It was also called the War of Rebellion before that became politically  
incorrect to use.

On Mar 27, 2011, at 1:11 PM, Fern wrote:

> This is especially interesting for families like mine who had as  
> many soldiers in the CSA
> as they had on the UNION side.
>
> The War Between the Stats. Yes, that's stats, not states.
>
> Historians and statisticians are questioning the statistics of
> Confederate War dead. Official military records compiled in 1866
> counted 40,275 North Carolina soldiers who died in uniform.
> Reportedly, North Carolina had more men die in uniform than any other
> Confederate state, although not as many as New York in the Union. Now
> new investigations seem to show the 1866 claims, made when records
> were spotty, are highly inaccurate.
>
> While the new counts are not yet complete, it looks like the true
> count will be about 31,000 deaths of North Carolina soldiers during
> the war. Meanwhile, a separate count iis being made of Virginia
> soldiers and it looks like its final tally will also be about 31,000,
> far higher than previous reports.
>
> "It's going to be close," says Virginia librarian Edwin Ray, the man
> making the count of Virginia deaths in uniform.
>
> The issue tends to be emotional in the affected states which have
> pride in their soldiers who died for the losing cause. Whatever the
> final count, many people will have difficulty believing it.
>
> New York reported the most deaths of any state: 46,534, according to
> the 1866 federal report.
>
> You can read more in an article by Cameron McWhirter in the Wall
> Street Journal at http://goo.gl/usb0U  If this link does not work -  
> try this one:
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576202823930087328.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond
>
> Another interesting fact is that Cameron McWhirter had family  
> fighting for the CSA
> and this family member was a 'friend' of my distant cousin General  
> Abe Buford
> who rode with General Forrest -CSA..
>
>
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