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The American ___MASK15___ was a ___MASK15___ in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865 . The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states grouped together as the Confederate States of America . The Union won the war , which remains the bloodiest in U . S . history . A ___MASK15___ , also known as an intrastate war in polemology , is a war between organized groups within the same state or country , or , less commonly , between two countries created from a formerly united state . The aim of one side ___MASK75___ be to take control of the country or a region , to achieve independence for a region or to change government policies . The term is a calque of the Latin " bellum civile " which was used to refer to the various civil wars of the Roman Republic in the 1st century BC . ___MASK5___ ( derived from the Latin term " secessio ") is the ___MASK50___ of a group from a larger entity , especially a political entity ( a ___MASK78___ ), but also any ___MASK64___ , union or ___MASK73___ ___MASK25___ . Threats of secession can also be a ___MASK8___ for achieving more limited goals . The Wren Society , is one of the many secret societies on the campus of the College of William and Mary . Founded in 1832 , to honor the ___MASK89___ hundredth birthday of Sir Christopher Wren , the society quickly grew in prominence . The society , like many other traditions of the Royal College , fell victim to the American ___MASK15___ . Restored in the 20th Century by a number of enterprising students , the Wren Society has continued to assist the College . The society is thought to meet late at night on the grounds of the original College . Members are ' tapped ' based upon their dedication to academics , commitment to service , and demonstration of exceptional leadership within the college community . Membership in the Society is steeped in secrecy , but is rumored to consist of a select number of upperclassmen leaders from all walks of campus life . The Confederate States , officially the Confederate States of America ( CSA or C . S .), commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized breakaway ___MASK78___ of 11 secessionist slave states existing from 1861 to 1865 . It was originally formed by seven slave states  South Carolina , Mississippi , Florida , Alabama , Georgia , Louisiana , and Texas  in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon ___MASK16___ , particularly cotton , and a ___MASK94___ system that relied upon the labor of African - American slaves .