Their wrong and Your wrong. You don’t have to replace an entire government in a revolution. From Merriam-Webster.
Revolution-a forcible overthrow of a government or social order, in favor of a new system.
Once the founding fathers won their rebellion they replaced the English system with the articles of confederation and then the constitution. The southern rebels would have replaced the US Constitution with the Confederate Constitution.
You sound like Clinton, it depends on what the definition of is is.
What government were they trying to overthrow? And i'm using the word "overthrow" in the context of Napoleon overthrowing Louis XVI, or Lenin overthrowing Tsar Nicholas II.
Meaning the "overthrown" end up dead once the "overthrowing" is complete. You know, like in an actual "revolution."
What government were they trying to "overthrow"?
The southern rebels would have replaced the US Constitution with the Confederate Constitution.
I don't think they had any intention of making New York, Massachusetts or any of the other Northern states live under the Confederate constitution. They could continue living under the US constitution so long as they wished. Therefore the US Constitution would not have been "replaced." It would still be in effect for those states that wanted it.