Actually, not “2nd”, as it rightfully points out much of our history has been civil war.
“For our part, we drove out 100,000 loyalists”
And kept many as well. Not all were driven out or wanted to leave.
“battles with Britain did not end until 1815.”
Actually they continued, as Britain tried to foothold in the west and even, to some extent, might have crept into the so-called Civil War.
“Actually they continued, as Britain tried to foothold in the west and even, to some extent, might have crept into the so-called Civil War.”
British shipyards were building massive ironclads for the Confederate Navy; sale was stopped only when Lincoln threatened to declare war on the U.K., which wanted a weakened divided Union.