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.
Death in the Civil War. The Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history. Well over 600,000 people died in combat, from disease, or as a result of the Civil War. Reconstruction The period of time after the Civil War is known as Reconstruction.