Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the called session of 1863

The governor's message, dated September 7, 1863, includes such topics as: condition of the state, defence of the state, foreign population in the state and their military duty to the state, military duty of citizens, desertion of soldiers, Adjutant General's report, currency, the penitentiary, quartermaster general's report, impressment of slaves to work on fortifications, salaries for officers and government officials, rail-roads, roads, board of visitor's report, death of General Thomas J. Jackson, extortioners who are using the war to make money, and finances of the state.