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.

Confederate Congress → partOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Confederate States of America
Confederate States Cabinet → partOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Confederate States of America
John Gill Shorter → politicalAlignment → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Anna Jackson → residence → Confederate States of America ⓘ
John Gill Shorter → servedIn → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States government
Confederate States of America → shortName → Confederate States of America self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Stonewall → side → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Stonewall Jackson
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Choctaw Nation → sideInAmericanCivilWar → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States (as a tribal ally)
Old Pete → sideInConflict → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: James Longstreet
this entity surface form: Confederacy
Battle of Vienna (American Civil War) → sideWinning → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States
Mary Anna Custis Lee → spouseSideInAmericanCivilWar → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate Soldiers Monument → subject → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States Army → subordinateTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States government
Fort Sumter → surrenderedTo → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate battle flag → symbolOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Charlotte Mint → takenOverBy → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Confederate States Army → territory → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Charlotte Mint → usedBy → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate government
First White House of the Confederacy → usedBy → Confederate States of America ⓘ
1864 United States presidential election → votingExcludedStates → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate States in rebellion
Montgomery, Alabama → wasCapitalOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
Virginia → wasCapitalOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
U.S. state of Georgia → wasMemberOf → Confederate States of America ⓘ
subject surface form: Georgia
Braxton Bragg → workedFor → Confederate States of America ⓘ
this entity surface form: Confederate government