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 Marrett, Evan
They all dated, guns as well, from the War of Secession, or earlier.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
We therefore found in Hong Kong only a single vessel, the Monocacy, an iron double-ender; a class which had its beginning in the then recent War of Secession, and disappeared with it.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
