The Southern states formed the Confederacy. The North - or what was left of the USA - was termed the Union.
They formed the confederacy
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West Virginia
Formed their own state of West Virginia, and seceded from Virginia and the Confederacy.
When the confederacy was formed, the current Texas governor felt his troops were best served by fighting Native American wars and refused to send any troops to the East to fight in the confederacy. However, after he left office, Texas joined. Kentucky and Missouri refused to secede from the Union but rump groups declared secession.
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It was the Southern states that 'formed separately' by breaking away as the Confederacy. The North was what was left. They didn't call themselves the North. They called themselves the Union.
The Confederacy lost the United States Civil War.The states formed a confederacy. We joined the confederacy.
There were historically many powerful confederacies formed by native American tribes. Examples are the Powhatan confederacy, the Blackfoot confederacy, the Iroquois confederacy and many more.
The Iroqouis Confederacy was formed in completely in 1722. At that time in consisted of six nations and was formed by a council of members of the involved nations.
West Virginia in 1863.