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

Over the next two months, six more states followed, and they collectively formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861.

From Salon • Feb. 3, 2022

But the Confederate States of America were defeated in the ensuing American Civil War.

From Washington Times • Nov. 8, 2021

When he died in 1862, he became the only president in history to be buried in a casket covered by the flag of another country — the Confederate States of America.

From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2020

The dream of an independent Confederate States of America had long since died.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson