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  2. Confederate States of America - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. Confederate States of America ‑ President, Capital ...

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    The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and disbanded with the end of the Civil War in 1865.

  4. Confederate States of America | History, President, Map ...

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    Confederate States of America, in the American Civil War, 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 until defeated in the spring of 1865.

  5. Confederate States of America Facts | Britannica

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    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.

  6. Confederate States Of America - Encyclopedia.com

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    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 .

  7. American Civil War | History, Summary, Dates, Causes, Map ...

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    American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights.

  8. The Confederate States of America - Infoplease

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    Discover the 11 Confederate States of America, what they fought for in the American Civil War, and a timeline of the order of succession.

  9. Civil War ‑ Causes, Dates & Battles | HISTORY

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    Eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederacy. Ultimately more than 620,000 Americans' lives were lost in the four‑year war that ended in a Confederate defeat.

  10. Confederate States of America - New World Encyclopedia

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    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.

  11. Confederate States of America Facts and Overview

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    The Confederate States of America (informally, the Confederacy) was a government created from an alliance of eleven southern states that had seceded from the United States between December 1860 and April 1861.