the informal name for the Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1861, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War
A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing. They've entered this new confederacy because the central government's been unable to control the collapsing economy. the Confederate States in the American Civil War, the southern states of the US, which fought the northern states (the Union) and lost. confederacies a confederation. Iroquois Confederacy Maratha confederacy Maravi confederacy