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Your search for: u AND s AND civil AND war


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Research Topics on: u s civil war

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Books on: u s civil war

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Encyclopedia Articles on: u s civil war

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  • Civil War , in U.S. History
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    CIVIL WAR , in U.S. history in U.S. history, conflict (1861 65) between the Northern states...War of Secession, and the War for Southern Independence. The name Civil War, although much criticized as inexact, is most widely accepted...
     
  • Harlan, John Marshall , 1833–1911, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...1833 1911, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1833 1911, American jurist, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1877 1911), b...the bar in 1853, he served in the Civil War as a colonel in the Union army until...
     
  • Civil Defense
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...from enemy actions in time of war. A civil defense program usually includes...and property after attack. Civil defense grew in proportion to...establishment of comprehensive civil defense systems. The principal U.S. civil defense agency was established...
     
  • Civil Service
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...shortly after the Civil War. In 1871, Congress...intention of divorcing the civil service from politics...the act allows most civil servants to engage...employees; and by the Civil Service Commission...the structure of the U.S. civil service as...
     
  • War Department, United States
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    WAR DEPARTMENT, UNITED STATES federal...matters. In Aug., 1789, the U.S. War Dept., headed by the...to organize and maintain the U.S. army under the command of the...Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War, but by the 20th cent...
     

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