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Confederate War

American  

noun

Chiefly South Atlantic States.
  1. the American Civil War.


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The mayor delayed decisions on the Confederate War Memorial, but the council this year voted to remove it, shooting down Rawlings’ push to recontextualize it.

From Washington Times Jun. 4, 2019

And it was Wilson who started the presidential tradition of laying a Memorial Day wreath at Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate War Memorial.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2015

In San Antonio, protesters gathered at the city's Confederate War Veterans Monument and chanted: "The banks got bailed out, we got sold out."

From Reuters Oct. 7, 2011

James Mcintosh, lately Captain in the United States Army, he departed for Richmond to give the Confederate War Department his version of the occurrences in his territory.

From The Struggle for Missouri by McElroy, John

When I was twelve, my father went to the Confederate War.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

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