Confederate States of America - Wikipedia It comprised 11 U S states that declared secession: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina These states fought against the United States during the American Civil War [8][9]
Confederate States of America | History, President, Map . . . Confederate States of America, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U S president, prompting the American Civil War (1861–65) The Confederacy acted as a separate government until defeated in the spring of 1865
Confederate States of America Facts | Britannica The Confederate States of America was the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war (the American Civil War) until defeated in the spring of 1865
American Civil War - Wikipedia Decades of controversy over slavery came to a head when Abraham Lincoln, a Republican who opposed slavery's expansion, won the 1860 presidential election Seven slave states in the South responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and forming the Confederate States of America
Confederate States of America - New World Encyclopedia The Confederate States of America (a k a the Confederacy, the Confederate States, or CSA) were the eleven southern states of the United States of America that seceded between 1861 and 1865
CONFEDERATE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com A confederate is anyone who supports you and works toward the same goal with you When it is used in the context of government or politics, it means "united by a treaty," like two countries that have joined forces against a third