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Definition of American Civil War
1. Noun. Civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865.
Generic synonyms: Civil War
Terms within: Atlanta, Battle Of Atlanta, Battle Of Bull Run, Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Battle Of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Battle Of Chickamauga, Chickamauga, Battle Of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Battle Of Gettysburg, Gettysburg, Hampton Roads, Kennesaw Mountain, Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign, Battle Of Pittsburgh Landing, Battle Of Shiloh, Shiloh, Siege Of Vicksburg, Vicksburg, Wilderness Campaign
Geographical relationships: America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Definition of American Civil War
1. Proper noun. A war fought in the United States between 1861 and 1865, between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of American Civil War
Literary usage of American Civil War
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Catalogue of Books: (original and Reprints,) Published in the by James Kelly (1871)
"JW (MD) History of the American Civil War. 3 vole. 8vo. giene. 8vo. cl. , $3 75.
N. T ............................ Harpers. ..."
2. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1904)
"CHAPTER V American Civil War (1861-186S) THEN came the outbreak which had been
so often foretold, so often menaced ; and the ground reeled under the nation ..."
3. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone by John Morley (1908)
"The American civil war by arresting the supply of cotton had half ruined Lancashire.
The same cause had diminished the export trade to America by six ..."
4. The Photographic History of the Civil War ...: Thousands of Scenes by Francis Trevelyan Miller, Robert Sampson Lanier (1911)
"... EDITORIAL INTRODUCTORY ON this semi-centennial of the American Civil War—the
war of the modern Roses in the Western World—these volumes are dedicated to ..."
5. British History in the Nineteenth Century (1782-1901) by George Macaulay Trevelyan (1922)
"... helps Cavour to free Italy—Cobden's Commercial Treaty with France—The American
Civil War—Canadian Federation—Denmark—Death of Palmerston, 1865. ..."
6. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"... three countries should offer their friendly mediation to the ^e American
contending parties in the American civil war. The moment was deemed civil war. ..."
7. The Rise of Business Corporations in India, 1851-1900 by Shyam Rungta (1970)
"The great wealth suddenly produced by the rise in the price of cotton shortly
after the beginning of the American Civil War,' coupled with the absence of ..."
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