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Epic tales, songs of heroism and sacrifice, really good epitaphs, and sometimes a Divinely inspired Constitution.

No, the mourners do write "epic tales" they rent their rainments, put on sackcloth and ashes, gnash their teeth and succumb to Dhimmitude. The dead do not write constitutions nor do their mourners. Our framers were victors not losers. Those who wrote the Declaration of Independence knew the forfeit for losing and that is why they said they were pledging their "lives" as well as their fortunes and sacred honor.

My ancestors fought bravely for their conception of liberty and lost at Appomattox. I will grant you their epic tales of heroism and the unspeakable sacrifice of Jackson's foot cavalry, I have seen their epitaphs on the tombstones of Gettysburg but they wrote no Constitution, they descended into generations of poverty.

However, they did not descend into guerrilla warfare, or terrorism, rather they waged honorable war but lost so they paid a century long price.

“Our framers were victors not losers”

That’s precisely my point. When war is thrust upon you, don’t lose.

“However, they did not descend into guerrilla warfare..”

Francis Marion did. And it worked pretty well at Lexington, Concord, and Saratoga.

“My ancestors fought bravely for their conception of liberty and lost at Appomattox.”

Correction. They surrendered at Appomattox. They had lost long before that. They simply could not compete with the industrial capacity of the North. And they really humped the bunk at Ft. Sumpter. The smart move would have been to wait out the Federals and offer to pay compensation to the North for it.