Mississippi was a southern state that joined the Confederate States of America.
Southern state.
Mississippi.
A Copperhead.
During the Civil War, the northern states referred to the southern states as the "Confederacy." This term represented the group of eleven southern states that seceded from the Union to form their own government, known as the Confederate States of America. The northern states, often called the Union, viewed the Confederacy as a rebellion against the federal government.
Louisiana Texas
The Mason-Dixon line
(Union) Bluebelly (Confederate) Johnny Reb
Army of Northern Virginia or the Army of Tennessee and Northern armies were called the Army of the Potomac and the Army of the Tennessee.
The Northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton.
The Northern blockade meant the South could not sell its cotton.
Abe Lincoln of the north and Jefferson Davis of the south
Gettysburg destroyed Lee's ability to carry out an offensive in the North. Vicksburg choked off the South's ability to move troops and supplies on the Mississippi.