The Last Adjournment

The Congress of the Confederate States adjourned for the last time March 18^th 1865.

The Congress of the Confederate States was the legislative body for the states that made up the Confederacy.  It was made up similarly to the United States Congress with two houses.  The Senate which consisted of two senators from each state, who were picked by the Legislature of the state they came from, and in the House of Representatives one who was elected by voters in their individual states.  The first elections for the Confederate Congress were held November 6^th 1861.

They held four sessions in Richmond, Virginia, their last session was adjourned March 18^th 1865.  One of the final acts by the Confederate Congress was the passage of a law emancipation slaves who were willing to join the military and fight for the Confederacy.

What To Do With Federal Employees

The Confederate States Department of Treasury assumed the transfer of employment of Federal custom agents on February 14^th 1861.

The Confederate States Department of the Treasury a department that handled the collecting of taxes, issuing of debt, and printing money, and led by the Secretary of the Treasury who was Robert Augustus Toombs.  It was created by the Provisional Confederate Congress in 1861.  The Department of the Treasury was not explicitly established by the Confederate Constitution.

One of the first acts handled by the Department was to assume the employment of Federal custom officials working in customs houses in Confederate held territory on February 14^th 1861.  They were also authorized in early February 1861 by the Congress to print Confederate paper treasury notes up to the amount of one million dollars.