The Words Of War Poem by Ian (John) McCleary (Son of the Cleric)

The word civil war is an oxymoron, how is something like warfare civil? And yet looking back on that part of history, when we had our civil war, it seems to treated just as that. Our perception of it are of gentlemen soldiers in the fashion of the time, cavalry uniforms highly decorated, plume in hat, golden buttons. But if you were to ask someone from another country about the subject, they would firsthand tell you how terrible it is.