During the US Civil War, and in fact before the war, the South's government was the Confederate States of America. This "new" nation wanted and fought for its independence from the US ( Union ).
carpetbegger
The South was called the Confederate States of America.
The name for the South during the Civil War was the Confederate States of America... Some call it Dixie.
Yes. They were fighting for the rebel states - the Confederacy.
They rebelled against the status quo.
The northern states in the US Civil War called themselves "The Union."
The Confederacy.
This is a Confederate.
The South didn't want or need the northern Carpetbaggers or Scalawags to come down here and attempt to make money out of the devastation of the South. They could call it reconstruction, but they were corrupt people out to make a buck for themselves.
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Matthew latham;)
The Northern states called themselves the Union and the Southern states named themselves the Confederacy (The Confederate States of America).