American Civil War

noun

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

Example Sentences

Professor Kevin Waite had just finished a seminar on the run-up to the American Civil War on Friday morning when a student cautiously raised her hand.

From Los Angeles Times

The American Civil War was “the War of Northern Aggression” and not a fight to end slavery.

From Salon

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

What the hell does Donbas have to do with the American Civil War?

From Salon

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