war between the states

Noun
  1. domain region: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    is an instance of: civil war - a war between factions in the same country
    has:
    • atlanta, battle of atlanta - a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
    • battle of bull run, bull run - either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
    • chancellorsville - a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker
    • battle of chattanooga, chattanooga - 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
    • battle of chickamauga, chickamauga - a Confederate victory in the American Civil War (1863); Confederate forces under Braxton Bragg defeated Union forces
    • battle of fredericksburg, fredericksburg - 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
    • battle of gettysburg, gettysburg - 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
    • hampton roads - a naval battle of the American Civil War (1862); the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac
    • kennesaw mountain - battle of the American Civil War (1864); Union forces under William Tecumseh Sherman were repulsed by Confederate troops under Joseph Eggleston Johnston
    • petersburg, petersburg campaign - the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee
    • battle of pittsburgh landing, battle of shiloh, shiloh - the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory
    • siege of vicksburg, vicksburg - a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered
    • wilderness campaign - American Civil War; a series of indecisive battles in Grant's campaign (1864) against Lee in which both armies suffered terrible losses
    same as: american civil war, united states civil war

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