Confederate patriotism

Confederate patriotism refers to the patriotism of people towards the historic Confederate States of America located in what is now the southern United States.[1] This patriotism arose as a result of the rise of a White Anglo-Saxon Protestant identity initially after founding of New England Confederation and intensified as the escalation of dispute between United States Northerners and Southerners over states' rights, Southerners identified themselves as a separate group of people from the people associated with the Union whom Southerners referred to as "Yankees".[2]

The Confederate battle flag of the Army of Tennessee, a common symbol of Confederate patriotism today.
The Constitution of the Confederate States of America.

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  1. ^ Confederate Minds: The Struggle for Intellectual Independence in the Civil War South. Univ of North Carolina Press, 2010. Pp. 94.
  2. ^ Faust, Drew Gilpin (1989). The Creation of Confederate Nationalism. LSU Press.