Virginia Resolution CSA General Order 1864

Virginia Resolution. 5 ¼" x 8 ½" printed resolution, January 26, 1864, signed in type by Virginia Senate clerk Shelton C. Davis. "Resolved, that the general assembly of Virginia, deeply impressed with the importance of the most energetic and vigorous preparations for the ensuing campaign, and determined now as ever that the whole resources of the state shall be employed in the prosecution of the war, until our independence is recognized and established, yet firmly convinced that the passage by congress of an act extending the provisions of the conscription act to persons under the age of eighteen or over the age of forty-five years, would be unwise and most injurious in its effect….