Third National Flag Of The Confederacy

The Third National Flag Was Created By An Act Of The Second Confederate Congress And Approved By The President On 04 March 1865, Exactly Four Years After The First Raising Of The "Stars And Bars" In Montgomery. Very Few Flags Of This Pattern Were Produced During The Confederacy's Last Days.

Second Confederate Congress (02 May 1864-18 March 1865)

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Sessions Of Congress-Session Number, Location, Dates Of Assembly And Adjournment.

Confederate States Senate

Officers Of The Senate

State Senators

Confederate States House Of Representatives

Officers Of The House

State Representatives

Territorial Delegates

Congressional Committees-A Listing, By Committee Name, Of The Members Who Comprised The Following Specific Purpose Groups:

Senate Committees

Accounts (Sessions I-II)

Claims (Sessions I-II)

Commerce (Sessions I-II)

Engrossment And Enrollment (Sessions I-II)

Finance (Sessions I-II)

Foreign Relations (Sessions I-II)

Indian Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Judiciary (Sessions I-II)

Military Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Naval Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Patents (Sessions I-II)

Post Offices And Post Roads (Sessions I-II)

Printing (Sessions I-II)

Public Buildings (Sessions I-II)

Public Lands (Sessions I-II)

Rules (Sessions I-II)

Territories (Sessions I-II)

House Committees

Accounts (Sessions I-II)

Claims (Sessions I-II)

Commerce (Sessions I-II)

Elections (Sessions I-II)

Enrolled Bills (Sessions I-II)

Flag And Seal (Sessions I-II)

Foreign Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Indian Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Judiciary (Sessions I-II)

Medical Department (Sessions I-II)

Military Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Naval Affairs (Sessions I-II)

Ordnance And Ordnance Stores (Sessions I-II)

Patents (Sessions I-II)

Pay And Mileage (Sessions I-II)

Post Offices And Post Roads (Sessions I-II)

Printing (Sessions I-II)

Public Buildings (Sessions I-II)

Quartermaster's And Commissary Departments
And Military Transportation (Sessions I-II)

Rules And Officers Of The House (Sessions I-II)

Territories And Public Lands (Sessions I-II)

Ways And Means (Sessions I-II)

Joint Committees

Impressments (Session I)

Sessions Of Congress

SESSION NUMBER

LOCATION

DATE OF ASSEMBLY

DATE OF ADJOURNMENT

SESSION I

Richmond, Virginia

02 May 1864

14 June 1864

SESSION II

Richmond, Virginia

07 November 1864

18 March 1865

Confederate States Senate

Officers Of The Senate

CODE KEY

OTHER CIVIL & MILITARY SERVICE

(C) Confederate Cabinet/Executive Branch
(S) Secession Convention
(P) Provisional Confederate Congress
(1st) 1st Confederate Congress

OFFICER

STATE OF
REPRESENTATION

SESSIONS
SERVED

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

Alexander Hamilton Stephens
 (C, S, P & 1st)

GEORGIA

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
 (C, P & 1st)

VIRGINIA

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE (AD INTERIM)

William Alexander Graham, Sr.
 (S)

NORTH CAROLINA

II
 (30 January 1865)

SECRETARY

James H. Nash
 (1st)

SOUTH CAROLINA

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

RECORDING CLERK

John W. Anderson

ALABAMA

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
20 January 1865)

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS

Lafayette H. Fitzhugh
 (1st)

KENTUCKY

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

DOORKEEPER

James Page
 (1st)

NORTH CAROLINA

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

ASSISTANT DOORKEEPER

John Wadsworth
 (P & 1st)

GEORGIA

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

State Senators

CODE KEY

A ± Denotes A Senator Who Died While In Office.

