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  2. Confederate States of America - Wikipedia

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    They formed the Confederate States of America after Lincoln was elected in November 1860 but before he took office in March 1861. Nationalists in the North and "Unionists" in the South refused to accept the declarations of secession. No foreign government ever recognized the Confederacy.

  3. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

  4. List of Confederate states by date of admission to the ...

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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 ...

  5. Territorial evolution of the Confederate States - Wikipedia

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    The Confederate States of America was formed by representatives of the seceded states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. The capital was established at Montgomery. [2] March 2, 1861 Texas proclaimed its secession from the Union and was admitted to the Confederate States, [1] [3] withdrawing from Congress.

  6. Southern Unionist - Wikipedia

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    Josiah Dunlow - 1st North Carolina Union Volunteers. The term Southern Unionist, and its variations, incorporate a spectrum of beliefs and actions.Some, such as Texas governor Sam Houston, were vocal in their support of Southern interests, but believed that those interests could best be maintained by remaining in the Union as it existed.

  7. Northwestern Confederacy - Wikipedia

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    The confederacy, which had its roots in pan-tribal movements dating to the 1740s, formed in an attempt to resist the expansion of the United States and the encroachment of American settlers into the Northwest Territory after Great Britain ceded the region to the U.S. in the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

  8. All 60 bits of North Carolina trivia in the NYT crossword so ...

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    A North Carolina flag flies above South Building on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. A guide to reading: The ANSWER is listed first, followed by the numbered clue.

  9. Border states (American Civil War) - Wikipedia

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    To their north they bordered free states of the Union, and all but Delaware bordered slave states of the Confederacy to their south. Of the 34 U.S. states in 1861, nineteen were free states and fifteen were slave including the four border states; each of the latter held a comparatively low percentage of slaves. [1] Delaware never declared for ...