The Confederate States of America
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
The Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy, was the government created by the 11 Southern states of the United States after they seceded from the Union. The Union refused to recognize the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi and Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia served as president and vice president, respectively, of the Confederacy. Four other slave states—Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri—remained in the Union. The latter two were actually represented on the Confederate flag, which, like the Stars and Stripes, featured a star for every state.
| State | Seceded from Union | Readmitted to Union1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | South Carolina | Dec. 20, 1860 | July 9, 1868 |
| 2. | Mississippi | Jan. 9, 1861 | Feb. 23, 1870 |
| 3. | Florida | Jan. 10, 1861 | June 25, 1868 |
| 4. | Alabama | Jan. 11, 1861 | July 13, 1868 |
| 5. | Georgia | Jan. 19, 1861 | July 15, 18702 |
| 6. | Louisiana | Jan. 26, 1861 | July 9, 1868 |
| 7. | Texas | March 2, 1861 | March 30, 1870 |
| 8. | Virginia | April 17, 1861 | Jan. 26, 1870 |
| 9. | Arkansas | May 6, 1861 | June 22, 1868 |
| 10. | North Carolina | May 20, 1861 | July 4, 1868 |
| 11. | Tennessee | June 8, 1861 | July 24, 1866 |
1. Date of readmission to representation in U.S. House of Representatives.
2. Second readmission date. First date was July 21, 1868, but the representatives were unseated March 5, 1869.
