War of Secession
Example Sentences
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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
Such an one was Horace Greeley, who, in the days before the War of Secession, made the New York Tribune a power in America.
From Studies in Contemporary Biography by Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount
This had its origin in the recognition of a defect in the constitution of the Navy Department, which was glaringly visible during the War of Secession.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
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)
