
Judicial districts, 437, 440, 448, 449.
Petition of citizens of Cass County, 60.
Post routes, 60, 249.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 7, 295.
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Connection with New Orleans and Opelousas Railroad, 45.
Relief for, 437, 440.
Observance, 390.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 30, 129, 314.
Committees:
Enrolled Bills, 22, 109, 162, 223, 255, 265, 495.
Indian Affairs, 22.
Leave of absence, 85, 164.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 145, 386.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 221, 224, 225, 229--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 257--261, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 430, 436--438, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 451--453, 461, 476, 477, 480, 491, 492, 495--497, 499--501, 520, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 549--552.
Delivery to the enemy prohibited, 181.
Destruction of. See Private Property: Destruction, etc.
Exportation of present crop prohibited, 117, 126, 150, 152, 162, 165, 185, 256--258.
Export duty, 67, 117, 300.
Impressment, 532.
Indemnity to owners for destruction of, 27, 55, 58--60, 62, 63, 66, 68, 69, 109, 115.
Limitation of production, 76, 94, 98, 99, 106, 125.
Loan to Confederate States, 147.
Sale or hypothecation to foreign governments, 292, 532.
War tax, 148.
Foreign, 29, 45, 65, 66, 166, 167, 170, 171, 256--258, 269, 270, 384, 532.
Indians. See Indian Nations.
Prohibition with the enemy, 29, 45, 153, 181, 188, 189, 235--237, 263--265, 271.
Conscription, 318, 331, 356.
Seizure of cotton in, 331, 356.
Commutation for, 220, 225, 382.
Organization of transport train for Army, 51.
Soldiers, 52, 118, 151, 152, 188, 215, 251--254, 309, 350, 363.
Troops and munitions of war by railroads, 152, 188, 215, 251--254, 269, 298, 384, 455, 456, 471, 480--482, 485.
Appropriations. See Appropriations.
Clerical force, 167, 168, 171--174, 202, 214, 223, 247, 255.
Meeting requisitions on, 343, 381, 402, 480.
Appropriation for printing, 431.
Change of force, 329, 346, 347.
Counterfeits. See Counterfeit Notes.
Issue, 30, 44, 79, 84, 88, 117, 171, 175--177, 186, 199, 212, 216, 217, 219, 255, 298, 330, 347, 351, 352, 357--359, 389, 403, 419, 429, 514, 515, 554.
Legal tender, 26, 51, 77, 78, 97, 130, 145, 161, 192, 296, 333, 336, 411--413, 428, 498, 508, 523, 554.
Redemption, 30, 44, 79, 84, 88, 117, 183.
Proposed with:
Foreign powers, 65, 66.
Northwestern States, 320, 321, 334, 335, 404--407.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 17, 33, 35, 101, 303, 311, 332, 419, 476, 520.
Committees:
Commerce, 22.
Elections, 21, 419, 425.
Special, 319.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 43, 81, 331.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 128, 138, 146, 152, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 202, 218, 224--231, 237, 248, 250, 257, 258, 260, 264, 265, 275, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435, 436, 438, 442--445, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 477, 480, 491, 492, 494, 496, 497, 499--501, 509, 515--518, 520, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534.
Representative-elect to First Confederate Congress.
Death of, 277.
Mentioned, 130, 137, 143.
Relief for, 130, 137, 143.
Register of the Treasury, 287.
Memorial of professors, 373.
Commissioner to, 360.
Continuance of pensions received from, 93, 141, 149, 205, 555.
Prohibition of importations from, 29, 45, 147.
Reunion with, 46, 66, 74, 80.
Mode of filling:
Field officers, 332, 333, 512, 513.
Occurring during recess of Senate, 547, 548.
President and Vice-President, 70, 168, 201, 202, 234, 235, 266.
Action of Congress on report of battle in Arkansas, 263.
Thanks of Congress, 213, 279, 283, 285, 310.
Appropriation for, 446, 468, 493, 511.
Construction. See Purchase or construction (post).
Issue of bonds to meet contract, 315, 329, 330, 351, 356, 389, 420.
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Purchase or construction, 67, 89, 105, 106, 126, 213, 216, 247, 248, 259, 282, 292, 294, 299, 316, 318, 352, 356, 366, 389, 477, 495, 552, 553, 567.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 183, 320, 332, 381, 399.
Committees:
Elections, 21, 395.
Special, 319.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 308.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368, 563, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 138, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 187, 212, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 247, 248, 250, 257, 258, 264, 276, 285, 286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 355, 358, 361, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 435, 436, 438, 439, 442, 443, 445--447, 449, 453, 480, 491, 492, 494--496, 501, 505, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
Bills returned, 107, 108, 499, 500, 515, 557, 567.
Message, 287, 288.
Counting of electoral votes, 10--13.
Election and acceptance, 12, 13, 16.
Exemption from military service, 90, 92, 431, 432.
Inauguration, 13, 17--19, 48, 58.
Private Secretary for, 459, 463, 536, 537, 543, 548, 549, 551, 562.
Provision for filling vacancy in office of, 70, 168, 201, 202, 234, 235, 266.
Salary, 146, 147.
See also Stephens, Alexander H.
Action on General Beauregard's report on defenses of, 507.
Thanks of Congress to citizens of, 310.
Construction, 318, 363.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 67, 309, 311, 319.
Committees:
Claims, 22, 120.
Commerce, 22.
Military Affairs, 162, 191.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 67, 361.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49--52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 151, 153, 159, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 187, 191, 193, 202, 215, 216, 218, 221, 306, 321, 323, 326--328, 358, 361, 366, 371--373, 378, 383.
