<HTML>In a message dated 98-01-23 21:09:28 EST, you write: << 1860-1865. Though here in Virginia, they still call it "The Recent Unpleasantness". >> April 12-13, 1861: Bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumpter, Charleston, South Carolina. April 9, 1865: Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House. Reccomended reading: The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote Elizabeth Ward</HTML>