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CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA
1861 - 1865
The Confederate States of America, also called the Confederacy,
was established on February 4, 1861 as provisional government in
Montgomery, Alabama.
In 1862, the provisional government was
made a permanent one with headquarters at Richmond, Virginia.
The member states were South Carolina,
Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia,
Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Jefferson Davis was president.
Alexander H. Stephens was vice president.
The Confederacy ended when the South
lost the
American Civil War, which brings us to a controversy
regarding this war's name.
A civil war is by definition a war
between citizens of the same country. Because the Confederate States
of America were fighting the Union, some argue that this war was not
a civil war, but a war between two countries.
At the root of this discussion lies the
constitutional question whether or not the above eleven states had
the right to secede from the Union.
And here are the
maps
Map of the United States: The Secession
Map of the
American Civil War 1861-1865
See also the chart
Governments in History.
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