Confederate States of America

:For other meanings of confederate and confederacy, see confederacy (disambiguation)

Geography

The Confederate States had a total of 4,698 km of coastline. A large portion of its territory lay on the sea coast, and with level and sandy ground. The interior portions were hilly and mountainous and the far western territories were deserts. The lower reaches of the Mississippi River bisected the country, with the western half often referred to as the Trans-Mississippi. The highest point (excluding Arizona and New Mexico) was Guadalupe Peak in Texas at 2,667 m.

Related Topics:
Km - Mississippi River

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Most of the area of the Confederate States had a humid subtropical climate with mild winters and long, hot, humid summers. The climate varied to semiarid steppe and arid desert west of longitude 96 degrees west.

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The Confederate States was less urbanized than the northern US states, with only New Orleans showing up in the list of top 10 US cities in the 1860 census. Only 15 cities (excluding those in Kentucky and Missouri) ranked among the top 100 US cities in 1860. The population of Richmond swelled after it became the national capital, reaching an estimated 128,000 in 1864.

Related Topics:
New Orleans - Richmond

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