The Provisional Confederate Congress fixed the date of the inaugural meeting of the First Confederate Congress. As a result, the two-year congressional term ran from 18 February 1862 until 18 February 1864. All sessions of the First Confederate Congress met in the Confederacy's capital of Richmond, Virginia. * 1st Session - 18 February 1862 to 21 April 1862 * 2nd Session - 18 August 1862 to 13 October 1862 * 3rd Session - 12 January 1863 to 1 May 1863 * 4th Session - 7 December 1863 to 18 February 1864