Regarding your comment: When I lived in Birmingham AL back in the late 70s, I was shocked to discover that the Civil War was not over, there was a continued sense of grievance resentment, clearly handed down through generations. Growing up in the North, the outcome of the Civil War never crossed my mind.
Regarding your comment: When I lived in Birmingham AL back in the late 70s, I was shocked to discover that the Civil War was not over, there was a continued sense of grievance resentment, clearly handed down through generations. Growing up in the North, the outcome of the Civil War never crossed my mind.
Never heard it called that, and I have lived in the South for 70+ years. I have heard WWI referred to that way.
I am aware that many Southerners-even young ones-refer to the Civil War as The War Between the States, thus refusing to acknowledge a treasonous rebellion. They also vociferously refuse to acknowledge that slavery was the cause. It’s a clan of deliberate ignorance.
Regarding your comment: When I lived in Birmingham AL back in the late 70s, I was shocked to discover that the Civil War was not over, there was a continued sense of grievance resentment, clearly handed down through generations. Growing up in the North, the outcome of the Civil War never crossed my mind.
There’s a reason that many old-school Southerners still refer to the Civil War as “The Great War.”
Never heard it called that, and I have lived in the South for 70+ years. I have heard WWI referred to that way.
I am aware that many Southerners-even young ones-refer to the Civil War as The War Between the States, thus refusing to acknowledge a treasonous rebellion. They also vociferously refuse to acknowledge that slavery was the cause. It’s a clan of deliberate ignorance.
It was a Great War for good reasons, not to mention the end of slavery and the cost in lives and treasure.