OTHER CIVIL & MILITARY SERVICE

(C) Confederate Cabinet/Executive Branch
(S) Secession Convention
(P) Provisional Confederate Congress
(1st) 1st Confederate Congress

SENATOR

SESSIONS
SERVED

SENATOR

SESSIONS
SERVED

ALABAMA

MISSISSIPPI

Robert Jemison, Jr.
 (S & 1st)

I
 (02 May 1864-
13 June 1864)

Albert Gallatin Brown
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Richard Wilde Walker
 (P)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
14 March 1865)

John William Clark Watson

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

ARKANSAS

MISSOURI

Augustus Hill Garland
 (S, P & 1st)

II
 (08 November 1864-
25 February 1865)

Waldo Porter Johnson
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Robert Ward Johnson
 (P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
20 February 1865)

Charles Burton Mitchel±*
 (1st)
 *(Died: Pulaski County, Arkansas
20 September 1864.)

I
 (02 May 1864-
11 June 1864)

George Graham Vest
 (P & 1st)

II
 (12 January 1865-
18 March 1865)

FLORIDA

NORTH CAROLINA

James McNair Baker
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
07 March 1865)

William Theophilus Dortch
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 February 1865)

Augustus Emmet Maxwell
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
16 March 1865)

William Alexander Graham, Sr.
 (S)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
16 March 1865)

GEORGIA

SOUTH CAROLINA

Benjamin Harvey Hill
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
03 February 1865)

Robert Woodward Barnwell
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (05 May 1864-
16 March 1865)

Herschel Vespasian Johnson
 (S & 1st)

I-II
 (24 May 1864-
14 March 1865)

James Lawrence Orr
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
16 March 1865)

KENTUCKY

TENNESSEE

Henry Cornelius Burnett
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
22 February 1865)

William Emmett Simms
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Gustavus Adolphus Henry, Sr.
 (1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

LOUISIANA

TEXAS

Thomas Jenkins Semmes
 (S & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Edward Sparrow
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
15 February 1865)

Louis Trezevant Wigfall
 (P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

VIRGINIA

Allen Taylor Caperton
 (S & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter
 (C, P & 1st)

I-II
 (02 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Confederate States House Of Representatives

Officers Of The House
 (State Of Representation Is In Parentheses.)

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

Thomas Stanhope Bocock (VIRGINIA)

SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE

William Parish Chilton (ALABAMA)

CLERK

Albert Reese Lamar (GEORGIA)

ASSISTANT CLERK

DeLouis Dalton

DOORKEEPER

Robert Harrison Wynne (ALABAMA)

State Representatives
 (Roman Numerals And Dates Signify Sessions And Years Served For Incomplete Terms.
A ± Denotes A Representative Who Died While In Office.)

ALABAMA

MISSISSIPPI

William Parish Chilton (I-II, 1864-1865)
David Clopton
Marcus Henderson Cruikshank (I-II, 1864-1865)
James Shelton Dickinson
Thomas Jefferson Foster (I-II, 1864-1865)
Francis Strother Lyon
James Lawrence Pugh
William Russell Smith (I-II, 1864-1865)

Ethelbert Barksdale
Henry Cousins Chambers
William Dunbar Holder (I-II, 1864-1865)
John Tillman Lamkin (I-II, 1864-1865)
Jehu Amaziah Orr (I-II, 1864-1865)
Otho Robards Singleton (I, 1864)
Israel Victor Welch

ARKANSAS

MISSOURI

Felix Ives Batson (II, 1864-1865)
David Williamson Carroll (II, 1865)
Augustus Hill Garland (I, 1864)
Rufus King Garland, Jr. (I-II, 1864-1865)
Thomas Burton Hanly

John Bullock Clark, Sr. (I-II, 1864-1865)
Aaron H. Conrow (II, 1864-1865)
Robert Anthony Hatcher (II, 1864-1865)
Nimrod Lindsay Norton (II, 1864-1865)
Thomas Lowndes Snead (II, 1864-1865)
George Graham Vest (II, 1864-1865)
Peter Singleton Wilkes (II, 1864-1865)

