And what did the Colonists commit when they killed those 73 British troops during the battles of Lexington and Concord? I'm just trying to get on the same page with you here, and understand clearly the distinction between what the Colonists did, and what the Confederates did.
Is this too hard for you? Too many big words?
Naw, the words are easy. Your attempts to split hairs with them? Not so much. Again, explain to me how the Colonists were right in what they did, while the Confederates were wrong for what they did.
Is this too hard for you? Too many difficult concepts?
I suggest if you haven’t, you read the Declaration of Independence. That explains the difference between
1. a war started by England against the Colonies to support a pretended right to tax, and
2. a war started by the slave power in an attempt to preserve the institution of human slavery and seize territories that were shared with the free states.