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Confederate States of America

Con·fed·er·ate States of A·mer·i·ca


noun 
Definition:
 
S states that seceded: the confederation of the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861, an act that started the Civil War. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia were the states that seceded.

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