Civil War

Example Sentences

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Preservationists have criticized the plan as disrupting a sacred sightline between the memorials to Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, designed as a statement of unity after the Civil War.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

For the proud sons of two Royal Navy sailors caught up in one of the most notorious incidents of the Chinese Civil War there was only one mission - to have those involved publicly honoured.

From BBC • May 29, 2026

Nearby, is a large poster, with text penned by famed slavery abolitionist Frederick Douglass, that was carried in a 1863 parade during the Civil War that calls "Men of Color, To Arms! To Arms!"

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The 14th Amendment was adopted after the Civil War in part to establish citizenship protections that could not easily be revoked by political shifts in power.

From Salon • May 24, 2026

Wrapped in her prolonged mourning for Elisha, she was unaware of how much the Civil War had changed the country.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock