"First president from the old south since before the civil war?"
Benjamin Franklin was never President of the United States. He did however serve as President of Pennsylvania before the civil war (1785-1788).
Before. Before. Before.
No. The Civil War ended more than 15 years before Arthur was President.
James Buchannan
James Buchanan
John C. Calhoun was never President. He was Vice President before the civil war, one of Andrew Jackson's terms.
Secretary of War.
war
James Buchanan
The significant civil war that happened just before WW II was the Spanish Civil War.
The American Civil War is where Hayes saw military action.