1876 battle in the USA (6,7)

I believe the answer is:

middle america

(Other definitions for middle america that I've seen before include "Conservative USA" , "Yanks that are fairly well off" , "Conservative part of the US" , "US conservatives" , "Mexico, for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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