The most excellent Civil War Dictionary is called the "Civil War Dictionary" (strangley enough!) first published in 1956 and revised every 5 or so years. It is by Mark M Boatner III and is published by Vintage press, a subsidary of Random House. It is available as a trade paperback and retails for $22.00.
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Dictionary: Do battle; battle or struggle; oppose; collide; etc. The American Civil War (US Civil War) was also an undeclared war. Some folks like to forget that when saying an "undeclared war" is only a conflict. The Second World War was Americas last declared (formal) war.
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The dictionary defines two (or more) recognized nations fighting each other as a war. A battle is one engagement or series of engagements over the same objective (a hilltop or city for example). And technically the American Civil War is considered the "War of the Rebellion" in the US Government archives. Neither the US Civil War nor the Vietnam War were declared wars.
It would depend on which civil war you are referring to.
American Civil War: 1861-1865Mexican Civil War: 1858-1861Irish Civil War: 1922-1923Russian Civil War: 1917-1921Chinese Civil War: 1928-1937, 1945-1949Austrian Civil War: February 12 - February 16, 1934Spanish Civil War: 1936-1939
*The civil war *The War between the States
a civil war the civil war was the north vs. south of one country
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A Civil war in general is a war between one country. If you went to another country and were talking about the civil war they probably would think you were talking about their civil war. The correct term is The United States Civil War.
Do you mean the Spanish Civil War or the American Civil War?