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Here are a few alias's the civil war went under; Can you think of any others?The War for Constitutional LibertyThe War for Southern IndependenceThe Second American RevolutionThe War for States' RightsMr. Lincoln's WarThe Southern RebellionThe War for Southern RightsThe War of the Southern PlantersThe War of the RebellionThe Second War for IndependenceThe War to Suppress Yankee ArroganceThe Brothers' WarThe War of SecessionThe Great RebellionThe War for NationalityThe War for Southern NationalityThe War Against SlaveryThe Civil War Between the StatesThe War of the SixtiesThe War Against Northern AggressionThe Yankee InvasionThe War for SeparationThe War for AbolitionThe War for the UnionThe Confederate WarThe War of the SouthronsThe War for Southern FreedomThe War of the North and SouthThe Lost CauseThe War Between the StatesThe Late UnpleasantnessThe Late FrictionThe Late RuctionThe SchismThe Uncivil War
When I found some I think you had gotten them all already:http://www.civilwarhome.com/civilwarnames.htmand a different list here:http://www.gamepuppet.com/civilwar/names.htmOne interesting thing I found was that soldiers were often referred to by the slang name for their state. For example, those from Georgia were called Buzzards, those from Pennsylvania were Logher Heads, and those from Vermont were Green Mountain Boys. What I found particularly interesting is that I now know where a variety of Big Ten college teams get their names from; the slang for soldiers from Michigan was (surprise, surprise) Wolverines, for those from Wisconsin - Badgers, for those from Ohio - Buckeyes, for those from Iowa - Hawkeyes. The list goes on. See it at http://www.iltrails.org/cw_slang_states.html
