confederacy
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Texas became a U.S. state in 1845 and seceded from the union to join the Confederacy at the start of the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026
Some years back, they had discovered that Willie’s own father was a Jewish immigrant from France who settled in Alexandria and fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026
It commemorates the day—June 19, 1865—when news of emancipation reached people in the deepest parts of the former Confederacy in Galveston, Texas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Back then, the two sides were called the Union and the Confederacy.
From Salon • May 1, 2026
He transported the Confederate mail between the two states and sent south fresh Union newspapers that provided information valuable to the Confederacy.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
Vocabulary lists containing confederacy
Power Suffix: -acy
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The Federalist Papers, No. 1 by Alexander Hamilton
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Iroquois Constitution
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