Confederate States of America
Americanplural noun
plural noun
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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
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