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To: beckysueb
Gee, I wonder why it was changed to the Civil War. Could it be that it was learned that the north wasn't innocent after all?

No, Southern revisionism. The Southern leaders wanted the official name changed to War Between The States. Civil War was a compromise. As a trivia note, the conflict was misnamed on the Marine Corps memorial in Arlington Cemetery.

1,114 posted on 05/29/2007 7:33:04 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Oh really? Amazing considering the north won the war and pull all the strings. Since when does the north take the south into consideration while they are sitting up there in DC harassing the people?


1,115 posted on 05/29/2007 7:38:36 AM PDT by beckysueb
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