1862
Confederate Imprint; Jefferson Davis providing Congress with Department Head
& Salaries
Up for auction is an 1862 Confederate
imprint with President Jefferson Davis responding to Confederate Congress after
their first session requesting Davis to provide the names and salaries of
Department Heads within the Confederate government. Davis provided the names of
his departments and was inaugurated on Capital Square a week.
There is
a faint stamp marking the Confederate records that were received and
preserved by the War Department at the end of the Civil War. This string bound 18 page, 162-year-old imprint, would make a great
addition to any Civil War collection.
Background
OFFICE OF THE
SECRETARY OF THE CONGRESS,
February 11,
1862.
His Excellency
JEFFERSON DAVIS:
SIR: I have
the honor officially to certify to Your Excellency that on February 10,
instant, 1862, the two resolutions, copies of which I subjoin, and which I
certify to be correct, were adopted by the Congress of the Confederate States;
that is to say:
Resolved, That
the President of the Confederate States be requested to communicate to Congress
the number of troops now in the service of the Confederate States, specifying
the States from which they come, the period of service for which they enlisted,
and also the dates at which they were mustered into service and at which they
will go out of that service; also the number of troops, if any, in the Regular
Army of the Confederate States.
The second
resolution, which is distinct and in no way connected with that set out above,
is as follows, to wit:
Resolved, That
the President be requested to have furnished the Congress by the heads of the
several departments a list of the names of the different officers in each
Department at the seat of Government, accompanied by a statement of the
salaries they receive, and the State or country of which they are native.
Most
respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. J. HOOPER,
Secretary of
the Congress.
[Indorsement.]
SECRETARY OF
WAR:
Send copy of
second resolution to each Department.
J. D.
CONFEDERATE
STATES OF AMERICA, WAR DEPARTMENT,
Richmond, Va.,
February 11, 1862.
Hon. Mr.
BARNWELL,
Chairman
Finance Committee:
SIR: The
recent act of Congress authorizing the President to call on the several States
for troops to serve for three years or during the war renders necessary an
appropriation for the bounty and transportation of the men so furnished. It is
believed that the number will not exceed 150,000, although the call has been
for a larger number; but the condition of the States of Kentucky and Missouri
at the present moment forbids the idea that they will be able to furnish more
than a small proportion of their respective quotas. The Quartermaster-General's
estimate, herewith enclosed, is approved by me and respectfully recommended for
adoption by the committee. The amount required is $11,100,000.
I am, very
respectfully, your obedient servant,
J. P.
BENJAMIN,
Secretary of
War.
RICHMOND,
February 11, 1862.
Governor
JOSEPH E. BROWN,
Milledgeville:
I will accept
cavalry as well as infantry in fair proportion. I will order staff officers to
the camps you select immediately, with tents.
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