why does evryone call it the American civil war? was it civil?

Answer 1

This is a great question and one that 99% of American's miss and are ignorant to the "why" it is called a CIVIL WAR. I, my friend, will allow President Lincoln to address "why" it was termed a "Civil War."

In one of the greatest speeches in American history, President Abraham Lincoln stated in his renowned Gettysburg Address that

"...we are involved in a great civil war..."

PLEASE remember, President Abraham Lincoln coined the phrase DURING the Civil War. Modern school-of-thought wants to redefine a war that has already been defined:

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (scroll down to the original copy)

http://thomaslegion.net/photos.html

Answer 2

A civil war is a war that divides a country. The War Between The States or American Civil War was definately a war that divided our country.

Answer 3

Civil war is a misnomer for the war between the states, a civil war is what happens when one group wishes to usurp power of government. what happened in the war between the states was very different as the south never wished to rule the north

2nd American Revolution is most accurate in my opinion

Answer 4

A civil war is a war between the civilians of a single country. It has nothing to do with being civil, which war never is...

Answer 5

I always call it the (not so) Civil War. It is one of those oxymoron phrases - - - meant to imply an Internal War, a fight between citizens of a political body that most everyone argues ought to be a single nation - - - such as Iraq (oh, but that isn't a Civil War, it is just an Insurgency - - - which the dictionary defines as a rebellion against established authority - - - hmm who estanblished that authority)....
Peace......

Answer 6

A "CIVIL WAR" is a war in which parties within the same culture, society or nationality fight against each other for the control of political power.

This is different from a "revolution". A revolution has the possibility of major social restructuring of classes.

Answer 7

It was certainly NOT civil and you know it.
I prefer the War Between the States. Southerners often refer to it as the War of Northern Aggression.

Answer 8

The reason they get refered to as Civil is the war is between two civil political parties based in the same country, who then turn to call the civilian population to arms to be there supporters.
This has the consequence of turning whole families against one another, brother against brother, father against son. etc...etc... And the effects last for years after the conflict is resolved.
As wars go its the worst, because its a country fighting itself, in a more "normal" conflict the enemy is another country, race, ideoligy etc...etc...

Answer 9

The South could've formed it is own united states of america and could've formed commerce agreements with the U.S. and international markets. comprehend that the South had no urge for food for occupying the North. It had to secede, no longer triumph over. the courting between the North and South could probable have been economically and socially better and fit than it had ever been. little doubt the politics of ways states could choose for their loyalties and how the makes use of of organic materials (i.e rivers crossing the newly favourite national barriers) could be defined could have required some severe international family. If the South had gained, such themes could have been addressed, a minimum of initially and by potential of difficulty, in a peace treaty. there's no reason to doubt that once some years, the countries could have re-united out of economic and protection concerns. of direction the CSA could have withered right into a 0.33 international united states of america.

Answer 10

No, it wasn't very civil at all. Fact is, it was pretty damned nasty, overall!