2022-11 Raynors HCA Auction
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The Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America became the governing body of the Confederate States from February 4, 1861, to February 17, 1862. It sat in Montgomery, Alabama, until May 21, 1861, when it adjourned to meet in Richmond, Virginia, on July 20, 1861. This unique document reflects the first two sessions of that Provisional Congress. Manuscript document, 8-1/2" x 11", unsigned, 3pp., no place, presumably Montgomery Alabama, with two verbatim Acts and one verbatim Resolution of the Provisional Confederate Government. The light blue stationery is British watermarked by "Kent Mills, Improved 1852". The manuscript is in a legible hand as follows: "An Act Making appropriations for the support of Three thousand men for twelve months, to be called into service at Charleston, South Carolina under the third and fourth sections of an act of the Congress "To raise provisional Forces for the Confederate States of America and for other purposes. 1. The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the following appropriations be made for the support of the provisional troops called into service by the act aforesaid: Pay of the troops, six hundred and fifty-eight thousand six hundred and eighty dollars. Forage for officers' horses, quartermaster's animals, and cavalry horses, twenty thousand six hundred and sixty-two dollars. Subsistence for troops, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Clothing for the troops, two hundred thousand dollars. Camp and garrison equipage, eighteen thousand two hundred and sixty-seven dollars and seventy-two cents. Supplies for the quartermaster's department, seventy-six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Fuel for troops and hospitals, fifty-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars. Medical and hospital department, twenty thousand dollars. 2. And be it further enacted, That the additional sum of eight hundred and sixty thousand two hundred and twenty-eight dollars and forty-five cents is hereby appropriated for the support of two thousand additional troops, to be called into the service of the Confederate States for twelve months, at Charleston, South Carolina, whenever, in the discretion of the President, their services may be required. Approved March 11, 1861. A RESOLUTION In regard to the military expenditures made by the State of South Carolina. Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America, That the expenditures made by the State of South Carolina for the pay and maintenance of the troops employed in the defense of the Charleston harbor, under the command of Brigadier General Beauregard, were intended to be provided for by an act making appropriations for the support of three thousand men, for twelve months, to be called into service at Charleston, South Carolina, under the third and fourth sections of an act of the Congress, to raise provisional forces for the Confederate States of America, and for other purposes; and that the amount of such expenditures be audited by the proper officer of the Treasury Department, and that the amount which shall be found due, be paid to the State of South Carolina, from the appropriation made by the Act aforesaid. APPROVED May 10, 1861. An Act To raise provisional forces for the Confederate States of America and for other purposes. Sec. 3 That the President be authorized to receive into the service of this government such forces now in the service of said states as may be tendered or who may volunteer, by consent of their state, in such numbers as he may require, for any time not less than twelve months, unless sooner discharged. 4. That such forces may be received, with their officers, by companies, battalions, or regiments, and when so received shall form a part of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, according to the terms of their enlistment; and the President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of Congress, such general officer or officers for said forces as may be necessary for the service. Approved February 28, 1861." This is a Montgomery period copy of the pertinent CSA Military Funding for the taking of Fort Sumter.
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