Confederate States of America

For the 2004 film, see C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America
Unrecognized state[1][2]
↓ 1861–1865 →

Flag Confederate Seal
Motto
Deo Vindice (Latin)
"With God our Vindicator"
Anthem
(none official)
"God Save the South" (unofficial)
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" (popular)
"Dixie" (traditional)

Capital Montgomery, Alabama
(until May 29, 1861)
Richmond, Virginia
(after May 29, 1861)
Language(s) English (de facto)
Government Confederation
President
- 1861–1865 Jefferson Davis
Vice President
- 1861–1865 Alexander Stephens
Legislature Congress of the Confederate States
Historical era American Civil War
- Confederacy formed February 8, 1861
- Start of Civil War April 12, 1861
- Military collapse April 9, 1865
- Confederacy dissolved May 5, 1865
Area
- 18601 1,995,392 km2 (770,425 sq mi)
Population
- 18601 est. 9,103,332
Density 4.6 /km2 (11.8 /sq mi)
- slaves2 est. 3,521,110
Currency Confederate dollar
State Currencies
Preceded by Succeeded by
United States
Republic of South Carolina
Republic of Mississippi
Republic of Florida
Alabama Republic
Republic of Georgia
Republic of Louisiana
State of Texas
United States
1 Area and population values do not include Missouri and Kentucky nor the Confederate Territory of Arizona. Water area: 5.7%.
2 Slaves included in above population count 1860 Census
The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and the C.S.A.) was an unrecognized state set up from 1861 to 1865 by eleven southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The U.S. government rejected secession as illegal, and after four years of fighting in the American Civil War, the Confederate armies surrendered, its government collapsed, and its slaves were emancipated. The Confederacy's control over its claimed territory shrank steadily during the course of the war, as the Union took control of much of the seacoast and inland waterways.
Secessionists argued that the United States Constitution was a compact among states that could be abandoned at any time without consultation and that each state had a right to secede. After intense debates and statewide votes, seven Deep South cotton states passed secession ordinances by February 1861 (before Abraham Lincoln took office as president), while secession efforts failed in the other eight slave states.

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For the 2004 film, see C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America.
Confederate States of America
Unrecognized state[1][2]
↓ 1861–1865 →

Flag Confederate Seal
Motto
Deo Vindice (Latin)
"With God our Vindicator"
Anthem
(none official)
"God Save the South" (unofficial)
"The Bonnie Blue Flag" (popular)
"Dixie" (traditional)

Capital Montgomery, Alabama
(until May 29, 1861)
Richmond, Virginia
(after May 29, 1861)
Language(s) English (de facto)
Government Confederation
President
- 1861–1865 Jefferson Davis

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