Civil War Started Apr 12, 1861--150 Years Ago

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Cameron McWhirter, Civil War Historians Spark Numbers War Between States; New Research Questions Who in the Confederacy Had the Most War Dead. Wall Street Journal, Mar 26, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704662604576202823930087328.html
("The war generally doesn't evoke the same public interest in the North, Midwest and the West as it does in the defeated South, where most of the battles were fought and the land was devastated. For generations, whites in the region also migrated less frequently than those in the North—where immigrants with no ties to the Civil War flooded industrialized cities—so more people retained a family connection to those who fought")

Note:
(a) Virginia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia
(The state nickname is its oldest symbol, though it has never been made official by law. Virginia was given the title "Dominion" by King Charles II of England at the time of The Restoration, because it had remained loyal to the crown during the English Civil War, and the present moniker, "Old Dominion" is a reference to that title.)
(b) The crack in "crack fighters" (adj): "of superior excellence or ability <a crack marksman>"
(c) Tar Heel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_Heel
(The term "Tar Heel" gained popularity during the Civil War)
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