Confederate States of America

or Southern Confederacy . The efforts of the Southern States for the extension of slavery, and the zeal of the Northern States for its abolition, with the consequent political di ensions, led to the great sece ion of 1860-61. On November 4, 1860, Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, was elected President of the United States. Hitherto, a President in the interest of the South had been elected. On December 20, South Carolina seceded from the Union; and Alabama, Florida, Mi i ippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia (except West Virginia), Arkansas, Tenne ee, and North Carolina seceded early in 1861. Jefferson Davis was inaugurated President of the Southern Confederacy at Montgomery, Ala., February 18, 1861. For important events of the civil war which ensued, see the different States of America throughout this work, and the names of battles, etc., which were fought during this war. On the 20th day of August, 1866, the President (Andrew Johnson) proclaimed the insurrection at an end, and that peace, order, tranquillity, and civil authority existed throughout the whole of the United States.