1861 - the "Stars and Bars" is adopted as the flag of the Confederate States of America.

1861年的今天，“星条旗”被同意作为美联邦的旗帜使用。

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The states that broke away were called the Confederate states of America. The states that remained were called the Union Forces.

那些分离出去的州叫做南部联盟，留下的叫美利坚联邦。

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Jefferson Davis left his farm in Mississippi to become president of the Confederate States of America on February eleventh.

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The convention named former United States Senator Jefferson Davis to be president of the Confederate States of America.

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It put the Confederate states in the position of fighting for slavery -- even though most of the soldiers were too poor to own slaves.

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That was impossible without at least some of the former Confederate states joining in this ratification.

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The amendment's framers clearly figured that enforcement would focus on the former Confederate states, Mr. Verrilli said.

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In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation formally freeing all slaves in the Confederate States.

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