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(The other is the Kingdom of Nri.) Dzików Confederation: 1734–1736: Military Confederation: Sikh Confederacy: 1748–1799: Confederation of States: Confederation of 12 Sikh states. Heshun Confederation: 1776–1839: Confederation of States: Confederation of Kongsi republics in Borneo. United States of America: 1781–1789: Confederation of ...
Of particular interest to students and historians of the American Civil War is Prisoner of War mail and Blockade mail as these items were often involved with a variety of military and other war time activities. The postal history of the Confederacy along with surviving Confederate mail has helped historians document the various people, places ...
Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
In the context of the American Civil War, the Union, or the United States, is sometimes referred to as "the North", both then and now, as opposed to the Confederacy, which was often called "the South". The Union (the United States) never recognized the legitimacy of the Confederacy's secession and maintained at all times that it remained ...
A Confederacy of Dunces, a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, published in 1980; Condica confederata or the confederate, a moth in the family Noctuidae; Confederate Motors, an American manufacturer of motorcycles; Battle of the Confederates, a battle in early Muslim history; Chevrolet Series BA Confederate, an automobile manufactured in 1932
Between 2022 and 2023, the names of nine US military bases previously dedicated to Confederate leaders were changed, the result of the National Defense Authorization Act passed at the end of the ...
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a political union of sovereign states united for purposes of common action. [1] Usually created by a treaty, confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defence, foreign relations, internal trade or currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all its members.
Like many other Confederate-named schools, Lee — named for the Confederate Army general — opened as an all-white school in 1955 as the South was actively fighting integration. Davis, named for ...