When the southern US States seceded from the United States of America in 1860, the government they formed was called the Confederate States of America
The seceding states called themselves The Confederate States of America, and Jefferson Davis was their president. By the way, it's best to actually study instead of just going to Answers.com
The Confederate States of America or the CSA.
The new nation formed by the southern seceding states was called the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate States of America was formed in 1861. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was appointed the provisional president by a convention of the first seven seceding states in February 1861. He was elected in a general election of all eleven rebellious states in November of that year.
In 1860 and 1861, eleven states formed a separate nation called the Confederate States of America. This is a forerunner to the Civil War in which the Confederate States of America fought against the Union of States.
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Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America.
He was the President of the Confederate States Of America.
Jefferson Davis was indeed the president of the Confederate States of America.
Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States of America when the Confederate States of America (CSA) formed. The first and only President of the CSA was Jefferson Davis.
The origin of the Confederate States of America is the year 1860 when South Carolina seceded from the Union. However it did not truly become a nation until all the seceding states were bound together in 1861.