[mjp]

Northerners were descended from Puritans who sailed on the Mayflower, and the Southerners were descended from the Norman conquerors that took England in 1066 but got booted out after having lost a war in England.

The yankees were mostly from East Anglia, which was an Anglo-saxon area conquered and settled by Vikings. Virginians were settled mostly by people from Wessex, which was an area where the Anglo-saxons defeated the Vikings.

From this perspective, the American civil war, in a way was a continuation of the War between Anglo-Saxons and Vikings,

[VanDeKoik]

“From this perspective, the American civil war, in a way was a continuation of the War between Anglo-Saxons and Vikings, “

Yeah, the whole analogy presented is just ridiculously goofy.