[Protect the Bill of Rights]

In the depositions of the many chancery court cases I have read (mostly in and about the counties of Hanover, New Kent & Henrico, VA), the war is referred to by those who lived through it as 'the war' or 'the late war.'

I cannot recall anyone referring to it as the 'Civil War,' 'War Between the States,' 'the War of Northern Aggression.' I may have seen it referred to once as the 'great war,' but cannot swear to it.

Anecdotal at best. I am not claiming a universal truth.

[Repeal The 17th]

and I have seen it referred to during the period of reconstruction as “the late unpleasantness”.