Organization of the Papers
The collection is arranged in eleven series:
- Department of State, 1859-1868
- Executive and Legislative Branches of the Confederacy, 1861-1865
- Confederate Constitutional Documents, 1861-1883
- Department of Justice, 1860-1867
- Department of the Treasury, 1860-1865
- Post Office Department, 1861-1865
- War Department, 1861-1865
- Navy Department, 1861-1865
- Miscellany, 1858-1872
- Additions, 1854-1889
- Oversize, 1854-1864