[AlmaKing]

There is good reason why it was called a war of northern aggression.

Both sides committed treason if you stick strictly to the definition.

If Lincoln had not opposed the secession and offered a peaceful separation, there would be no reason to call anyone a traitor.

[OneWingedShark]

There is good reason why it was called a war of northern aggression.

I like to call it The War for Federal Supremacy.

Both sides committed treason if you stick strictly to the definition.

I notice the plurality in the definition of treason, namely them, in reference to the United States; the federal government is a single entity and it could therefore be argued that attacking it is not treason.

[R. Scott]

I dislike the term “civil war.” The South did not want to take over the government (example: English civil war), they wanted only to withdraw from the Union. I’d prefer the term “Second American Revolution.”

[DoodleDawg]

There is good reason why it was called a war of northern aggression.

Why is that?