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

The company, whose early trading days date to the 19th century and the era of British rule, once exported opium to China and sold cotton to Britain when the American Civil War dried up supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

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 ● Sep. 13, 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

“Do you see that rooftop balcony? We had a party there the night the American Civil War began. The shelling of Fort Sumter.”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan

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