[301] O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. I, p. 709.
[302] Joint Resolution, Acts of 1st Called Sess., 1861, p. 142.
[303] Joint Resolution, Acts of Called Sess. and 2d Regular Sess., 1862, p. 202.
[304] Acts of Called Sess. and 3d Regular Sess., 1863, p. 52.
[305] A “bomb-proof” was a person who secured a safe position in order to keep out of service in the field. A “feather bed” was one who stayed at home with good excuse,—a teacher, agriculturist, preacher, etc., who had only recently been called to such profession.
[306] By act of the legislature soldiers in the field were to vote, but no instance is found of their having done so.
[307] See Hannis Taylor, “Political History of Alabama,” in “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Vol. I, p. 82.
[308] Jones, “A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary,” Vol. I, pp. 250, 335, 391; Schwab, “Confederate States,” p. 210; Garrett, p. 385; Brewer, p. 411.
[309] Acts of 2d Regular Sess., 1862, p. 200.
[310] Annual Cyclopædia (1862), p. 9; Schwab, “Confederate States,” pp. 195, 196; Brewer, 127; Garrett, pp. 722, 724. See infra, p. [97].