The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Chester, S.C., End of the War-- Part 3: The Provisional and Permanent Constitutions of the Confederacy


Not only was the treasury of the Confederacy on the train, but also many important documents including both the  provisional and permanent Confederate Constitutions and the Great Seal of the Confederacy.

The Constitutions were recovered and kept safe by Felix Gregory  DeFontaine, who later sold them to museums.  The provisional one ended up in the Confederate Museum in Richmond, Va., and the permanent one  is now owned by the University of Georgia.

--Old Secesh

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