War of Secession
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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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
In the War of Secession, Wisconsin took a gallant and notable part.
From Stories of the Badger State by Thwaites, Reuben Gold
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
Following this I had written by request a volume on the Navy in the War of Secession, entitled The Gulf and Inland Waters; my first appearance as an author.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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