Arizona Territory, colloquially referred to as Confederate Arizona, was an organized incorporated territory of the Confederate States that existed from August 1, 1861 to May 26, 1865, when the Confederate States Army Trans-Mississippi Department, commanded by General Edmund Kirby Smith, was surrendered at Shreveport, Louisiana.However, after the Battle of Glorieta Pass, …

The cabinet was largely modeled on the Cabinet of the United States, with its members overseeing a State Department, Treasury Department, War Department, and Post Office Department.However, unlike the Union, the Confederacy lacked a Department of the Interior, and created a Justice Department (the position of the U.S. Attorney General existed, but the U.S. …

The Civil War in the United States from 1861 until 1865 was between the United States of America ("the Union" or "the North") and the Confederate States of America (Southern states that voted to secede: "the Confederacy" or "the South"). The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into newly acquired land after the …

A state of the Confederate States of America was one of the constituent entities that the Confederacy recognized as sharing their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were citizens of both the confederal republic and of the state in which they resided, due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the Confederate government. ...

States or communities. Confederate state or confederation, a union of sovereign groups or communities; Confederate States of America, a confederation of secessionist American states that existed between 1861 and 1865 . Military forces of the Confederate States, the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy of the Confederacy; Confederate Ireland, a period of Irish self-government …

Stati Confederati d'America (in inglese: Confederate States of America), abbreviato in CSA, è la denominazione ufficiale assunta l'8 febbraio 1861 da un nuovo paese costituito per accordo tra i sette Stati che, fra il dicembre 1860 e il febbraio 1861, avevano dichiarato la propria secessione dagli Stati Uniti d'America.. Poiché dopo due mesi dalla costituzione della Confederazione …

The Flag of Florida is the state flag of Florida.It consists of a red saltire on a white background, with the state seal superimposed on the center. The flag's current design has been in use since May 21, 1985, after the design of the Florida state seal was graphically altered and officially sanctioned for use by state officials.

The United States Mint has minted numerous commemorative coins to commemorate persons, places, events, and institutions since 1848. Many of these coins are not intended for general circulation, but are still legal tender. The mint also produces commemorative medals, which are similar to coins but do not have a face value, and therefore are not legal tender.

The Southern states had blocked westward rail expansion before 1860, but after secession the Pacific Railway Acts were passed in 1862 and 1863, which respectively established the central Pacific route and the standard gauge to be used. With federal financing in the form of bonds and generous land grants and with the heroic help of the mainly Chinese and Irish laborers, Central …

The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States, also known as the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America, was a congress of deputies and delegates called together from the Southern States which became the governing body of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States from February 4, 1861, to February 17, 1862. It sat in …

The army was formed on November 20, 1862, when General Braxton Bragg renamed the former Army of Mississippi and was divided into two corps commanded by Leonidas Polk and William J. Hardee.A third corps was formed from troops from the Department of East Tennessee and commanded by Edmund Kirby Smith; it was disbanded in early December after one of its two …

Article Four of the United States Constitution outlines the relationship between the various states, as well as the relationship between each state and the United States federal government.It also empowers Congress to admit new states and administer the territories and other federal lands.. The Full Faith and Credit Clause requires states to extend "full faith and …

Los Estados Confederados de América (en inglés, Confederate States of America; acrónimo: CSA), también llamados La Confederación o Estados Confederados, fue un país formado por algunos estados del sur de los Estados Unidos que existió entre 1861 y 1865 en el marco de la Guerra de Secesión.. La Confederación se formó originalmente con siete estados …

In the United States there are a number of observed holidays where employees receive paid time off.The labor force in the United States comprises about 62% (as of 2014) of the general population. In the United States, 97% of the private sector businesses determine what days this sector of the population gets paid time off, according to a study by the Society for Human …