Confederacy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861 65), the government...Southern states of the United States after their secession...secession and for the military operations of the...followed, see Civil War .) Formation of...first Southern state to secede (Dec...Constitution, e.g., the president...with its early military triumphs, the...effective, and by 1865 one of every two...fight." Joseph E. Brown and Zebulon...the Confederate army, the suspension...nonindustrial (the armies were kept supplied...commanders, notably Robert E. Lee. For the South...1861 1865 ("A History of the South...