This reply, in my opinion, was distinctly Confederate.

We mutually confederated not to betray or desert one another on pain of death.

He saw the first treaty ratified between the newly confederated powers of America and the ancient monarchy of France, with all the formalities of parchment and seals, on the same spot, probably, where he once saw William Penn ratify his first and last treaty with the Indians, without the formality of pen, ink, or paper....

These rival forces were temporarily confederated against internal disruption or foreign invasion.

He had a white handlebar moustache and a vaguely confederate look.