War Between the States

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The American Civil War was sometimes referred in the South as the War Between the States, and, later, the War of Northern Aggression.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

South Carolina, of course, could not and should not have won the War Between the States, the causes of which will forever remain a stain on the state’s history.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2020

That association of female descendants of Confederate veterans preserves the memories of those husbands, fathers, sons and brothers who died in the War Between the States.

From Washington Times • Oct. 3, 2016

The center tells the story of what old-school Southerners call the War Between the States — from Union, Confederate and African-American points of view.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2015

Besides that, I remember it was right after our July the Fourth celebration—the first one held in Cold Sassy, Georgia, since the War Between the States.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns