“losing is losing. They lost, call it what you will, but The United States defeated the combination of secessionist states.”
That was already discussed in posts 2 and 6:
““...and here we are, 154 years later, Warshington D.C., corrupt as hell.”
Unavoidable after the disaster at Appomattox.”
The disaster at Appomattox, would not have happened if Davis had not started a war with the United States.