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Subject: Re: [PA] "War of the Rebellion"
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 10:20:25 EDT

In a message dated 10/8/99 6:52:19 AM,
(Bob Sheetz) writes:

>Who rebelled against who ( or is that whom ) in the war of rebellion. I
>am a
>northerner living in Fla so I am sypathetic to both sides.
>More to the point - who's great idea was it to change the name of this
>war ?

Battles of the U.S. Civil War are generally referred to by the name applied
by the Union Army, since they were the victors. Case in point: The Battle of
Pea Ridge is known by us Southrons as The Battle of Elk Horn Tavern. I
personally prefer the appelation "The War for Southern Independence." as used
by the Grissom Brothers in their scholarly work which includes "Southern by
The Grace of God," and "Was Jefferson Davis Right?", Pelican Press, Gretna,
LA.

Keep on trackin'

Elbert Alan Long
Holiday Island, Arkansas
ATKINS(ON) VA>MO ca.1846; BARCLIFT/BORUFF PA or MD ca.1774>IL>TN ca 1806>MO
ca. 1900>AR 1920; BEELER PA 1801; BOYERS TN 1796; BURCH TN 1834>AR 1871;
CABBAGE TN ca. 1800; CAPPS TN 1807>MO; COWDEN Scotland(?)>NC1797>AR1859;
DeWITT IND 1828; DIXON 1808; DOTTERER; GAMBOL/GAMBILL VA ca. 1793>NC; GORE
1790 TN>AR 1830s; HAMMACK VA 1797>TN (Cherokee?) 1816>AR 1835/6; HARVEY (?);
HUMPHREYS/HUMPHRIE TN 1842; LEWIS VA 1767>TN 1792>MO 1907; LONG Germany>PA
ca.1780>TN>MO ca. 1900>WA ca. 1907>MO 1917>AR 1920; MARTEN/MARTIN VA 1802;
MOORE TN 1830; PEAK/PECK VA 1804; PENNYBAKER VA 1763; PENROD OH or VA
1819>IND 1845> NEB 1863; PROCTOR Ireland ca. 1737; ROPER VA or SC 1796>TN>KY
1829>MO 1840>NEB 1869>AR 1890; RUSSEL TN/VA?; STOCKARD; THOMAS TN 1815
(Cherokee?); WILLIAMS CT 1790>SC>TN>AR 1835/6; WYSOR; YADEN/YADON, TN
1799>TN/NC 1850

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