Same here in Southern Maryland !! Mama said, "It was NOT a 'civil' war!" !! In a message dated 3/28/2011 12:42:27 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I am a life long Tennessean and many in my family were in the CSA. In fact my great Grandmother told me, when she was in her eighties, that she didn't know "damyankee" was two words until she was grown. Likewise until I was grown I had never heard the phrase"War of the Rebellion". It was always called The War between the States (having upgraded from the War of Northern Aggression). One of my older relatives called it the "Recent Unpleasantness" up into the early 20th century. My own mother warned me not to call it the Civil War. As you can see feelings ran pretty strong down here! Brenta Davis -----Original Message----- From: robert yingst Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 7:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] War between the 'STATS' 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.. > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html