Constitution of the Confederate States

by Alexandre DeClouet

Overview

The Confederate States adopted their Permanent Constitution on March 11, 1861. The original document consisted of five vellum sheets pasted together to form a scroll over twelve feet long. The original document, along with many other documents of the Confederacy, was found at a train station in 1865 by a war-time correspondent, Felix DeFontaine. In 1883, he sold the manuscript to Mrs. George Wymberley Jones DeRenne. In 1939, the DeRenne family sold the document to the University of Georgia, where it now resides.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557091789
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/01/2005
Series:	Books of American Wisdom
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Rhett is often referred to as the Father of Secession. From South Carolina, he was appointed Chairman of the Confederate Consitution Committee (Permanent Version).

Table of Contents

The Confederate States adopted their Permanent Constitution on March 11, 1861. The original document was found at a train station in 1865 by a war-time correspondent. It was sold to the University of Georgia, where it now resides.