Confederate States of America

Confederate States of America was a state in Eastern Woodlands (North America) that lasted from 1861 to 1865 CE, about 4 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Eleven slaveholding southern states that seceded after Lincoln's election. Defeated in the Civil War, which killed about 620,000 soldiers, it surrendered in April 1865.

See Confederate States of America on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1861 to 1865 CE

Duration

4 years

Type

State

Region

Eastern Woodlands, North America

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Montgomery, then Richmond

Became

• United States 1776 CE to the present

Events in North America during its time

• 1861 American Civil War begins

Neighbours in North America

• United States 1776 CE to the present
• Rupert's Land (Hudson's Bay Company) 1670 to 1870 CE
• Comanche empire (Comancheria) c. 1706 to 1875 CE
• British North America 1763 to 1867 CE
• Russian America 1799 to 1867 CE
• Danish Greenland 1721 to 1979 CE
• Cherokee Nation 1794 to 1907 CE
• Red River Colony 1812 to 1870 CE
• Province of Canada 1841 to 1867 CE
• Colony of British Columbia 1858 to 1871 CE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Middle East
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe
• Dutch East Indies 1800 to 1949 CE, Southeast Asia

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