I certainly do understand the Southerner's feelings about the "Great War"; however, my late husband (who was born in Georgia from an old southern family and still had a bit of a southern drawl at times) always said "To the winnah goes the privilege of naming the war". So it is "Civil War"--in fact that's what the Library of Congress calls it, too. My Gx3 Grandfather, Balsor Sponaugle, had at least 13 grandsons who fought in that war--10 for the Confederacy, 3 for the Union; my G-Grandfather Spunaugle was one of the Union guys. Three of the Rebs were killed. Terrible thing for that family, of course. Elaine Jeter (I'm a librarian, ret. but still volunteer at a ref. desk 4 hrs/week). <ejeter@concentric.net> Voice=619.485.0694; Fax=619.485.7908