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Maps of the Confederate States of America (CSA)
(February 4, 1861 - April 9, 1865)

First Flags of the Confederate States of America
(March 4, 1861 - May 1, 1863)

Please click on flag (left) to view a detailed animated map
depicting the evolution of the CSA and Union states
from December 20, 1860 (secession of South Carolina)
to July 15, 1870 (Virgina readmitted to Union).

     

On February 4, 1861 the Confederate States of America (CSA) was created.
The states all seceded from the Union and joined the CSA at different dates.


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Confederate States of America
Half Dollar coin (obverse), 1861 		Seal of the Confederate States of America Confederate States of America
Half Dollar coin (reverse), 1861

        

West Virginia seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia and joined the Union on June 20, 1863 as 35th state.


US States  New US State  CSA States (Confederacy)  US Territories  Disputed areas  Other states

   
  Confederate States of America
Five Dollars bill (front), 1861
(backside UNPRINTED) 		Confederate States of America
100 Dollars bill (front), 1862
(backside UNPRINTED) 		 
  

  

Second (May 1, 1863 - March 4, 1865) and third (March 5, 1865 - April 26, 1865) CSA National Flag


  

South Carolina State Flag and Fort Sumter Flag, 1861


The American Civil War began with the attack of the Confederate Army on the Union Fort Sumter,
located in the harbor of Charleston, SC.


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