Exactly. That was the point of the war from the Union side. From the Confederate side it was the Second War of Independence. Same as the first War of Independence the Confederacy was trying to free themselves from a tyrannical government that was trampling their rights and overtaxing them. Same as the first one they simply seceded from that government and same as the first one that tyrannical government attacked them. The difference in those two wars of independence is that the freedom fighters lost the second one. And now, here we are.

Exactly. That was the point of the war from the Union side. From the Confederate side it was the Second War of Independence. Same as the first War of Independence the Confederacy was trying to free themselves from a tyrannical government that was trampling their rights and overtaxing them. Same as the first one they simply succeeded from that government and same as the first one that tyrannical government attacked them. The difference in those two wars of independence is that the freedom fighters lost the second one. And now, here we are.