Confederate States of America (NSD)

The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up in 1861 by eleven southern states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S. The CSA's de facto control over its claimed territory was formally established on April 1, 1863, when President Abraham Lincoln signed the Richmond Accords, which recognized the existence of the Confederacy and its claim to the Oklahoma Territory.

Seven states declared their independence from the United States before the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln as President; six more did so after slavery abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment. The United States of America ("The Union") held secession illegal and refused recognition of the Confederacy. However, President Lincoln refused to invade the rebel states, even after the Fort Sumter Incident. After two years of tense stalling and failed negotiating, President Lincoln finally signed the Richmond Accords.

Although the initial Confederate Government modeled itself after the First Government of the United States, that government effectively collapsed when President J. Edgar Hoover succeeded in permanently suspending the Confederate Constitution on April 6, 1962, in order to "preserve Christianity and the submission of the negro race." Although, the Confederacy briefly showed signs of reconciliation when it sided with the United States in World War I, it remained neutral in World War II. The reasons for its neutrality primarily centered around a hostile and poor civilian population, which was weary of another war, and the blatant public support for the Nazis.

With the suspension of the Confederate Constitution on April 6, 1962, President J. Edgar Hoover moved the capital from Richmond, Virginia, to Atlanta, Georgia, and changed the Confederate flag. Hoover also issued many decrees throughout his Presidency in order to mold the Confederate States into his vision of a "stable moral society." This was achieved by the formation of the Principle Party of the Confederate States, which allowed the Southern Democratic Party to become the only legal political party in the nation. Hoover passed away on October 13, 1985, and was buried in the Hoover Tomb at Atlanta. After a six-month "mourning" period, Pat Robertson was selected by the Southern Democrats to become the next President of the Confederate States of America. President Robertson was inaugurated on March 4, 1986.