Civil War
Example Sentences
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This decision inflamed conflicts that soon led to the Civil War.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 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
It is also where Abraham Lincoln, as the nation stood on the brink of Civil War, appealed to “the better angels of our nature.”
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2026
Southern leaders pushed for territorial expansion – and an expansion of slave states – to ensure they maintained political power at the national level, before they broke off altogether, starting the Civil War.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 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
