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== 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]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'') | 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]]: ''[[Blood and Hope (novel)|Blood and Hope]]'') | ||
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]]: ''[[Backtime (comic story)|Backtime]]'') | 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]]: ''[[Backtime (comic story)|Backtime]]'') | ||
