Civil war..., no matter what the pundits labeled the fight.
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Or historians ...
My degree is in History. I’ve read history my entire life. All of my professors who addressed the subject said Civil War was misnamed, and that it was in fact a war of independence, but that since it had been called Civil War for so long, the term had become meaningless as it related to that struggle. Now, I can’t say that many of my professors agreed with that revolution, or thought the South pursued a noble cause.