War Between the States

noun

1. the American Civil War: used especially in the South.

War Between the States

noun

1. the American Civil War

Example Sentences

“The Civil War was the War Between the States and we were taught how the South won the major battles. In my Tennessee history class I did not learn who lost the Civil War.”

From Washington Post

In that handbook’s pages VMI had responded to its legal loss to federal authorities by reverting to turn-of-the-century rhetoric, referring to “The War Between the States,” even though Rat Bibles had talked about “the Civil War” as far back as 1922.

From Slate

It’s already turning into a virtual war between the states.

From Los Angeles Times

Beautiful Crescent drops the pretense of continental sophistication when it turns to the “War Between the States.”

From Slate

“While it is true that General Robert E. Lee served in the War Between the States,” O’Toole wrote, using the pro-Confederacy name for the Civil War mentioned in the law itself.

From Seattle Times