2 (U.S. history) the war fought from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the South, sparked off by Lincoln's election as president but with deep-rooted political and economic causes, exacerbated by the slavery issue.
A barrage is a term used to describe extensive artillery fire against enemy positions. Barrages were classified as light, moderate or heavy. A light barrage amounted to six or seven shells every ten minutes. A moderate barrage was thirty shells a minute and a heavy one, fifty to sixty shells a minute.
: to cause (someone) to receive a great amount of something : to direct a barrage of questions, comments, etc., at (someone) â usually used as (be) barraged with. 1  The public was barraged with campaign ads in the months leading up to the election. 2  They were barraged [=inundated, swamped] with inquiries about the job.