It was called the Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
They were called the Confederation.
The upper southern states seceded when Lincoln was elected president of the United States.
The Confederate States of America.
The Rebel States
who had been recently elected as president of the United States when the southern states seceded
a loose union of independent states; name of government used by the southern states that seceded during the Civil War
The Southern states formed their own country when they seceded from the United States. Their country became known as the Confederate States of America.
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seceded from the union