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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Civil War

War between citizens (civilês). In English history the term is applied to the war between Charles I. and his Parliament; but the War of the Red and White Roses was a civil war. In America the War of Secession (1861-1865) was a civil war.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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