Date: 2007-05-14 09:27 pm (UTC)
I'd go with that - I know 'antebellum' entirely from the Civil War context ('the antebellum South') but I think it's generic. Hang on, let me confer with the deity....

*lights incense*

*uses Athens login*

OED sez: Previous to the war, i.e. spec. the American civil war (1861-5), the S. African war (1899- 1902), or either of the wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45.

Interestingly, has also been 'ante bellum' or 'ante-bellum', judging from the usage examples.
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