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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08981.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Confederate acts and resolutions |
| Title | Joint resolutions on the pending war, and matters appertaining thereto |
| Date | 13 January 1863 |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Confederate resolution stating they will only accept peace if they remain an independent and recognized nation, and if the Emancipation Proclamation is revoked. Peace talks can not begin until "the friends of peace in the North shall grow strong enough to constrain Abraham Lincoln and his flagitious Cabinent to withdraw said proclamation." |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Secession Peace Presidential Speeches and Proclamations President Emancipation Proclamation Emancipation Slavery African American History |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |