War of Secession
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
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
He was a strong 374 supporter of the Northern cause during the War of Secession, and by his letters to the London Daily News did something to enlighten English readers.
From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
By the end of April they were estimated at near 100,000, a proportion of fighting men to population that has only been equalled in the War of Secession.
From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville
The annexationist and filibustering schemes of the decade immediately preceding the War of Secession were prompted by two motives.
From The United States and Latin America by Latane, John Holladay
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