Confederate state during the American Civil War (7)
I believe the answer is:
alabama
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">confederate state during the american civil war</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for alabama that I've seen before include "State of southeastern US" , "Source of cotton" , "Southern US state" , "SE US state" , "part of US" .)