The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, the South and the CSA) was a separatist political entity existing between 1861 to 1865, established by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America, each of which had previously declared its secession from the United States. The CSA's control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success...
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The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, the South and the CSA) was a separatist political entity existing between 1861 to 1865, established by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America, each of which had previously declared its secession from the United States. The CSA's control over its claimed territory varied during the course of the American Civil War, depending on the success of its military.
Asserting that states had a right to secede, seven states declared their independence from the United States before the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President on March 4, 1861; four more did so after the Civil War began at the Battle of Fort Sumter (April 1861). The government of the United States of America (The Union) regarded secession as illegal and refused to recognize the Confederacy. Although British and French commercial interests sold the Confederacy warships and materials, no European nation officially...
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