Nothing nonsense about "the War of Northern Aggression." My great granny always called it that. It sorts stuck with me. The South would have never fought against the north if the North would have left fort Sumter. The South was invaded. My great granny use to tell us kids about what happened when she was a little girl. She would tell us how Genral Jackson rode by one day with soldiers, he stopped, came into the house, gave her mom some food, asked if everything was okay, gave her some little sweets, prayed with the family and then moved on. This was opposed by the northern soldiers who came in, stole the food, raped her mom and moved on. Heck, I didn't know that "damn Yankee" was two words until I went to school. My great granny died in 1966 and the ripe old age of 108.
And the North would not have fought if the South had not fired on Fort Sumter.
Disputing the southron myth machine is a never ending task.
Being from south Georgia myself, I grew up learning the same history and hearing the same kinds of stories.
Several years ago, my wife and I took a trip to DC where I saw a statue of Sherman. General Sherman is apparently a hero to the north. He is considered a ruthless conquerer in the south. I was incensed that there would be a statue on the mall celebrating anyone who perpetrated acts of genocide.
From the point of view of my forebears, the war was one of conquest by the north. Reconstruction was the subjugation of a people under the thumb of an aggressive, malevolent military machine.
You're kidding, right?