What were the Confederate States of America?
During the American Civil War, several states seceded from the United States of America (the “Union”) to form the Confederate States of America. Also known as the Confederate States or Confederacy, the seceding entities were all southern states and territories that had set up a de facto government led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In all, eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America, which lasted the duration of the Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
