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

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 statues include one of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America; Alexander Hamilton Stephens, the vice president; and its most famous general, Robert E. Lee.

From Washington Times • Jun. 24, 2020

Before Lincoln’s inauguration in March of 1861, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas had joined the secession movement and formed the Confederate States of America.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock