User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-1840877-20120629132604/@comment-80.216.219.47-20120705225641

People who were at the duel can be asked about it, Elisef for one.

But the US was not in place in the middle of the war nor were they comprised of people with know hostility and many many etc previous conflicts with the wars parcipiants.