What did the Confederates stand for?

What is the purpose of a confederacy

A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league) is a union of sovereign groups or states united for purposes of common action.

Who were the union and who were the Confederates

In the context of the American Civil War, the Union (The United States of America) is sometimes referred to as "the North", both then and now, as opposed to the Confederacy, which was "the South".

What were Confederates fighting for

Confederates professed to fight for liberty and independence from a too radical government; Unionists said they fought to preserve the nation conceived in liberty from dismemberment and destruction …

Who Won Union or Confederate

The Union won the American Civil War. The war effectively ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. The final surrender of Confederate troops on the western periphery came in Galveston, Texas, on June 2.

What did the Confederates believe in

The Confederates built an explicitly white-supremacist, pro-slavery, and antidemocratic nation-state, dedicated to the principle that all men are not created equal.

Did the Confederate States want slavery

Historian Drew Gilpin Faust observed that "leaders of the secession movement across the South cited slavery as the most compelling reason for southern independence". Although most white Southerners did not own slaves, the majority supported the institution of slavery and benefited indirectly from the slave society.

Who was stronger Union or Confederate

On paper, the Union outweighed the Confederacy in almost every way. Nearly 21 million people lived in 23 Northern states. The South claimed just 9 million people — including 3.5 million slaves — in 11 confederate states.