Congress of the Confederate States a state. Following elections held in states, refugee colonies and army camps in November 1861, the 1st Confederate Congress met in four sessions. The 1863 elections led to many former Democrats losing to former Whigs. The 2nd Confederate Congress met in two sessions following an intercession during military campaign season beginning November 7, 1864 and ending on March 18, 1865, shortly before the downfall of the Confederacy. All legislative considerations of the Confederate Congress were secondary to winning the war for independence from the United States. These included debates whether to pass Jefferson Davis war measures and deliberations on alternatives
Cabinet of the Confederate States of America some point during the life of Confederacy"; only Tennessee and Arkansas never had a Confederate cabinet officer. The final meeting of the Confederate cabinet took place in Charlotte, North Carolina, amid the Confederate collapse. Charlotte was the only place where the full Confederate cabinet met after the fall of Richmond. Cabinet of the Confederate States of America The Cabinet of the Confederate States existed from February 18, 1861 to May 10, 1865. The cabinet was largely modeled on the Cabinet of the United States, with its members overseeing a State Department, Treasury Department, War Department, and Post Office Department. However,