To: Sherman Logan
civil war n 1. (Military) war between parties, factions, or inhabitants of different regions within the same nation Except the south declared they were a different nation...
To: DouglasKC
Which of course is the issue the war was fought over.
Read back thru the southern newspapers in 60/61. They are absolutely loaded with calls for “an appeal to arms!”
Apparently they didn’t realize sometimes you lose an appeal.
To: DouglasKC
DouglasKC debating the definition of "civil war":
"Except the south declared they were a different nation..." Note in my post #425 above that other definitions clearly include the American war from 1861 - 1865.
Here is that entire article, definition of civil war.
"A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same state or country,[1] or, less commonly, between two countries created from a formerly united state.
The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region or to change government policies."
433 posted on
07/26/2015 8:39:06 AM PDT by
BroJoeK
(a little historical perspective...)
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