Jefferson Davis submits a special message to the Confederate Congress urging members to approve military conscription.
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Jefferson Davis submits a special message to the Confederate Congress urging members to approve military conscription.
Joseph E. Johnston issues orders to withdraw his Confederate army from its Manassas Junction-Centreville line southward to the Rappahannock River, almost halfway to the Confederate capital at Richmond.
Joseph E. Johnston concludes that his Confederate army must abandon its positions along the Centreville-Manassas line in northern Virginia.
Jefferson Davis takes the oath of office to become the first official president of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis arranges to send a troublesome general away from the Confederate seat of government at Richmond.
Sterling Price sends another message to Jefferson Davis asking him to provide more support for their secessionist cause in Missouri.