Henry Brown
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that is what i thought. not wanting to be thought of as celtic is a thing since roman times in britian. however i am finding that being thought of as anglo-saxon , at the time of the civil war, was not a southern thing. it seems they thought of themselves as norman cavaliers with more of a french tint to it. anglo-saxons or saxons were the common people and puritan northerners.As far as any historical reference to the ACW, Anglo-Saxon was the preferred descriptive of American, by both sections. It was, of course, also, the preferred euphemism for a 'White' person, in ante-bellum America.
i do not know when but it seems that the anglo-saxon thing developed later in support of the lost cause and other confederate support groups. it is used as a synonym for " superior whites" as compared to other white and brown skinned people.