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American Civil War: In Montgomery, Alabama, delegates from six breakaway U.S. states meet and initiate the process that would form the Confederate States of America on February 8.
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American Civil War
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be permitted to expand into the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Montgomery, Alabama
Capital city of Alabama, United States
Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama. Named for Continental Army major general Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River on the Gulf Coastal Plain. The population was 200,603 at the 2020 census. It is the third-most populous city in the state,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
U.S. state
Constituent polity of the United States
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Confederate States of America
Unrecognized state in North America (1861–1865)
The Confederate States of America (CSA), also known as the Confederate States (C.S.), the Confederacy, or the South, was an unrecognized breakaway republic in the Southern United States from 1861 to 1865. It comprised eleven U.S. states that declared secession: South Carolina,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 8
Day of the year
February 8 is the 39th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 326 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)