These seven states are presented in the order in which each ratified the permanent Constitution, thus joining the permanent government. The date of admission listed for Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, and Kentucky was the official date set by an act of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States. [1]

It was composed of eleven U.S. states that declared secession; South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These states warred against the United States during the American Civil War. [8][9]

1 day ago · Confederate States of America, the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, following the election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. president, prompting the American Civil War (1861–65). The Confederacy acted as a separate government until defeated in the spring of 1865.

Nov 9, 2009 · The Confederate States of America was a collection of 11 states that seceded from the United States in 1860 and disbanded with the end of the Civil War in 1865.

Feb 13, 2023 · Discover the 11 Confederate States of America, what they fought for in the American Civil War, and a timeline of the order of succession.

May 14, 2019 · The Confederacy was formed in 1861 in a hasty manner by the seven initial states just before Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the president. After that, the Confederacy added other states until they had 11 states by July 1861. The other four states that joined were North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, and Tennessee.

The Confederate States of America was the government of 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860–61, carrying on all the affairs of a separate government and conducting a major war (the American Civil War) until defeated in the spring of 1865.

It was established (made) in 1861 by seven southern states in which slavery was legal, after Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the U.S., but before he took office. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas declared their secession (independence) from the United States.

May 17, 2024 · Also known as the Confederate States or Confederacy, it was made up of southern states and territories that had set up a de facto government led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis. In all, 11 southern states seceded from the Union, and the Confederacy lasted the duration of the Civil War, from 1861 to 1865.

At the beginning of the war, the 11 Confederate States had a total population of about 9 million, of whom some 3.5 million were slaves; the 23 states remaining in the Union had a population of about 23 million. The difference in resources was even greater.