War Between the States
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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 ● Apr. 27, 2025
South Carolina, of course, could not and should not have won the War Between the States, the causes of which will forever remain a stain on the state’s history.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2020
The center tells the story of what old-school Southerners call the War Between the States — from Union, Confederate and African-American points of view.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2015
The homestead credits Kline’s efforts with helping preserve the unity of the Brethren Church while other Protestant denominations split into Northern and Southern branches during the War Between the States.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 30, 2014
She reached under her desk and pulled out a thick, thick book called The Pictorial History of the War Between the States.
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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