Defense of, by the Confederate Government, 238.
Electoral votes, 12.
Governor of, 14, 183, 296, 340, 341.
Legislative proceedings, 14, 33, 169, 335, 336.
Memorials and petitions of citizens, 68, 78, 130, 190, 198, 199, 315, 335, 336, 343, 371, 428.
Payment of militia officers, 116, 130, 157, 176, 189, 190, 248, 262, 286.
Post routes, 78, 130, 198, 249.
Representatives in First Confederate Congress, 7, 14, 16, 32, 137, 277, 295.
Security from invasion, 450.
Vindication of ancient boundaries, 14, 20, 23.
See also Territorial Integrity of the Confederacy.
War tax, 155, 160, 161.
Exemption of cadets, etc., from military service, 335, 343, 433.
Infantry--Regiments: 44th, 270; 46th, 240; 59th, 240.
Miscellaneous: Wise Legion, 110, 240, 242.
Conduct of, 15--19, 154, 155, 297--300, 314, 320, 321, 328, 334, 335, 345, 346, 360, 385, 386, 404--407, 469.
Existence of, recognized, 124, 248, 284, 286, 293, 468, 494, 531, 552.
Prosecution of, 27, 146, 154, 155, 163, 166, 174, 405, 407, 556.
Voluntary contributions in aid of the, 139, 189, 210, 214, 219.
Appropriations. See Appropriations.
Auditing of accounts for, 261, 267, 275, 294.
Clerical force, 75, 89, 93, 101, 232, 261, 263, 286, 350.
Establishment and organization, 31, 52.
Memorial of clerks, 350.
Thanks of Congress, 417.
Attorney-General, 352, 370, 449, 488.
Decimal system, 97.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 44, 312, 381.
Committees:
Pay and Mileage, 307.
Post-Offices and Post-Roads, 22, 454, 541.
War Tax, 307.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 13, 343.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368, 548, 564.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 148, 153, 159, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 191, 193, 202, 212, 215, 216, 218, 221, 224--231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 261, 265, 275, 279, 280, 282--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 367, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--388, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 431, 436--438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 474--477, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 517, 518, 520, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 537, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559, 562, 563, 566.
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Extension, 109, 156, 200.
Senator in First Confederate Congress. Conference committees, 124, 127, 437, 563.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 32, 186, 204, 233, 473, 525.
Committees:
Inauguration, 13.
Military Affairs, 162, 190, 191, 200.
Territories and Public Lands, 22, 379.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 67.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295, 368, 548.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 51, 54, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 115, 121, 126, 128, 138, 151, 153, 159, 163, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 193, 212, 215, 218, 221, 224--228, 235, 237, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 265, 275, 276, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 435, 438, 442--445, 447, 449, 451--453, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 494--497, 499--501, 509, 515--518, 520, 525, 526, 528, 534, 536, 539, 543, 547, 549--552, 558, 559.
Design for flag, 380.
Action of Congress on report of battle of Shiloh, Tenn., 368.
Design for flag and seal, 234.
Memorial from, of the South, 165.
Thanks of Congress for voluntary contributions, 189, 210, 214, 219.
Manufacture of cards, 151.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 14, 31, 66, 67, 108, 258, 302, 360, 444, 452.
Committees:
Medical Department, 359, 408, 409, 444.
Naval Affairs, 21.
Pay and Mileage, 125.
Printing, 22.
Special, 10, 50, 307, 313.
Leave of absence, 152, 427.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 29, 71, 269, 296, 317, 331.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 6, 180, 245, 295, 368.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62--64, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 148, 224, 226--231, 235, 237, 248, 254, 257, 259, 260, 264, 265, 275, 279, 280, 283, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 328, 355, 358, 361, 366, 367, 372, 379, 408, 409, 411, 419, 435, 436, 438, 443, 447, 451, 452.
Committee on Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, 359.
Leave of absence, 229, 386.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 121, 180, 245, 295, 368, 548.
Yea and nay votes, 121, 126, 128, 138, 147, 152, 153, 163, 167, 168, 171, 172, 177, 178, 180, 186, 191, 202, 212, 321, 323, 327, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 428, 430, 431, 435--438, 443, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 492, 495, 497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 522, 523, 525, 526, 528, 532, 534, 536, 539, 543, 547, 549--551, 559.
Bills, resolutions, etc., introduced by, 383, 475.
Committees:
Indian Affairs, 22.
Patents, 22.
Leave of absence, 168.
Petitions, papers, etc., presented by, 386.
Representative in First Confederate Congress, 7, 180, 245, 295.
Yea and nay votes, 8, 9, 21, 36, 47, 49, 51, 52, 54, 59, 60, 62, 69, 70, 77, 81, 91, 99--102, 105, 111, 116, 121, 126, 128, 138, 146, 152, 171, 177, 178, 180, 187, 191, 193, 212, 216, 221, 221, 225, 228, 230, 231, 235, 237, 247, 248, 250, 254, 257--260, 264, 275, 279, 280, 283--286, 293, 301, 306, 321, 323, 326, 327, 355, 358, 361, 366, 372, 373, 378, 379, 383, 386--389, 396, 397, 400, 408, 409, 411, 412, 419, 425, 426, 430, 435, 436, 438, 442--447, 449, 451--453, 460, 461, 469, 475, 476, 480, 491, 495--497, 499--501, 505, 509, 515--518, 526, 528, 558, 559.
Doorkeeper of House of Representatives, 9, 540, 541.
Senator in First Confederate Congress.
Committees:
Conference, 290, 437.
Special, 184.
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