On January 26th, 1861 - Louisiana secedes from the Union and joins the Confederate States. The Acadians were not too anxious to get involved in the Civil War. They saw themselves as a people distinct from “les américains”, (“The Americans”) and regarded the war as someone else’s fight, calling it “la querre des Confédérés”, ("the Confederate’s war"). ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.