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2 days ago · The Confederate States of America (CSA), commonly referred to as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States that existed from February 8, 1861, to May 9, 1865.
4 days ago · The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand ...
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3 days ago · At the beginning of the war, the grand strategy of the Confederate states was a "defensive strategy": gaining military and economic aid from European countries, demoralizing the North's will to wage and continue the war, and defending the South at its borders. None of these strategies proved very fruitful, however, and the Confederacy's grand ...
1 day ago · Were the former Confederate states conquered territory? If so, then the federal government (or, in other words, northern whites and Republicans) could dictate the reconstruction of the South. Or were the former Confederate states essentially quasi-frontier territories that had to be readmitted to the union?
1 day ago · In the American Civil War, the state governments of eleven southern states, all of which permitted the practice of slavery, seceded from the United States following the election of President Abraham Lincoln and formed the Confederate States of America.
5 days ago · Corps: Includes 3 Infantry divisions and an Artillery brigade (Union) or an Artillery Battalion (Confederate). Typically, a Confederate corps was much larger than a Union corps. Division: was commanded by a Major or a Brigadier General and composed of 2 to 4 infantry brigades. Brigade: Commanded by a Brigadier General, was composed of 4 to 6 ...
4 days ago · A Border state, Maryland had a large and vocal minority who sympathized with the Southern position. If they joined the Confederate States, the Union's Capital would have to be abandoned - surrounded. Even if the state didn't actually secede from the Union, perhaps large numbers of recruits could be added to the army.
