Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Feb. 5.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Feb. 5.
1861: On the second day of the Montgomery Convention, the delegates from the seven seceded Southern states, got down to the heavy detail work of creating the Confederate States of America. Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia submitted a set of rules for the convention, which were approved by the other Founding Fathers. The convention also appointed a Committee of Twelve to create the framework for the new nation's government. The chairman of the committee was Christopher G. Memminger of South Carolina. The committee reported back with a Provisional Constitution within two days. Not present yet was Jefferson Davis of Mississippi, who was still at home.
Alexander Stephens of Georgia was one
of the key Founding Fathers of the Confederacy.
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Christopher G. Memminger's Committee
of Twelve created a Provisional
Confederate Constitution within just
two days.
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Also on this day in 1861, in Washington D.C., a Peace Commission headed by former U.S. President John Tyler of Virginia, tried to find a way to settle the differences between the U.S. and the Southern states.
1862: Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman gets his 3000-man garrison ready at Fort Henry for an assault by Federal troops under Major General Ulysses S. Grant.
1863: Queen Victoria announces that Great Britain will not attempt to mediate peace between the U.S.A. and the C.S.A. Her reason is that there is no probability of success.
1864: Meridian Campaign: Confederates skirmish with Federal troops at Jackson and Clinton Mississippi as Sherman continues his march on Meridian.
1865: Petersburg Campaign: Confederate wagon trains bringing supplies to the Confederate garrison at Petersburg, Virginia, prompted a response from General Grant, who sent a force to cut it off.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Feb. 5.
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