By eighteen sixty-three, America's northern states and southern states had been fighting a bitter civil war for two years.

VOA: special.2009.10.29

Then,the Crimean War broke out. I felt that sad for him that there had to be a war.

VOA: special.2010.03.27

He told them: "The war for the Union is, in your hands, a most bloody and costly failure.

VOA: special.2009.10.22

He said once the people understood that it was a war for democracy, they would win it quickly.

VOA: special.2009.11.12

Some writers believe that the phrase would soon have disappeared were it not for the American Civil War.

VOA: special.2009.02.22

To guarantee continued support for the war, Lincoln was forced to recognize that the issue of slavery was, in fact,a major issue.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

It was the largest seaport. It had become a busy industrial center, producing war equipment for Confederate forces.

VOA: special.2009.09.10

By the spring of nineteen forty-one, Europe had been at war for a year and a half.

VOA: special.2009.05.17

It was a bitter defeat. But it made the North recognize the need for a real army one trained and equipped for war.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

The hunger for news of the Civil War in the eighteen sixties increased the need for reporters.

VOA: special.2009.04.20

He gave the orders for war. Early the next morning, the tribe attacked the trading stores.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

A vote for Lincoln meant a vote for continuing the Civil War until it was won.

VOA: special.2009.12.10

The civil war in Greece ended. American help for Greece and Turkey was the first step in what became known as the "Truman Doctrine."

VOA: special.2011.08.04

Historians say that by writing the Emancipation Proclamation, Lincoln established a moral purpose for the war.

VOA: special.2009.02.09