Old_DominionWordNet Explorer

a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War

North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line

the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles

a major battle in the American Civil War (1863); the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker

an important battle in the American Civil War (1862); the Union Army under A. E. Burnside was defeated by the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee

the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee