Deo Vindice

The motto appears on the margin beneath the device of the Seal of the Confederate States.
Deo vindice on the 1864 CS$500 banknote.

Deo vindice, meaning (With) God (as our) defender/protector or literally la:Deo vindice (God, defender/protector) was the national motto of the Confederate States.[note 1] It appeared on the margin beneath the device of the Seal of the Confederate States.[1][2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The translation is open to some interpretation.

References

  1. ↑ Matthews, James M., ed. (1863). The Statutes at Large of the Confederate States of America, Passed at the Third Session of the First Congress; 1863. Richmond: R. M. Smith, Printer to Congress. p. 167. OL 25389078M.
  2. ↑ Sigillologia. Being Some Account of the Great or Broad Seal of the Confederate States of America. A Monograph. Washington, D.C.: Kervand & Towers. 1873. pp. 4–5. LCCN 10019533. OL 25400537M – via Powell & Ginck.


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