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War of Secession

American  
War of Secession British  

noun

  1. another name for the (American) Civil War

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

The War of Secession then—December, 1865—was entirely over; but the Mexican expedition of Napoleon III., the culminating incident of which, the capture of Mexico, we had seen celebrated at Cherbourg in 1863, was still lingering.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

We have seen all these points amply illustrated since the War of Secession.

From The Critical Period of American History by Fiske, John

My father, by the personal contact of teacher and taught, knew almost every one of the distinguished generals who fought in the War of Secession, on either the Union or the Confederate side.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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