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| Tuesday February 19, 1861 |
Jefferson Davis begins to form his cabinet. The initial members will
be Secretary of State, Robert Toombs of Georgia; Secretary of
Treasury, Christopher G. Memminger of South Carolina;
Secretary of War, Leroy Pope Walker of Alabama; Secretary of
Navy, Stephen R. Mallory of Florida; Attorney General, Judah P.
Benjamin of Louisianan; and Postmaster General, John H.
Reagon of Texas. Only Mallory and Reagon will retain their posts
until the end of the Confederacy.