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CSA
The
Confederate States of America
Common
clues: Dixie, initially; Lee side?; Jeff.
Davis' nation; Org. of 11 southern states; Rebel inits.; Civil
War letters
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The
Confederate States of America (also referred to as the
Confederacy, Confederate States, and CSA) was the government
formed by eleven southern states of the USA between 1861 and
1865. These eleven states declared their secession from the
United States. The United States of America ("The Union")
held that secession was illegal, and refused to recognize the
Confederacy.
The
American Civil War broke out when Confederate batteries fired on
the United States Army's Fort Sumter in Charleston, South
Carolina, in April 1861. No European powers officially recognized
the CSA but British commercial interests sold it warships and
operated blockade runners to help supply it. All but two major
battles took place in Confederate territory, as the CSA military
was slowly overwhelmed by the much larger Union forces and choked
by a naval blockade. When Robert E. Lee and the other Confederate
generals surrendered their armies in the spring of 1865, the CSA
collapsed. A difficult decade-long process of Reconstruction gave
civil rights and the vote to the freedmen, and readmitted the
states to Congress.
Secession
process Dec 1860-May 1861
Seven
states seceded by March 1861:
South
Carolina (December 20, 1860),
Mississippi
(January 9, 1861),
Florida
(January 10, 1861),
Alabama
(January 11, 1861),
Georgia
(January 19, 1861),
Louisiana
(January 26, 1861),
Texas
(February 1, 1861).
After
Lincoln called for troops four more states seceded:
Virginia
(April 17, 1861),[1]
Arkansas
(May 6, 1861),
Tennessee
(May 7, 1861).[2]
North
Carolina (May 20, 1861)
Pro-Secession
Factions in two states formed Confederate governments and
seceded, though these states were also claimed by Union
governments:
Missouri
(October 31, 1861 by the Neosho Legislature)
Kentucky
(November 20, 1861 by the Russellville Convention)
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CSA
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We- >1 09 Civil War letters
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We- >1 07 Civil War inits.
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We- >1 05 Civil War gp.
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We >1 04 Jefferson Davis's org.
09
R.E. Lee's nation
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Tu+ >1 00 Civil War org.
07
Jeff. Davis' nation
5
Th+ >1 04 Union foe: Abbr.
4
Mo >1 03 Civil War side: abbr.
4
Th- >1 03 J.E.B. Stuart's country
4
Th+ LAT 07 Lee side: Abbr.
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Fr- >1 03 Stars and Bars org.
3
Fr- LAT 06 Civil War initials
3
Tu >1 05 Civil War side (abbr.)
3
Tu+ >1 04 Civil War side: Abbr.
3
Tu >1 03 Dixie letters
3
Th+ >1 08 Gray side: Abbr.
3
Th- >1 04 Johnny Reb's gp.
3
We CSy 01 Johnny Reb's monogram
3
We CSy 06 Lee side?
3
Fr+ >1 03 Lee side?: Abbr.
02
Letters on Canadian electrical appliances
3
Tu >1 06 R.E. Lee's allegiance
3
Tu >1 94 Richmond was its cap.
3
Mo >1 00 Secessionists, initially
2
Th- >1 01 11-member 19th-century org.
2
Sa- NYT 05 11-member grp.
2
We- >1 03 1860s abbr.
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Tu >1 99 1860s org.
2
Tu >1 98 Davis was its Pres.
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