"Chaos" is not what happened in 1860 and 1861. Instead there was an orderly process (unlawful, imho, but generally peaceful) to vote on secession and joining the new Confederacy. The Confederacy then decided to start and formally declare war on the United States, forcing military officers to chose sides. During that war, both sides did occasionally "act against the populace" of the other side, but where circa 600,000 soldiers died, the number of civilians killed by soldiers was a mere handful, and nearly always accidental.
Take out the part in parens and we are in total agreement.
62 posted on 09/16/2013 5:48:31 AM PDT by central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)