# North and the South an allusion to the American Civil War (1861-1865), in which the northern area of the United States, the states north of Maryland, the Ohio River and Missouri, making up most of the states that formed the Union side of the Civil War fought the southern area of the US, the group of eleven states that seceded from (withdrew formally from membership in) the United States in 1860 and 1861 because of various differences, especially over the issue of slavery. You have the North and the South fighting over the 1964 election, something like this. -PTPs, Overts and ARC Breaks (10 Nov. 64)