[Sherman Logan]

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. Or definitions.

A civil war is a struggle between two or more entities trying to take over the central government.

civil war n 1. (Military) war between parties, factions, or inhabitants of different regions within the same nation

The definition he is using in just inaccurate. I looked at about a dozen dictionaries. All had the same basic meaning as #1.

[DouglasKC]

civil war n 1. (Military) war between parties, factions, or inhabitants of different regions within the same nation

Except the south declared they were a different nation...