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How many states formed the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War?

11 states

Background

During the US Civil War eleven southern states formed the Confederacy. Among them were Virginia, Georgia and Texas. They wanted to break away from the USA. One reason was slavery in the cotton economy. After four years of war the Confederacy lost in 1865.

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