American Civil War

American  

noun

1. the war in the U.S. between the North and the South, 1861–65.

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Example Sentences

During the American Civil War, both the North and South attempted blockades.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Abraham Lincoln became the first US president to suspend habeas corpus in 1861, during the American Civil War.

From BBC • May 11, 2025

In other words, there was indeed a “civil war” in Vietnam, but it was not one that pitted northerners against southerners, as, for the most part, our American Civil War did.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2025

He identifies with the violent abolitionist John Brown, who tried to start a slave revolt two years before the American Civil War and was executed.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2025

After that, he fought in the American Civil War & became a Navy engineer.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman