I second the motion. All were Americans and most fought honorably. Which brings up an interesting point...
Do you know of anyone who formally renounced their American citizenship when their states went rogue? I haven’t found anything indicating that anyone ever did.
I doubt any of them thought it necessary. They were citizens of Virginia or Georgia first, so when their states seceded, their citizenship went with the state.
Anyway, they still considered themselves “Americans,” of the CSA variety, not the USA variety.