# "War Between the States" or "Civil War"??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-the-states-or-civil-war/580067>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 28, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-the-states-or-civil-war/580067 "2011-04-28T18:43:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2011, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-the-states-or-civil-war/580067/101 "2011-05-26T01:29:51Z")

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> [@Little\_Nemo](#):
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> Around here we call it the Ptavv War.

The Tnuctipun will get you for that.

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**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2011, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-the-states-or-civil-war/580067/102 "2011-09-09T18:02:14Z")

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FWIW, I have documents supporting a pension application for a gg-Grandfather who died in the war. In two of them, dated 1873, the war is called the “War of 1861”.

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**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-between-the-states-or-civil-war/580067/103 "2011-09-10T00:01:36Z")

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The Southern Rebellion.

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