postbellum

Adjective

Meaning

Of the period following a war.

(US) Of the period following the American Civil War, especially used in reference to the South.

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Levine pop. 279-82 Postbellum Richmond emerged a decade after the smoldering rubble of the Civil War to resume its position as an economic powerhouse, with iron front buildings and massive brick factories. Source: Internet

"The Color of Money and the Nature of Value: Greenbacks and Gold in Postbellum America." Source: Internet

Bruce E. Baker, What Reconstruction Meant: Historical Memory in the American South (2007); Thomas J. Brown, ed. Reconstructions: New Perspectives on the Postbellum United States (2008). Source: Internet

Postbellum criticism of Longstreet claims that he was ordered by Lee to attack in the early morning and that his delays were a significant contributor to the loss of the battle. Source: Internet

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