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Section sizes

Section size for Confederate States of America (85 sections)
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Span of control	5,516	5,516
History	5,136	133,735
Origins	1,889	27,477
Causes of secession	16,501	16,501
Secessionists and conventions	3,309	3,309
Attempts to thwart secession	3,568	3,568
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Secession	1,011	24,620
States	15,269	15,269
Territories	3,007	3,007
Capitals	5,333	5,333
Diplomacy	16	20,706
United States, a foreign power	3,623	3,623
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Brazil and Cuba	1,844	1,844
Confederacy at war	26	55,796
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Armed forces	4,636	18,301
Raising troops	5,283	5,283
Conscription	8,382	8,382
Victories: 1861	4,950	4,950
Incursions: 1862	12,613	12,613
Anaconda: 1863–1864	4,709	4,709
Collapse: 1865	5,229	5,229
Legacy and assessment	71	19,190
Amnesty and treason issue	5,158	5,158
Texas v. White (1869)	1,577	1,577
Sprott v. United States (1874)	1,958	1,958
Theories regarding downfall	34	10,426
"Died of states' rights"	7,103	7,103
"Died of Davis"	3,289	3,289
Government and politics	29	26,684
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Constitution	4,377	23,761
Executive	3,791	5,939
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Judicial	4,303	4,303
Post Office	5,455	5,455
Military	1,526	1,526
Civil liberties	1,235	1,235
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Slaves	3,344	3,344
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National production	3,314	3,314
Transportation systems	4,223	5,842
Horses and mules	1,619	1,619
Financial instruments	4,461	4,461
Food shortages and riots	3,097	3,097
Devastation by 1865	5,255	5,255
Effect on women and families	1,583	1,583
National flags	5,477	5,477
Southern Unionism	6,205	6,205
Geography	14	1,848
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Religion	3,160	3,160
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See also	815	815
Notes	24	24
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Sources	389	389
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Historiography	1,938	1,938
State studies	138	6,772
Border states	1,131	1,131
Alabama and Mississippi	1,368	1,368
Florida and Georgia	1,264	1,264
Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and West	983	983
North and South Carolina	884	884
Virginia	1,004	1,004
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African Americans	1,154	1,154
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Semi-protected edit request on 12 May 2024[edit]

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In the map labels, make the ‘West Virginia’ lead to the page of said state. Hiyabud (talk) 00:49, 12 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: It seems there are already multiple instances of "West Virginia" that have wikilinks. Shadow311 (talk) 15:45, 13 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Please condense and add subheadings to apre down the word count of 19.000 words.[edit]

Remove words and divide up the text so it is readable. 64.189.18.34 (talk) 08:16, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Lede cites a children's book for early argumentation[edit]

"The 1860 United States presidential election served as the catalyst for economic discussion; the North was a heavily populated, industrialized society fed by immigration, while the South was a traditional agricultural society, economically laissez-faire, and dependent on plantations. Mississippi senator Jefferson Davis argued every state had the right to resist Federal regulation, and could choose the economic system it wanted. Illinois representative Abraham Lincoln opposed this, arguing the Federal government had the right to intervene economically. "

This doesn't reflect any contemporary scholarly consensus; it obfuscates what is clearly stated later in the lede about causes of the war; identifying Lincoln and Davis by their positions prior to 1861 is inappropriate; and it cites a children's history book from the 1950s as its only source. 12.172.251.101 (talk) 23:36, 28 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the lede text you've quoted because it's not mentioned in the body of the article as far as I can see, and the lede is supposed to summarize the contents of the body. We really shouldn't be citing children's books to support the content of an encyclopedia anyway. Thanks for pointing this out. Carlstak (talk) 00:14, 29 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Confederacy existed to at least May 26,1865[edit]

Your claim the confederacy ended on May 9,1865 excluding the battle of palmetto in Texas and the continuous slavery in Texas and elsewhere until June 19, 1865. Also, a Confederate general with an active army group was fighting until June 23, 1865. The end date of May 9 is ludicrous. The true end date should be June 23, 1865 as that is the last day a commissioned general surrendered his command. After that date only scattered forces were fighting without unified commands or without orders from any commanding general. 72.105.174.146 (talk) 10:43, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Confederate States Never Surrendered.[edit]

As the Confederate States Never Surrendered, we should go by the end date of the last Confederate generals surrender. That would be June 23, 1865. That is why the south will rise again myth was shouted by Southerners for over 100 years. The claim from the South never Surrendered and would fight the Yankees again. Some cities in the South still had the confederate flag flying until the early 2000s. 72.105.174.146 (talk) 10:52, 12 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]