CSA

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breakaway state federation slaveholding state unrecognized country

The Confederate States of America was a breakaway federation of eleven Southern U.S. states that fought against the Union during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865.

Aliases (2)

Confederate States of America ×61
CSA dollar ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	breakaway state → federation → slaveholding state → unrecognized country →
alliance	Confederate States Army →
alsoKnownAs	Confederacy → Southern Confederacy →
capital	Richmond, Virginia →
conflict	American Civil War →
constitution	Constitution of the Confederate States →
continent	North America →
countryNameAbbreviation	CSA →
currency	Confederate States dollar →
dissolved	1865 →
endTime	1865 →
firstCapital	Montgomery, Alabama →
firstPresident	Jefferson Davis →
flag	national flag of the Confederate States of America →
formedDuring	secession crisis of 1860–1861 →
governmentType	confederate republic →
hasPart	Alabama → Arkansas → Florida → Georgia → Louisiana → Mississippi → North Carolina → South Carolina → Tennessee → Texas → Virginia →
headOfGovernmentTitle	President →
headOfStateTitle	President →
historicalEra	19th century → American Civil War →
legacyTopic	Lost Cause of the Confederacy →
legalizedInstitution	slavery →
legislature	Confederate Congress →
locatedIn	Southern United States →
lowerHouse	Confederate States House of Representatives →
militaryBranch	Confederate States Army → Confederate States Marine Corps → Confederate States Navy → Confederate States militia →
motto	Deo vindice →
numberOfConstituentStates	11 →
officialLanguage	English →
onlyPresident	Jefferson Davis →
opponent	Union → United States of America →
primaryCashCrop	cotton →
primaryCauseOfSecession	preservation of slavery →
primaryEconomicBase	plantation agriculture →
recognizedBy	no major foreign power →
secededFrom	United States of America →
startTime	1861 →
successor	United States of America →
surrenderEvent	surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House →
symbol	battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia →
upperHouse	Confederate States Senate →
vicePresident	Alexander H. Stephens →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Confederate States dollar ("CSA dollar") →	alsoKnownAs
Confederate States of America →	countryNameAbbreviation
Confederate States of America →	shortName