War of Independence

...In the midst of the North-South conflict centered on the issue of slavery, 11 southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America, and the Union tried to prevent this and protect the Union, leading to the Civil War. Today, the Civil War is usually called the Civil War, but during the war, the Union called it the War of the Rebellion, and the Southern Confederacy called it the War of Independence. Other names for the Union include the Great Rebellion, the War to Save the Union, the War for the Union, the War of Emancipation, and the War to Free the Slaves, while the Southern Confederacy called it the Second American Revolution, the War of the Union, the War of Secession, the War of Invasion from the North, the War to Protect the Constitution, and the War Between the States.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "War of Independence" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…奴隷問題を焦点とする南北対立の中で，南部11州が連邦を脱退してアメリカ南部連合を結成し，連邦側はそれを阻止し，連邦を守ろうとして南北戦争が起こった。南北戦争は今日ふつう〈内乱Civil War〉と呼ばれているが，戦争中，連邦側は〈反逆戦争War of the Rebellion〉と呼び，南部連合側は〈独立戦争War of Independence〉と呼んだ。このほか連邦側の呼び方に〈大反逆〉〈連邦を救う戦争〉〈連邦のための戦争〉〈解放戦争〉〈奴隷解放の戦争〉があり，南部連合側の呼び方には〈第2次アメリカ独立革命〉〈連合の戦争〉〈脱退戦争〉〈北部からの侵略戦争〉〈憲法擁護戦争〉〈諸州間の戦争〉などがある。…

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