Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> At 12:01 01-01-01 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >>Technically, this is not true. Indeed, the U.S. Civil War is now called
> >>the War Between the States by most because it was not a true civil
> >>war. The southern states wished to succeed from the Union; they didn't
> >>want to gain control of the Union.
> >
> >I'm not sure who "most people" are. But I still call it the Civil War, as
> >does my ten-year-old's textbook.
>
> Don't forget "The War of Northern Aggression."
>
Or:
>From Davis, B. (1982), _The Civil War: Strange and Fascinating Facts_
(Originally published as "Our Incredible Civil War). ISBN 0-517-37151-0
Chapter 13. Which War? pp. 79-80.
The War for Constitutional Liberty
The War for Southern Independence
The Second American Revolution
The War for States' Rights
Mr. Lincoln's War
The Southern Rebellion
The War for Southern Rights
The War of the Southern Planters
The War of the Rebellion
The Second War for Independence
The War to Suppress Yankee Arrogance
The Brothers' War
The War of Secession
The Great Rebellion
The War for Nationality
The War for Southern Nationality
The War Against Slavery
The Civil War Between the States
The War of the Sixties
The War Against Northern Aggression
The Yankee Invasion
The War for Separation
The War for Abolition
The War for the Union
The Confederate War
The War of the Southrons
The War for Southern Freedom
The War of the North and South
The Lost Cause
The War Between the States
The Late Unpleasantness
The Late Friction
The Late Ruction
The Schism
The Uncivil War
and of course.... THE War, "as if the planet had not heard a shot fired
in anger since '65."
Yet another alternative name: The Slaveowners' Rebellion
copied from ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/civil-war-usa/faq/part2
Doug
