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Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
The Confederate States never held much power over the state, but it was given full representation in the legislature. [14] December 21, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Osage, and the Seneca and Shawnee. [15] [16] December 23, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Cherokee, granting them a delegate to the ...
Map of Price's Raid. At the start of the American Civil War in 1861, the state of Missouri was a slave state, but did not secede.However, the state was politically divided: Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and the Missouri State Guard (MSG) supported secession and the Confederate States of America, while Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon led Union Army forces in Missouri that remained loyal to ...
The Confederate States never held much power over the state, but it was given full representation in the legislature. [253] Disputes: December 21, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Osage, and the Seneca and Shawnee. [254] [255] Disputes: December 23, 1861 The Confederate States ratified treaties with the Cherokee, granting ...
The Confederate States of America claimed a total of 2,919 miles (4,698 km) of coastline, thus a large part of its territory lay on the seacoast with level and often sandy or marshy ground. Most of the interior portion consisted of arable farmland, though much was also hilly and mountainous, and the far western territories were deserts.
The Mississippi River was an important military highway that bordered ten states, roughly equally divided between Union and Confederate loyalties. Both sides soon realised that control of the river was a crucial strategic priority. Confederate general Braxton Bragg said "The river is of more importance to us than all the country together."
During the lead-up to the American Civil War, the proposed secession of Missouri from the Union was controversial because of the state's disputed status. The Missouri state convention voted in March 1861, by 98-1, against secession, and was a border state until abolishing slavery in January 1865.
Battle of Pea Ridge – March 7 and March 8, 1862; Battle of Hampton Roads – March 8, 1862 and March 9, 1862; Battle of Shiloh – April 6 and April 7, 1862; Battle of New Orleans – April 25 to May 1, 1862; Battle of Eltham's Landing - May 7, 1862; Battle of Seven Pines – May 31 and June 1, 1862; Seven Days Battles – June 25 to July 1, 1862