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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' 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}}''' 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]]. | ||
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]] and its [[president]] was [[Jefferson Davis]]. Since it lost the war, it did not persist past [[April]] [[1865]], when its leading general, [[ | 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]] and its [[president]] was [[Jefferson Davis]]. Since it 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 the Union general, [[U. S. Grant]]. | ||
Known states of the Confederacy included [[Virginia]], [[South Carolina]] and [[Alabama]] — although there were likely more. | Known states of the Confederacy included [[Virginia]], [[South Carolina]] and [[Alabama]] — although there were likely more. | ||
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Following the war, the former states of the Confederacy were re-absorbed into the United States of America — although [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s government, judging from his final public speech, did not consider that they had ever, technically, seceded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'') | Following the war, the former states of the Confederacy were re-absorbed into the United States of America — although [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]]'s government, judging from his final public speech, did not consider that they had ever, technically, seceded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Blood and Hope]]'') | ||
In a [[Parallel universe (Inferno)|parallel universe]], the Confederate States won the American Civil War | In a [[Parallel universe (Inferno)|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]]: ''[[The Face of the Enemy (novel)|The Face of the Enemy]]'') | ||
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