Noun.
Illinois was never part of the Confederacy. Georgia was part of the Confederacy.
The word "confederate" can be both a noun and an adjective. As a noun, it refers to a member of a confederacy or alliance. As an adjective, it describes something related to a confederacy or alliance.
It was part of the Confederacy - and therefore not the Union.
Confederacy.
They were apart of the Creek Confederacy.
11 states were part of the confederacy in 1865 .
He was part of the Confederacy.
it was part of the union.
Because the Confederacy lost the Civil War, all the states (including Mississippi) which were formerly part of the Confederacy are now once again part of the United States. There is no more Confederacy. It is sometimes suggested that the south will rise again, but so far it hasn't.
part of speech
The part of speech for this particular word is a noun.
The part of speech for "answer" is a noun.