War of Secession

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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

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

By the end of April they were estimated at near 100,000, a proportion of fighting men to population that has only been equalled in the War of Secession.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by Figgis, John Neville

There was no marked change up to 1861, when the War of Secession began.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

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 Thwaites, Reuben Gold