How many generations ago was the American civil war?

From an actuarial point of view, a new generation comes along every 27 years. That would equate to around 5 generations. In my wife's family's case, it is far less. Her mother's uncle fought in the Civil War (her mother is still alive). read more

The US Civil War occurred between 1860–1865 - meaning it ended 152 years ago. Assuming a generation is about 25 years the Civil War happened about 6 generations ago. read more

Strauss and Howe believed the effect was enough to disrupt the normal flow of the generations and that the youth of those terrible years never developed the civic strength of their counterparts in other cycles in American history. read more

I thought a generation, in genealogy, was simply the number of relatives between two people, so a grandfather is always two generations back, etc. A single generation might be 15 years or 40 years, depending on the age of a parent when a child was born. read more