Friedrich Müller was the Lt. Consul to Abraham Lincoln, and became Consul of Virginia after Lincoln's assassination. Born in Germany, he, along with many other Germans, immigrated to Virginia and other North American states after the failed Revolutions of 1848 (Unlike the United States *here*, Virginia *there* had no native-born requirement for Consul) War was declared in May, 1867. The War came to be known by a lot of names. The most common was the Southern War, but the War of Vengence and the Slave War were other popular names.