Re: Making Sense of It All

[Alberto Monteiro]

Dan Minette wrote:
>
>Your reference to the war as the Secession War is the first time I have ever 
>heard of that term.  Perhaps double translations through Portuguese is the 
>source of the term?  
>
Yes, it's Pt translation. I think br historians have always called it by that name -
which, IMHO, is much more accurate than either USA term :-)

Alberto Monteiro