Agreed. For the most part, the revolutionary war was "us" against "them. The civil war was "us" against "us". There were many cases where families were split during the civil war (one brother fought for the north, another for the south).
Also, until just a few years ago, it was possible to have known a civil war veteran, or someone who had lived through the war. And whenever an elder died, it was reported nationally that "another civil war vet passed away." We have pictures and movies of the war -- all these things make the civil war a lot more personable than the more mythic revolutionary war.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2007-07-19 03:42 am (UTC)Also, until just a few years ago, it was possible to have known a civil war veteran, or someone who had lived through the war. And whenever an elder died, it was reported nationally that "another civil war vet passed away." We have pictures and movies of the war -- all these things make the civil war a lot more personable than the more mythic revolutionary war.