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Confederate Post Office Department

  • Postal Laws and Regulations
  • Postal Laws and Regulations – 1859 (courtesy Steven M. Roth)
  • Instructions to Postmasters – 1 Oct 1861

  • Post Office Lists
  • US Register of Officers and Agents – 1861
  • List of US Post Offices – 1862 (courtesy Theron Wierenga)
  • Establishment and Discontinuances of Post Offices – [Jan 1864]

  • Reports of the Postmaster General
  • PMG Report – 29 April 1861
  • PMG Report – 27 November 1861
  • PMG Report – 28 February 1862
  • PMG Report – 29 September 1862
  • PMG Report – 12 January 1863
  • PMG Report – 12 February 1863 (Supplemental)
  • PMG Report – 7 December 1863
  • PMG Report – 2 May 1864
  • PMG Report – 7 November 1864

  • Proclamations
  • PMG Reagan’s Proclamation of 13 May 1861

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  • Instructions to Special Agents – 1861

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  • Circular No. 4

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  • Invitations to Carry the Mail
  • Invitations to Carry the Mail

 

NOTE:  For additional documents related to the Confederate Post Office Department please see Portal to Confederate Post Office Publications.

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