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5 days ago · 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 Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In this map of the division of the states in the American Civil War (1861–1865), blue indicates the northern Union states and light blue represents five Union supporting southern slave states (border states) that primarily stayed in Union control though Kentucky and Missouri had dual competing Confederate and Unionist governments. Red ...
May 14, 2019 · A map showing where the Confederate states were. Also known simply as the Confederacy, the Confederate States of America was an unrecognized nation that existed in North America between 1861 and 1865. Abbreviated as CSA or CS, the Confederacy was initially formed by only seven states that still permitted slave ownership.
- Ferdinand Bada
Nov 9, 2009 · 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...
Map of the states and territories claimed by the Confederate States of America. The Confederate States of America had a total of 2,919 miles (4,698 kilometers) of coastline. A large portion of its territory lay on the sea coast, and with level and sandy ground.
May 29, 2018 · CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, a breakaway slaveholding republic founded in February 1861 after the secession from the Union of the lower South states.
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