FLORIDA

NORTH CAROLINA

Robert Benjamin Hilton (I-II, 1864-1865)
Samuel St. George Rogers

Robert Rufus Bridgers (I-II, 1864-1865)
Thomas Charles Fuller (I-II, 1864-1865)
Burgess Sidney Gaither
John Adams Gilmer (I-II, 1864-1865)
James Madison Leach
James Thomas Leach (I-II, 1864-1865)
George Washington Logan (I-II, 1864-1865)
James Graham Ramsay (I-II, 1864-1865)
William Nathan Harrell Smith (I-II, 1864-1865)
Josiah Turner

GEORGIA

SOUTH CAROLINA

Warren Akin, Sr. (I-II, 1864-1865)
Clifford Anderson
Hiram Parks Bell (I-II, 1864-1865)
Mark Harden Blandford
Joseph Hubbard Echols (I-II, 1864-1865)
Julian Hartridge
George Nelson Lester (I-II, 1864-1865)
John Troup Shewmake (I-II, 1864-1865)
James Milton Smith
William Ephraim Smith (I-II, 1864-1865)

Lewis Malone Ayer, Jr. (I-II, 1864-1865)
William Waters Boyce (I-II, 1864-1865)
James Farrow
William Porcher Miles
William Dunlap Simpson
James Hervey Witherspoon, Jr.

KENTUCKY

TENNESSEE

Benjamin Franklin Bradley
Eli Metcalfe Bruce
Horatio Washington Bruce
Theodore Legrand Burnett
James Stone Chrisman
John Milton Elliott (I-II, 1864-1865)
George Washington Ewing (I-II, 1864-1865)
Willis Benson Machen
Humphrey Marshall
James William Moore
Henry English Read
George Washington Triplett

John DeWitt Clinton Atkins
Michael Walsh Cluskey (II, 1864-1865)
Arthur St. Clair Colyar
Henry Stuart Foote* (I-II, 1864-1865) *(Expelled.)
 Joseph Brown Heiskell (I-II, 1864-1865)
Edwin Augustus Keeble
James McCallum
Thomas Menees
John Porry Murray
William Graham Swan
John Vines Wright (I-II, 1864-1865)

LOUISIANA

TEXAS

Charles Magill Conrad
Lucius Jacques Dupré
Henry Gray (II, 1864-1865)
Benjamin Lewis Hodge± (I, 1864)
Duncan Farrar Kenner (I-II, 1864-1865)
John Perkins, Jr.
Charles Jacques Villeré

John Robert Baylor (I-II, 1864-1865)
Anthony Martin Branch
Stephen Heard Darden (II, 1864-1865)
Caleb Claiborne Herbert (II, 1864-1865)
Simpson Harris Morgan± (I-II, 1864)
Franklin Barlow Sexton

VIRGINIA

John Brown Baldwin
Thomas Stanhope Bocock
Daniel Coleman DeJarnette, Sr.
David Funsten
Thomas Saunders Gholson
John Goode, Jr.
Frederick William Mackey Holliday
Robert Johnston
LaFayette McMullen
Samuel Augustine Miller
Robert Latane Montague (I-II, 1864-1865)
William Cabell Rives, Sr. (I-II, 1864-1865)
Charles Wells Russell
Waller Redd Staples
Robert Henry Whitfield (I-II, 1864-1865)
Williams Carter Wickham (II, 1864-1865)

Territorial Delegates

ARIZONA

Marcus H. MacWillie

CHEROKEE NATION

Elias Cornelius Boudinot

CREEK AND SEMINOLE NATIONS

Samuel Benton Callahan

Congressional Committees

CODE KEY

A † Indicates The Committee Chairman.
A ± Denotes A Senator/Representative Who Died While In Office.
A • Denotes A Temporary Appointment.

