War of Secession
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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, however, interrupted the measures taken against the sect, which remained neutral during the military operations of the North and South.
From Modern Saints and Seers by Evan Marrett
How far the tradition might have been carried on, in smooth seas, I do not know; but along with many other things, good and bad, it was shattered by the War of Secession.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
This had its origin in the recognition of a defect in the constitution of the Navy Department, which was glaringly visible during the War of Secession.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
