Confederate Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina 1861-1865.

Charles MacBeth (born 1805, died 1881) served as the Confederate Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina from 1861 to February 18th, 1865 when he surrendered the City to Union Troops, under Lt. Colonel A. G. Bennett, of the 21st United States Colored Troops. (Charles MacBeth was elected Mayor on 11/2/1859, was re-elected 11/6/1861, and re-elected 11/4/1863 and served until the surrender of the City. Charles lived at # 7 Legare Street, according to the Charleston, South Carolina City Census, in 1861. The home still stand's at what is now # 9 Legare Street). Charles MacBeth was married to Henrietta Gourdin Ravenel (born 1816, died 1888).

Foreign Born White Population in South, On The Eve of The War Between The States (1860), Broken Down By Nationality.

The foreign born population in the Southern States, in 1860 was broken down as follow's :

1) Ireland / Irish - 36 % they were more or less evenly distributed within different Southern States

2) German States / Germans (Germany was not unified as a Nation, in 1860) - 31 % they were evenly distributed with large concentration's in Texas and Louisiana

3) France / French - 9 % they were concentrated in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama (Gulf Coast)

4) England / English - 7 % they were evenly distributed within the different Southern States

5) Scotland / Scot's - 3 % they were evenly distributed within the different Southern States

6) British America - 1% these were Canadian's and from the British West Indies

7) Spanish / Cuban / Mexican and other Nationalities - 13 % the Hispanic population was concentrated along the Gulf Coast States of Texas (Mexican), Spanish / Cuban (New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, St. Augustine, Florida). The other non-Hispanic Nationalities were mostly concentrated in Sea Port cities along both the Atlantic and Gulf Coast area's.

The (non-existent) Confederate Census.

The Confederate Government was never able to conduct an Official Census, of the States which composed it. They depended on the number's from the 1860 Federal Census, for Official figures.