Confederate States of America

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breakaway state former country unrecognized state

The Confederate States of America was a coalition of secessionist Southern states that broke away from the United States from 1861 to 1865, fighting to preserve slavery and states’ rights during the American Civil War.

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All labels observed (26)

Label Occurrences
Confederate States of America canonical 693
Confederacy 33
Confederate States 15

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf breakaway state ⓘ
former country ⓘ
unrecognized state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Confederate States of America ⓘ
surface form: Southern Confederacy
belligerentIn American Civil War ⓘ
capital Montgomery, Alabama ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
claimedTerritory 11 seceded Southern states ⓘ
constitution Constitution of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
countryName Confederate States of America self-link ⓘ
currency Confederate States dollar ⓘ
dissolutionCause military defeat in the American Civil War ⓘ
endDate 1865-05-05 ⓘ
executiveBranch Confederate States Cabinet ⓘ
firstPresident Jefferson Davis ⓘ
flag national flag of the Confederate States of America ⓘ
formedFrom United States of America ⓘ
governmentType confederate republic ⓘ
slaveholding republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle President ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President ⓘ
historicalEra American Civil War ⓘ
surface form: American Civil War era
ideology slavery ⓘ
states' rights (as justification for slavery) ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
judicialBody Confederate States Supreme Court (planned, never fully operational) ⓘ
legacyIssue symbol of racism and white supremacy in modern discourse ⓘ
legalizedInstitution chattel slavery ⓘ
legislativeBody Confederate Congress ⓘ
memberState Alabama ⓘ
Arkansas ⓘ
Florida ⓘ
Georgia ⓘ
Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
North Carolina ⓘ
South Carolina ⓘ
Tennessee ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
onlyPresident Jefferson Davis ⓘ
opponentInAmericanCivilWar United States of America ⓘ
populationGroupEnslaved Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African Americans
primaryWar American Civil War ⓘ
recognizedBy no major foreign power officially recognized it as a sovereign state ⓘ
region Southern United States ⓘ
religionDominant Protestant Christianity ⓘ
secededFrom United States of America ⓘ
shortName CSA ⓘ
Confederate States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Confederacy
startDate 1861-02-08 ⓘ
successorStateClaimedBy United States of America ⓘ
surrenderEvent Appomattox Campaign ⓘ
surface form: General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House (1865-04-09)
symbol Confederate battle flag ⓘ
vicePresident Alexander H. Stephens ⓘ

Referenced by (782)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Civil War → hasParticipant → Confederate States of America ⓘ
American Civil War → opponent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
American Civil War → mainBelligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Lost Cause ideology → associatedWithEntity → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Robert E. Lee → citizenship → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Robert E. Lee → militaryBranch → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States Army
Robert E. Lee → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Robert E. Lee → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Southern United States → hasHistoricalTieTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ
U.S. state of Georgia → wasMemberOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgia
Virginia → wasCapitalOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Deep South → historicallyAssociatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
John Wilkes Booth → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States of America (sympathizer)
Stonewall Jackson → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Jefferson Davis → headOfGovernmentOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Jefferson Davis → leaderOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Montgomery, Alabama → wasCapitalOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States of America → countryName → Confederate States of America self-link ⓘ
Confederate States of America → shortName → Confederate States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Confederate States of America → alsoKnownAs → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Confederacy
Fort Sumter → surrenderedTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ
James Longstreet → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Charlotte Mint → takenOverBy → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Charlotte Mint → usedBy → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate government
Henry Hobson Richardson → countryOfCitizenship → Confederate States of America ⓘ
New Orleans Mint → governmentServed → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Mary Anna Custis Lee → spouseSideInAmericanCivilWar → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg
Lost Cause of the Confederacy → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate military leadership → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union → opposed → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union → opposed → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Confederate heritage organizations → hasPrimaryFocus → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Army of Northern Virginia → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Army of Northern Virginia → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
First Battle of Bull Run → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Antietam → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Siege of Petersburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Appomattox Campaign → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Alabama State Capitol → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States of America (historically)
Mobile → hasHistoricalAffiliation → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate Soldiers Monument → subject → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States
Buckner → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Stonewall → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall → side → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
this entity surface form: Confederacy