Quoting John Cowan <cowan@...>:
> Adam Walker scripsit:
>
> > then to top it all we found his own
> > grandfather and great-grandfather *fighting* for the
> > Yankees! It's been rather hilarious.
>
> Not surprising. I should think that one could find Americans from
> every
> state (that existed at the time) on both sides (yet another reason why
> "War Between The States" is an unreasonable name, though "Civil War"
> has its problems too).
Terry Pratchett notes in The Discworld Companion that the history of
Ankh-Morpork has seen a number of civil wars, as well as a few downright uncivil
ones. So I suggest the conflict be relabled "The (American) Uncivil War".
Andreas