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ConfederateConfederate Con*fed"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating.]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel. Confederate
Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, v. i.
To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or
covenant; to band together.
By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South.
ConfederateConfederate Con*fed"er*ate, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of
confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to
establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact.
See Federal.]
1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a
confederacy; banded together; allied.
All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace. --Shak.
2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the
eleven Southern States of the United States which
(1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation
styled the Confederate States of America; as, the
Confederate congress; Confederate money. Confederate
Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, n.
1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a
nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an
accomplice in a bad sense.
He found some of his confederates in gaol.
--Macaulay.
2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause
of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union
(1860-1865).
Meaning of confederate from wikipedia
- The
Confederate States of
America (CSA),
commonly referred to as the
Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an
unrecognized breakaway...
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federal ****ets
within their borders. The war
began when on
April 12, 1861,
Confederate troops fired on Fort
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Charleston Harbor. A...
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Confederate, or
Confederacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Confederacy or
confederate may
refer to:
Confederate state or confederation...
- The
flags of the
Confederate States of
America have a
history of
three successive designs during the
American Civil War. The
flags were
known as the "Stars...
- The
Confederate States Army, also
called the
Confederate Army or the
Southern Army, was the
military land
force of the
Confederate States of
America (commonly...
- Territory,
colloquially referred to as
Confederate Arizona, was an
organized incorporated territory of the
Confederate States of
America that
existed from...
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During the
American Civil War, the
Union Navy
attempted to
capture the
Confederate-held city of
Vicksburg in 1862, but were
unable to do so with army support...
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American politician who
served as the
first and only
president of the
Confederate States from 1861 to 1865. He
represented Mississippi in the
United States...
- More than 160
monuments and
memorials to the
Confederate States of
America (CSA; the Confederacy) and ****ociated
figures have been
removed from public...
- Each
branch of the
Confederate States armed forces had its own
service dress and
fatigue uniforms and
regulations regarding them
during the
American Civil...
