<P> The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave - holding states -- South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas -- in the Lower South region whose regional economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves . </P>
<P> The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S. ) , commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865 . The Confederacy was originally formed by seven secessionist slave - holding states -- South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas -- in the Lower South region whose regional economy was heavily dependent upon agriculture , particularly cotton , and a plantation system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves . </P>
by february 1861 seven states had seceded the united states which included
by february 1861 seven states had seceded the united states which included
South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas
South Carolina Mississippi Florida Alabama Georgia Louisiana Texas