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
From the earliest days of the War of Secession until its close, Wisconsin troops were ever upon the firing line, and participated in some of the noblest victories of the long and painful struggle.
From Stories of the Badger State by Reuben Gold Thwaites
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
From the rich material offered by our War of Secession the caricaturists drew little more than the long, gaunt figure and the scraggy beard of Lincoln, and the cigar of General Grant.
From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Frederic Taber Cooper
