Confederate States of America

Overview

The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865. It comprised 11 U.S. states that declared secession: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These states fought against the United States during the American Civil War.

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Borders & accuracy

Dashed borders mark empires whose extent we can date but whose precise frontiers are contested or undocumented.

• SOURCEreconstructed from Natural Earth country boundaries
• DETAILreconstructed-clipped-country
• SNAPSHOT1862
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire346

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• American Civil War1861–65
  World-changing · 750K dead
• Battle of Balls Bluff1861
  Regional
• Battle of Barbourville1861
  Regional
• Battle of Big Bethel1861
  Regional
• Battle of Bird Creek1861
  Regional
• Battle of Blackburns Ford1861
  Regional
• Blue Mills Landing1861
  Regional
• Battle of Boonville1861
  Regional
• Battle of Bull Run1861
  Regional
• Battle of Camp Wild Cat1861
  Regional
• Battle of Carnifex Ferry1861
  Regional
• Battle of Cheat Summit1861
  Regional
• Battle of Cross Lanes1861
  Regional
• Battle of Dranesville1861
  Regional
• Battle of Dry Wood Creek1861
  Regional
• Battle of Fort Hatteras1861
  Regional
• Battle of Fort Sumter1861
  Regional
• Battle of Fredericktown1861
  Regional
• Battle of Hokes Run1861
  Regional
• Battle of Ivy Mountain1861
  Regional
• Battle of Lexington, Missouri1861
  Regional
• Battle of Mount Zion Church1861
  Regional
• Battle of Philippi, West Virginia1861
  Regional
• Battle of Pinos Altos1861
  Regional

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