It's both. The civil war was, literally what it sounds like. A Civil War. It is a war between the civil colonies of America, which was fought among all Americans.
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The War Between the States, the War of the Rebellion
Civil War War Between The States War of Southern Rebellion War of Northern Aggression
The War of Rebellion is an alternate name for the American Civil War, generally used by ex-Confederate states. It can be used to denote a degree of support for the secession of these states, though this is not universal.
The American Civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern Independence. People in the Northern States tended to call it the Civil War, even though it was, obviously, not very civil. People in the Southern States tended to call it "The War Between the States", which it was. So they were probably right. But the South lost. So the North got to pick the name.
To most people living in the US at the time, the Civil War as we know it today, was called the "war of rebellion.
It was a civil war, which MEANS a war between the states. ADDED: The official name of the conflict in the United States from 1861 to 1865 is "The War of the Rebellion" That is the name used by the National Archives for their record depository for the Civil War.
Many people resented the war being called the civil war, which indicates a rebellion. It was more accurately called the War between the states," Other names were added at later times.
The conflict of the US Civil War is referred to in Southern histories as "The War of the Rebellion", and otherwise frequently as "The War Between the States".
The Civil War occurred from 1861 until 1865. The war had several nicknames, including "War Between the States," "War of the Rebellion" and "War for Southern Independence."
Originally, it was just called the Rebellion, and then The War Between the States.The official name of the conflict in the United States from 1861 to 1865 in the US Military and National Archive records is "The War of the Rebellion"
The Civil War effectively ended slavery in the United States.
The US Civil War was technically located in the United States. It can argued that the war was also fought in the Confederate States of America. This element of the war is explained by designating the Southern rebellion as a war of independence of a defacto nation called the Confederate States for the following reason. The seceding states from the Union had a central government, a constitution and an army.The Union considered this to be a rebellion that required an armed conflict with the "confederate states" .