War of the Rebellion

noun

1. American Civil War.

Example Sentences

Bell “supplied himself with arms, and loaded and fired with great spirit,” Abijah Perkins Marvin wrote in “History of Worcester in the War of the Rebellion,” an 1880 account that included that regiment’s history.

From Washington Post

There were times when anesthesia couldn't be used, but according to "The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion," prepared under the direction of Surgeon General Joseph K. Barnes, many of those cases might have been shot injuries, where there were concerns about negative side effects from the drugs.

From Salon

It wasn’t “the War Between the States,” as Lost Cause mythology would have it; the Civil War was, properly, “The War of the Rebellion.”

From Washington Post

Its volumes range from Jet magazine, to the Journal of Negro Education, to The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.

From Salon

The Texarkana Gazette reports a collection of 47 black and heavy volumes on the second floor shelves of the genealogical society are filled with “The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.”

From Washington Times