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First battle of bull run
| Глоссарий по истории гражданской войны в США (английский) |
An 1861 battle of the civil war in which the south shocked the north with a victory.
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Ironclad, английский
- A warship covered with iron.
- A steam-propelled warship protected by iron or steel armor plates of the period from 1859 until the 1890s (when the term "ironclad" fell out of use).
- [1] a 19th century warship with protective iron plates mounted on a heavy wooden backing. [2] generic term for any armor-plated vessel. the concept originated in the far east during the 16th century (see turtle ship).
King cotton, английский
Cotton was called king because cotton was important to the world market, and the south grew most of the cotton for europe’s mills.
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