American Civil War

American  

noun

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

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American Civil War

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The American Civil War was sometimes referred in the South as the War Between the States, and, later, the War of Northern Aggression.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2025

Passover begins this year on April 12, the 164th anniversary of the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, which ignited the American Civil War.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 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

The earliest repeating rifles appeared during the American Civil War.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman