Suzanne, many thanks for sharing this one--my favorite being the last line of the piece snipped below! In a message dated 3/30/2011 11:28:21 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-civil-war-20110327, 0,7924185.story <<Susan Gabbay, 80, a retired librarian, brought an account book from the farm where she grew up near Petersburg. During the Union siege of the city in 1864, federal troops exploded a mine to open a gap in the rebel defenses but then rushed into the crater, where many were slaughtered. "Before the battle, the Union general came and told my great-grandmother to leave because it was too dangerous," she said. "When I was little, I thought that's why they called it the Civil War — because he was so polite.">> Holly Mills Amherst, VA ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html