War Between the States

American  

noun

1. the American Civil War: used especially in the South.

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War Between the States British  

noun

1. the American Civil War

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Example Sentences

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

The only fight he’d ever lost before was the War Between the States.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns