Jefferson Davis arranges to send a troublesome general away from the Confederate seat of government at Richmond.
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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.
Jefferson Davis threatens to execute Federal prisoners if the Federals go through on their threat to execute the crew that had captured the U.S.S. Enchantress as pirates.
The feud that had begun in October between Jefferson Davis and one of his top generals continues into this month.
Elections take place throughout the Confederacy to replace the provisional national government with a permanent one.
Confederates reorganize the army forces in northern Virginia while Jefferson Davis takes issue with P.G.T. Beauregard.