Confederate States of America: Polity Style: 1861-1865
| 8 Feb 1861 | the Constitution for the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America is adopted by the delegates of the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, at the session of the Provisional Congress held in Montgomery, Alabama, on 8 Feb 1861 (Confederate Congress Journal, 1:39; Confederate Statutes at Large, pp. 1-8) |
| 8 Feb 1861 - 3 Apr 1865 | Confederate States of America |
| 3 Apr 1865 | the government of the Confederate States effectively ceased to function following military defeat and the surrender of its capital, Richmond, to the armed forces of the United States (Richmond Whig, 6 Apr 1865, p. 1) [1] |
- The President of the Confederate States Jefferson Davis and members of the cabinet left Richmond and moved to North Carolina and then to Georgia. Davis was captured by the armed forces of the United States on 10 May 1865.