Originally posted by Nifty psst, Sandman... California was in the Union during the Civil War. Technically, you're a Yankee too, regardless if no Californian regiment fired a shot in the war or cared about the war. Yankee = not a native of a former Confederate state.
Originally posted by Sandman_SBM Call it my shoddy upbringing... In grade school, we spent more time learning about the missions than we did the civil war. It's not part of our heritage.