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The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 following the election of President Abraham Lincoln. Led by Jefferson Davis and...
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.
The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway [1] republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 5, 1865. [8]
The Confederate States of America was a separate government set up by the southern states that seceded from the United States after the presidential election of 1860. Commonly called the Confederacy, it contained thirteen states that united in war to establish independence from the remaining states, called the Union .
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.
Secession, the withdrawal of 11 slave states (states in which slaveholding was legal) from the Union during 1860–61 following the election of Abraham Lincoln as president of the United States. The secessionist states formed the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate States of America (CSA) was a collection of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States from 1860 to 1861, primarily over the issues of slavery and states' rights. Formed in response to the election of Abraham Lincoln, the CSA sought to establish itself as a separate nation, which ultimately led to the American Civil War.
Following the election of Abraham Lincoln on an anti-slavery platform, 11 US states broke away from the union to form a republic that has become known as the Confederacy. The forming of a Confederate government essentially marked the beginning of the American Civil War.
Confederate States of America was the collective name of the southern states of USA which broke away during the American Civil War. These included. These states and others broke away from USA and formed their own government which was called the Confederacy.
The Confederate States of America is the name given to the government formed by those states that decided to secede from the United States of America in 1860 and 1861. Originally, seven states seceded and these were later joined by four others.