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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]
Confederate States of America: 1861–1865: Confederation of States: Confederation [citation needed] established by several southern slave states that seceded from the Union. It comprised 11 states: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Virginia, and Tennessee.
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 ...
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
Nearly 100,000 Unionists from the South served in the Union Army during the Civil War and Unionist regiments were raised from every Confederate state except for South Carolina. Among such units was the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment , which served as William Sherman's personal escort on his march to the sea.
The school board in Shenandoah County, Virginia, plans to vote Thursday on a proposal that would restore the names of Confederate military leaders to two public schools, according to a meeting ...
Proposed state or autonomous region: Confederate States of America or Southern United States or Dixie or Dixieland. Advocacy groups: League of the South, [84] [85] [86] other neo-Confederate and non-confederate southern separatist groups. Deseret [87] Ethnic group: Mormons; Proposed state or autonomous region: Deseret
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 ...