Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Confederate States” in chapter 27 of Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I.:

...that they had allowed the Government of the United States nearly four weeks wherein to decide between recognizing — or, if they choose, admitting and acting upon — the independence of the Confederate States , and an acceptance of the gage of battle, it may be requisite to give one more extract from their valedictory, as follows: This delay was assented to for the express purpose of attaining the gr...
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