war between the states
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1. civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 (noun.act)
| instance hypernym | : | civil war, |
| definition | : | a war between factions in the same country (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | atlanta, battle of atlanta, |
| definition | : | a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864 (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | battle of bull run, bull run, |
| definition | : | either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | chancellorsville, |
| definition | : | a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | battle of chattanooga, chattanooga, |
| definition | : | in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | battle of chickamauga, chickamauga, |
| definition | : | a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | battle of fredericksburg, fredericksburg, |
| definition | : | an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | battle of gettysburg, gettysburg, |
| definition | : | a battle of the American Civil War (1863); the defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | hampton roads, |
| definition | : | a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | kennesaw mountain, |
| definition | : | battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | petersburg, petersburg campaign, |
| definition | : | the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | siege of vicksburg, vicksburg, |
| definition | : | a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered (noun.act) |
| part holonym | : | wilderness campaign, |
| definition | : | American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses (noun.act) |
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