Confederate Coupon from an Authentic Confederate States of America Bond - Measures 3 x 1 1/2 from the 1861-1865

Original 3" x 1 1/2" Thirty Dollars Confederate Bond Coupon. The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also referred to by various other names) was a civil conflict in the United States. It was fought between the Union, known as "the North," and the Confederacy, referred to as "the South," which was established by states that had seceded. The primary cause of the war revolved around the contention regarding the expansion of slavery into the western territories, which would lead to the creation of additional slave states, or the prevention of such expansion, which many believed would ultimately lead to the extinction of slavery.

Decades of political strife concerning slavery culminated in the 1860 U.S. presidential election, where Abraham Lincoln, who was against the expansion of slavery into western territories, emerged victorious. In response to Lincoln's election, an initial seven southern slave states chose to secede from the United States and, in February 1861, established the Confederacy. The Confederacy took control of U.S. forts and other federal properties located within their territories. Under the leadership of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy claimed authority over approximately one-third of the U.S. population across eleven of the 34 states that existed at that time. This led to four years of fierce fighting, primarily in the South.