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|appearances = [[PROSE]]: | |appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Comforts of Home (short story)}}|[[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)}}}} | ||
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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', often colloquially referred to as the '''Confederacy''' or '''the South''', was a short-lived nation on the [[North America]]n continent of the [[planet]] [[Earth]]. It was made up of states, beginning with [[South Carolina]], that had declared themselves separate, or ''seceded'', from the [[United States of America]]. | The '''{{PAGENAME}}''', often colloquially referred to as the '''Confederacy''' or '''the South''', was a short-lived nation on the [[North America]]n continent of the [[planet]] [[Earth]]. It was made up of states, beginning with [[South Carolina]], that had declared themselves separate, or ''seceded'', from the [[United States of America]]. | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
It existed from [[1861]] to [[1865]], during which time it was wholly concerned with establishing its legitimacy through a [[American Civil War|war]] with the United States. Its capital was [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] and its [[president]] was [[Jefferson Davis]]. ([[PROSE]]: | It existed from [[1861]] to [[1865]], during which time it was wholly concerned with establishing its legitimacy through a [[American Civil War|war]] with the United States. Its capital was [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]] and its [[president]] was [[Jefferson Davis]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}) | ||
The Confederate States had a [[Confederate battle flag|battle flag]], which the [[Sixth Doctor]] described as a "[[red]] flag with [[cross]]ed, [[white]]-bordered, and starred [[blue]] [[stripe]]s". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble (novel)}}) | The Confederate States had a [[Confederate battle flag|battle flag]], which the [[Sixth Doctor]] described as a "[[red]] flag with [[cross]]ed, [[white]]-bordered, and starred [[blue]] [[stripe]]s". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Doctor Who and the Rebel's Gamble (novel)}}) | ||
In [[1863]], the [[Third Doctor]] gave [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] a sketched map that he had made of the Confederate lines at [[Gettysburg]]. Lincoln gave the map to [[General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]], thus helping the [[Union Army]] to win the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. ([[COMIC]]: | In [[1863]], the [[Third Doctor]] gave [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]] a sketched map that he had made of the Confederate lines at [[Gettysburg]]. Lincoln gave the map to [[General]] [[Ulysses S. Grant]], thus helping the [[Union Army]] to win the [[Battle of Gettysburg]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}}) | ||
On [[30 July]] [[1864]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Mulberry]] were sent through a [[wormhole]] to Virginia, where they met [[Floyd]]. ([[AUDIO]]: | On [[30 July]] [[1864]], [[Nyssa]] and [[Mulberry]] were sent through a [[wormhole]] to Virginia, where they met [[Floyd]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Renaissance of the Daleks (audio story)}}) | ||
Since the Confederacy lost the war, it did not persist past [[April]] [[1865]], when its leading general, [[Robert E. Lee]], signed a document of surrender at the command of General Grant. | Since the Confederacy lost the war, it did not persist past [[April]] [[1865]], when its leading general, [[Robert E. Lee]], signed a document of surrender at the command of General Grant. | ||
Following the war, the former states of the Confederacy were re-absorbed into the United States of America — although President Lincoln's government, judging from his final public speech, did not consider that they had ever, technically, seceded. ([[PROSE]]: | Following the war, the former states of the Confederacy were re-absorbed into the United States of America — although President Lincoln's government, judging from his final public speech, did not consider that they had ever, technically, seceded. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}) | ||
In a [[Inferno Earth|parallel universe]] visited by the [[Third Doctor]], the Confederate States won the American Civil War. In the war's aftermath, the [[American Confederation]] was established. ([[PROSE]]: | In a [[Inferno Earth|parallel universe]] visited by the [[Third Doctor]], the Confederate States won the American Civil War. In the war's aftermath, the [[American Confederation]] was established. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Face of the Enemy (novel)}}) | ||
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