Civil War

Capitalization of civil war.

the Civil War

1. Any of several civil wars, taken specifically.
   • 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 46:

     Puritans had always been only a minority, albeit one with disproportionate influence. The Civil War of the 1640s, which culminated in the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the establishment of a republic, gave them supreme power.

• In English-language contexts, the term usually refers to the English Civil War of 1642-1651 or the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

• English Civil War (1642–1651)
• American Civil War (1861–1865)
• Irish Civil War (1922–1923)