American Civil War
- the war between the northern US states (usually known as the Union) and the Confederate states of the South, 1861-5美国南北战争（1861-1865年美国北部各州［通称联邦］和南部邦联各州之间的战争）。
The war was fought over the issues of slavery and states' rights. The pro-slavery Southern states seceded from the Federal Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln on an anti-slavery platform, but were defeated by the North after failing to gain foreign recognition.