A legally dubious convention seeks to return Arkansas to the Union by amending the state constitution to abolish slavery.
Category: Politics
Banks Initiates Reconstruction in Louisiana
Nathaniel P. Banks begins the process of reconstructing Louisiana under President Abraham Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” by calling on delegates to form a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
This Struggle Must Continue
President Jefferson Davis responds to a letter from North Carolina Governor Zebulon Vance urging the Confederate government to try negotiating peace with the U.S. to ease the growing discontent in his state.
The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
President Abraham Lincoln outlines a plan to bring the Confederate states back into the Union. This is part of his effort to exacerbate political dissension in the Confederacy while uniting the factions within his own Republican Party.
Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Message to Congress
The first session of the Thirty-eighth U.S. Congress assembles in Washington and receives President Abraham Lincoln’s annual message.
The First Confederate Congress Convenes
The fourth session of the First Confederate States Congress opens in Richmond and receives President Jefferson Davis’s annual message.