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Meanings of Confederacy in English

Portuguese
estados confederados da américa
Catalan
estats confederats d'amèrica

The southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.

estados confederados da américa
Portuguese
confederação
Catalan
federació
Spanish
confederación

A union of political organizations.

confederação

A group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose.

Usage of Confederacy in English
1
The idea of a Southern Confederacy was undoubtedly already in the air.
A History of the United States
2
And the moment the Capital should fall Europe would recognize the Confederacy.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
3
Two of the movement's original symbols remain: Nazi Germany and the Confederacy.
Wired
4
My mother's family, from Louisiana, sent four to fight for the Confederacy.
Reuters
5
We have tried in vain to find another home in the Confederacy.
A Confederate Girl's Diary
6
Yes, he said; they should all go, and go in the Confederacy.
A Confederate Girl's Diary
7
A waitress was needed in the White House of the Southern Confederacy.
Ten American Girls from History
8
The days of Gettysburg and Vicksburg ring the knell of the Confederacy.
The Little Lady of Lagunitas: A Franco-Californian Romance
9
The National Government was more conservative than the Confederacy in this respect.
Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1: April 1861-No...
10
Every thing crumbled-theConfederacy was staggering and gasping in the death agony.
Mohun; Or, the Last Days of Lee and His Paladins. / Final Memoir...
11
He knocked at the door of the White House of the Confederacy.
Before the Dawn: A Story of the Fall of Richmond
12
Throughout the States of the Confederacy the inhabitants were crazed with success.
Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 / From Lincoln to Garfield, wit...
13
Answer: In that event their desire is to establish the Southern Confederacy.
Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 2
14
The Union had a treasury and a navy: the Confederacy had neither.
Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War
15
This is a matter we specially urged in the Confederacy long ago.
Daring and Suffering: A History of the Great Railroad Adventure
16
They saved Alabama and Georgia-andso, for the time, saved the Confederacy.
Four Years in Rebel Capitals / An Inside View of Life in the Sou...
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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