War of Secession
Americannoun
noun
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Her environment, explained Dr. Tucker, had been the protected environment of the better class in Virginia during the period shortly after the War of Secession.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reminding the assembled U. S. Laborites that "the fathers of American liberty allowed precious little democratic freedom during the War of Secession," he referred to the ogre-like pictures drawn of Bolshevism in foreign countries.
From Time Magazine Archive
To whomsoever due, in the decade immediately preceding the War of Secession there were two notable attempts at regeneration which had a profound influence upon the fortunes of that contest.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
How far the tradition might have been carried on, in smooth seas, I do not know; but along with many other things, good and bad, it was shattered by the War of Secession.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
From the earliest days of the War of Secession until its close, Wisconsin troops were ever upon the firing line, and participated in some of the noblest victories of the long and painful struggle.
From Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites
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