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|image = Confederate flag Blood and Hope.png | |image = Confederate flag Blood and Hope.png | ||
|aka = {{il|CSA|Confederacy|The South}} | |aka = {{il|CSA|Confederacy|Dixie|The South}} | ||
|type = [[Nation]] | |type = [[Nation]] | ||
|location = [[North America]] | |location = [[North America]] | ||
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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''', '''Dixie''' 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]]: {{cs|Blood and Hope (novel)}}) | 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)}}) The Confederate States also had a [[national anthem]], "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Heart of TARDIS (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]]: {{cs|Backtime (comic story)}}) | 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)}}) | ||
