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.

Siege of Petersburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Siege of Vicksburg → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Valley Campaigns of 1864 → belligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Robert E. Lee → citizenship → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Monocacy → combatant → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Confederate monuments → commemorate → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Army of Northern Virginia → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Battle of Selma (1865) → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate Congress → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States Army → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States Cabinet → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Confederate States Supreme Court
Confederate States dollar → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate military leadership → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Constitution of the Confederate States of America → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Lee’s War Horse → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Lieutenant General (Confederate States Army) → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Valley Campaign of 1862 → country → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States of America → countryName → Confederate States of America self-link ⓘ
Henry Hobson Richardson → countryOfCitizenship → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate Congress → countryOfOrigin → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States dollar → currencyOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Warren Rifles Confederate Museum → dedicatedTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Cullen Bohannon → formerAllegiance → Confederate States of America ⓘ
New Orleans Mint → governmentServed → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States federal republic
Mobile → hasHistoricalAffiliation → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Southern United States → hasHistoricalTieTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ
American Civil War → hasParticipant → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate heritage organizations → hasPrimaryFocus → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Jefferson Davis → headOfGovernmentOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Deep South → historicallyAssociatedWith → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States dollar → issuer → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Confederate States Supreme Court
Jefferson Davis → leaderOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate Congress → legislativeBodyFor → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate Congress → legislativeBranchOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
American Civil War → mainBelligerent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government → mainSubject → Confederate States of America ⓘ
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government → mainSubject → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate government
Tredegar Iron Works → majorSupplierFor → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Robert E. Lee → militaryBranch → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States Army
Varina Howell Davis → movement → Confederate States of America ⓘ
American Civil War → opponent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Military Division of the Mississippi → opponent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron → opponent → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union → opposed → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Union → opposed → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Anaconda Plan → opposedTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