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Cradle of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was inaugurated as president of the CSA provisional government on the State Capitol portico on Feb. 18, 1861.
On Mar. 4, the first national flag of the Confederacy was hoisted over the Capitol itself. While government ...
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A Nation Divided / Cradle of the Confederacy
The Alabama State Capitol served as the symbol and meeting place for the government of the newly formed Confederate States of America for 4 months in early 1861. Growing controversy over slavery and states' rights, climaxed by Abraham Lincoln's election ...
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