Confederate States of America

American  

plural noun

1. the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61.

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Confederate States of America British  

plural noun

1. history the 11 Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi) that seceded from the Union in 1861, precipitating a civil war with the North. The Confederacy was defeated in 1865 and the South reincorporated into the US

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Example Sentences

Could a traitor such as Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America and a former member of the Senate and the House from Mississippi, run for office?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2024

In one remarkable case, the commission pushed the boundaries of its mandate, which is to examine “commemoration of the Confederate States of America or any person who served voluntarily” with the Confederacy.

From Washington Post • Sep. 2, 2022

Their secession and creation of the Confederate States of America were just as much acts of insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution as the shots that were fired when the war came.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Alabama, to form the Confederate States of America.

From Washington Times • Feb. 4, 2021

In February, the states that had seceded formed a new union called the Confederate States of America.

From "Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad" by Ann Petry