The military affairs office, however, anticipated a short conflict and granted the authority to call up troops for only one year of service.
Confederate Enlistmentĭavis predicted a long war and requested legislation allowing three-year enlistments. While the Confederate Constitution upheld the institution of slavery, it prohibited the African slave trade. The Confederate president would serve for six years with no reelection possibility, but was considered more powerful than his Union counterpart. Constitution as a model for its own, with some wording differences and a few changes regarding the executive and judicial branches.
Stephens became vice-president of the Confederate States of America. Ex-Georgia governor, congressman and former anti-secessionist Alexander H. On February 4 of that year, representatives from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana met in Montgomery, Alabama, with representatives from Texas arriving later, to form the Confederate States of America.įormer secretary of war, military man and then-Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis was elected Confederate president. By February 1861, seven Southern states had seceded.
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