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    Christopher Gustavus Memminger (German: Christoph Gustav Memminger; January 9, 1803 – March 7, 1888) was a German-born American politician and a secessionist...
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    recently seceded: Robert Toombs of Georgia for Secretary of State, Christopher Memminger of South Carolina for Secretary of the Treasury, LeRoy Walker of...
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  • anything, it required a set of guidelines to follow. On February 5, Christopher Memminger proposed the creation of a Committee of Thirteen to draft a provisional...
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    as U.S. president, where it was drafted in a committee headed by Christopher Memminger. The declaration laid out the primary reasoning behind South Carolina's...
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    featured on banknotes include Andrew Jackson, John C. Calhoun, Christopher Memminger, Robert M. T. Hunter, Alexander H. Stephens, Jefferson Davis, Judah...
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    secretaries was Treasury Secretary Christopher Memminger, who had little experience with fiscal policy; Memminger was placed at the Treasury by Davis...
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    month. The Secretary of the Treasury of the Confederate States, Christopher Memminger (in office 1861–1864), was keenly aware of the economic problems...
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    Sandburg, are presented at the park amphitheater. In the middle 1830s Christopher Memminger, of Charleston, South Carolina, took a tour of Flat Rock in an attempt...
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    legal opinions, writing on April 1 to assure Treasury Secretary Christopher Memminger that lemons and oranges could enter the Confederacy duty-free, but...
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    Henninger Reagan, and Robert Toombs Back row, standing left to right: Christopher Memminger and LeRoy Pope Walker Illustration printed in Harper's Weekly...
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    Memminger Auditorium (also known as Festival Hall) is a live performance and special events venue in Charleston, South Carolina. Local school officials...
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    Campbell King (1815–1901), 19th-century planter and physician. Christopher Memminger, the first Secretary of the Treasury for the Confederacy, had his...
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    Secretary Christopher Memminger, a fellow Charlestonian and friend, used Trenholm as an unofficial adviser for almost four years. When Memminger resigned...
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  • as established in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952). Christopher Memminger, Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury, born in Württemberg...
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    original Confederate Cabinet. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H...
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    of Secretary of War Judah Benjamin and Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger that cotton should be immediately exported in order to build up...
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  • Secretary of War Judah Benjamin and Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger warned that cotton should be immediately exported to build up foreign...
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    Carolina governor 1939–1941; United States Senator from South Carolina Christopher Memminger (1803–1888), signer of the Confederate States Constitution; Confederate...
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    original Confederate Cabinet. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H...
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    (originally known as Rock Hill, the home of CSA Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger) – and the St. John in the Wilderness Episcopal Church. Today, Flat...
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    original Confederate Cabinet. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H...
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    of the Treasury Seal of the Confederate States Longest serving Christopher Memminger February 21, 1861 – July 18, 1864 Confederate States Department...
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    original Confederate Cabinet. L-R: Judah P. Benjamin, Stephen Mallory, Christopher Memminger, Alexander Stephens, LeRoy Pope Walker, Jefferson Davis, John H...
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    1799) March 6 – Louisa May Alcott, author (born 1832) March 7 – Christopher Memminger, German-born American politician, 1st Confederate States Secretary...
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    Charleston's Joe E. Berry dormitory. Louisa Swain Andrew Buist Murray Christopher Memminger John C. Frémont "Records: Commissioners of the Charleston Orphan...
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  • decision endorsed by the Confederate States Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger and ratified by the Provisional Confederate Congress. He took office...
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    Confederate Secretary of the Treasury in July, 1864, replacing Christopher Memminger. From 1862 to 1865, he corresponded with many leading Confederates...
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  • after the attack on Fort Sumter Confederate Treasury Secretary Christopher Memminger had called on George Trenholm of John Fraser and Company in Liverpool...
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  • and built a large mansion, "Selma." Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger resigned his post on July 18, 1864, and was replaced by fellow South...
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    President Jefferson Davis, Confederate Secretary of the Treasury Christopher Memminger, and Georgia Governor Joseph E. Brown". In the Spring of 1863, Lamar...
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