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Question: How did Confederates prefer to describe the Civil War!?
as opposed to lincoln's assumption in the gettysburg address!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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War for Southern Independence

"The "War for Southern Independence" is a name used by many Southerners in reference to the war!. While popular on the Confederate side during the war, the term's popularity fell in the immediate aftermath of the South's failure to gain independence!."
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War Between the States

"The Confederate government avoided the term "civil war" and referred in official documents to the "War between the Confederate States of America and the United States of America!." There are a handful of known references during the war to "the war between the states!."
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hello

the majority of southerners went to war in order to protect their states rights , and preserve their way of life

contrary to popular belief, it was never about slavery , it was more about the right to choose !.!.!. slavery was a dying institution !.!.!. it would have died out on its own eventually

The "War for Southern Independence" is a name used by many Southerners in reference to the war!.

While popular on the Confederate side during the war, the term's popularity fell in the immediate aftermath of the South's failure to gain independence!.

The War of Northern Aggression is a name which suggests that the North was unjust in making war against the South!.Www@QuestionHome@Com