Civil War
Example Sentences
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The law was originally meant to grant citizenship to American-born, formerly enslaved people following the American Civil War.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
In 1867, an 8-year-old girl named Elizabeth Turner became the epicenter of a legal battle that would help define what freedom really meant after the Civil War.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2026
That landmark picture features McElwee, then in his mid-30s, as he tries to chronicle the exploits of Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, who laid siege to the South during the Civil War.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
“A Terrible Intimacy” concludes with a trial that took place in 1861, a few weeks after the Civil War began.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I would still pay for a substitute to take my place, if that were legal the way it was in the Civil War.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
