Southerners celebrate the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as the first president of the Confederate States of America.
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The New Confederate Government Gets to Work
The new Confederate vice president takes office, and the Provisional Congress gets started on making laws for the new nation.
There is Now But One Mind
Jefferson Davis leaves for Montgomery after learning that he is now the new president of the new Confederate States of America.
The Confederate States of America
Delegates to the Montgomery convention adopt a constitution, a Congress, and a chief executive in just five days.
Building Greater Permanency
A convention opens in Montgomery as delegates from the seceded states start working to form a new nation.
The Flight of Jefferson Davis
April 10, 1865 – President Jefferson Davis and the Confederate government-in-exile left Danville, Virginia, for Greensboro, North Carolina, upon learning of General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee’s