MATTHEWS, James M., editor.
The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America. Richmond, VA: R.M. Smith, 1864.
Large 8vo. (Toning, offsetting, tears to title.) Modern navy morocco gilt-lettered.
FIRST EDITION publication of the statutes of the Provisional Government of the CSA from 8 February 1861 to 18 February 1862, including the constitution for the provisional government, the "permanent constitution" of the Confederate States, and the treaties enacted with Native Americans including the Seminoles, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Osage, Seneca & Shawnees, the Quapaws, and others. Harwell,
Confederate Hundred 16; Parrish & Willingham 29; Sabin 15417.
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With:] DAVIS, Jefferson (1808-1889).
Pay of Army Officers. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting A transcript of the Army Register, showing the pay of each army officer. [Washington, D.C.?]: N.p., [1856]. 34th Congress, 1st Session, House of Representatives, Ex. Doc. No. 22.
8vo. Extensive tables. (Toning, occasional creases.) Original wrappers, string bound (spotting to first page). Signed in type by Jefferson Davis ("Jeff'n Davis"), as Secretary of War of the United States.
A comprehensive listing of all officers in the Regular Army on active duty in 1855 with organization, rank, brevets, pay, and other expenditures. Includes many future Civil War notables including Major General Winfield Scott, P.G.T. Beauregard, Henry Hopkins Sibley, George McClellan, Robert E. Lee, Braxton Bragg, William W. Loring, Philip H. Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, James Longstreet, and Winfield S. Hancock, among many others.