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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Observed surface forms (14)

Surface form Occurrences
Confederacy 6
Confederate States 3
Confederate government 3

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 (124)

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

Rhett Butler → affiliation → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States (social milieu)
Ashley Wilkes → alignment → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States of America (fictional soldier)
Army of Northern Virginia → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Braxton Bragg → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
J.E.B. Stuart → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
James Longstreet → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Old Pete → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet
John Wilkes Booth → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States of America (sympathizer)
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard
Robert E. Lee → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Buckner → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Simon Bolivar Buckner
Simon Bolivar Buckner Sr. → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Stonewall Jackson → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Stonewall → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
Thomas → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
William L. Cabell → allegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States of America → alsoKnownAs → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Southern Confederacy
CSA → alsoKnownAs → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Confederate States of America
this entity surface form: Confederacy
CSA → alsoKnownAs → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Confederate States of America
this entity surface form: Southern Confederacy
Confederate Congress → appliesToJurisdiction → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States Cabinet → appliesToJurisdiction → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Alabama State Capitol → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States of America (historically)
Confederate States dollar → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Lost Cause of the Confederacy → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
McLean House → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Robert E. Lee → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Scarlett O'Hara → associatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Lost Cause ideology → associatedWithEntity → Confederate States of America ⓘ
The City of Five Flags → associatedWithNation → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Appomattox Campaign → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Atlanta Campaign → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Antietam → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Chancellorsville → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Chickamauga → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Fair Oaks → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Fredericksburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg: July 1–3, 1863 → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Gettysburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States
Battle of Selma (1865) → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States
Bombardment of Fort Sumter → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Carolinas Campaign → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Chattanooga Campaign → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
First Battle of Bull Run → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Second Battle of Bull Run → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Sherman’s March to the Sea → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