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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

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

Such at least was the purpose Loring communicated to the Confederate War Department; but he was not allowed to attempt it.

From Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 by Jacob Dolson Cox

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