OTHER CIVIL & MILITARY SERVICE

(A) Confederate Army Command
(C) Confederate Cabinet/Executive Branch
(S) Secession Convention
(P) Provisional Confederate Congress
(1st) 1st Confederate Congress

Senate Committees

SENATOR

SESSIONS
SERVED

SENATOR

SESSIONS
SERVED

ACCOUNTS (Sessions I-II)

KENTUCKY

NORTH CAROLINA

William Emmett Simms
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

William Theophilus Dortch
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 February 1865)

VIRGINIA

Allen Taylor Caperton†
 (S & 1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

CLAIMS (Sessions I-II)

FLORIDA

MISSISSIPPI

James McNair Baker
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
07 March 1865)

John William Clark Watson

II
 (13 March 1865-
18 March 1865)

KENTUCKY

MISSOURI

Henry Cornelius Burnett†
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

Waldo Porter Johnson
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

TEXAS

Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.
 (S, P & 1st)

II
 (13 March 1865-
18 March 1865)

COMMERCE (Sessions I-II)

ALABAMA

NORTH CAROLINA

Richard Wilde Walker
 (P)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
14 March 1865)

William Theophilus Dortch
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 February 1865)

FLORIDA

TENNESSEE

Augustus Emmet Maxwell
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
16 March 1865)

Landon Carter Haynes, Sr.
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
22 February 1865)

TEXAS

Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.†
 (S, P & 1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT (Sessions I-II)

ALABAMA

MISSISSIPPI

Richard Wilde Walker
 (P)

I
 (03 June 1864-
14 June 1864)

John William Clark Watson

I
 (03 June 1864-
14 June 1864)

FLORIDA

MISSOURI

Augustus Emmet Maxwell
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
16 March 1865)

Waldo Porter Johnson•
 (1st)

I
 (10 June 1864-
14 June 1864)
 II
 (09 March 1865-
18 March 1865)

KENTUCKY

NORTH CAROLINA

Henry Cornelius Burnett•
 (S, P & 1st)

I
 (10 June 1864-
14 June 1864)

William Theophilus Dortch†
 (1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 February 1865)

VIRGINIA

Allen Taylor Caperton
 (S & 1st)

I-II
 (04 May 1864-
18 March 1865)

FINANCE (Sessions I-II)<--OO==

ALABAMA

SOUTH CAROLINA

Robert Jemison, Jr. (I, 1864)

Robert Woodward Barnwell†
 James Lawrence Orr• (II, 1865)

LOUISIANA

TEXAS

Thomas Jenkins Semmes

Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.• (II, 1865)

NORTH CAROLINA

VIRGINIA

William Alexander Graham

Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter

FOREIGN RELATIONS (Sessions I-II)

KENTUCKY

SOUTH CAROLINA

William Emmett Simms

James Lawrence Orr†

MISSOURI

TEXAS

Waldo Porter Johnson

Louis Trezevant Wigfall

VIRGINIA

Allen Taylor Caperton

INDIAN AFFAIRS (Sessions I-II)

ARKANSAS

MISSOURI

Robert Ward Johnson† (I-II, 1864-1865)

Waldo Porter Johnson

FLORIDA

TEXAS

Augustus Emmet Maxwell

Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.

VIRGINIA

Allen Taylor Caperton

JUDICIARY (Sessions I-II)

ALABAMA

MISSISSIPPI

Richard Wilde Walker

John William Clark Watson

GEORGIA

TENNESSEE

Benjamin Harvey Hill† (I-II, 1864-1865)

Landon Carter Haynes (I-II, 1864-1865)

LOUISIANA

TEXAS

Thomas Jenkins Semmes

Williamson Simpson Oldham, Sr.• (II, 1865)

MILITARY AFFAIRS (Sessions I-II)

ARKANSAS

LOUISIANA

Augustus Hill Garland• (II, 1865)
Robert Ward Johnson (I-II, 1864-1865)

Edward Sparrow†

KENTUCKY

TENNESSEE

Henry Cornelius Burnett

Gustavus Adolphus Henry

TEXAS

Louis Trezevant Wigfall

NAVAL AFFAIRS (Sessions I-II)

FLORIDA

KENTUCKY

James McNair Baker