Confederate States of America records, 1854-1889

Collection Summary

Title	Confederate States of America records, 1854-1889
Inclusive Dates	1854-1889
Bulk Dates	1861-1865
ID No.	MSS16550
Creator	Confederate States of America
Extent	18,500 items
Extent	124 containers plus 5 oversize
Extent	28 linear feet
Extent	71 microfilm reels
Language	Collection material in English
Location	Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Finding Aid Permalink	Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms003052
LCCN Permalink	LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78016550
Summary	Correspondence, proclamations, messages of the president, court cases, minute books, docket books, customs records, financial records, letterbooks, orders, reports, and other records of the Confederate Department of Justice, Department of State, Department of the Treasury, Post Office Department, Navy Department, and War Department. Includes Confederate constitutional documents and the James Wolcott Wadsworth collection of diplomatic correspondence and letters of Raphael Semmes.
Online Content	The records of the Confederate States of America are available on the Library of Congress Web site at https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/collmss.ms000027. To promote preservation of the originals, researchers are required to consult the online edition as available.