This is remembered as the First American War for Independence.
Which is how it should be referred to. It wasn't really a "revolution" as the term has been come to be known. The leadership in the states endured before and after the war.
"First War of Independence" is the most accurate. And notice how nobody wants to make it only about slavery?
600,000 dead Americans.
Thank you Jeff Davis. Thank you Robert E. Lee. Confederate scoundrels the both of you.