RARE 1863 CIVIL WAR Confederate War Dept REBEL ARCHIVES British Consuls CSA
Correspondence of the Department of State in relation to the British Consuls resident in the Confederate States. Rare Confederate pamphlet published in 1863, in the middle of the US Civil War.
This copy unique in that it bears the stamp of the "Rebel Archives" Record Division. Of this pamphlet containing official letter and statements of concern between Confederate and British officials. The revocation of exequaturs concerned former British subjects seeking aid from the British to release them from Southern military conscription. They had no authorization for this. Operating under the assumption that England was a neutral country, President Davis had little choice but to expel them.