Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: 1  fauna, zoology(noun) all the animal life in a particular region or period. the fauna of China; the zoology of the Pliocene epoch. 2  zoology, zoological science(noun) the branch of biology that studies animals.
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
How Many People Died in the American Civil War. The American civil War (1861-1865) was(is) the biggest war that ever took place on American soil. A tank to the weak central government and the different policy making the country was divided in two. The North (the union as they called it) and the South (or the Confederation).