house of delegates

Be it resolved by the house of delegates, that the governor of the commonwealth be instructed to communicate to the president the fact of the capture and imprisonment of the said Adam Small and the said Matthew Harrison, and that he do request the president to use every means in his power, consistent with his duties and the laws and regulations of the Confederate States, to procure the release of the said prisoners.

Journal of the House of Delegates of the State of Virginia, for the Called Session of 1862 Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates 1862

Resolved by the senate and house of delegates, that Virginia maintains, fixed and unalterable, the purpose and determination so clearly set forth in the resolution of the last general assembly, and that this general assembly cordially readopts and sanctions the same, and redeclares alike to her citizens and the world, that it is the firm determination of the state, and known to be that of the confederate government, to assert and maintain the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the state of Virginia to the uttermost limits of her ancient boundaries, at any and every cost.

Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Virginia, Passed at Called Session, 1863, in the Eighty-Eighth Year of the Commonwealth. Virginia 1863