[Plutarch]

I don't see it as a second civil war, ala north vs south, but more like a Second War of Independence...

That's how the South saw it in 1861.

[Eastbound]

In retrospect, if the truth be known, that is probably the way many in the north view it today as well. There were no winners except the government itself, notwithstanding the abolishment of slavery. Slavery was the issue used as fuel. If it wasn't the slavery issue, eventually some other issue would have arisen for the gummint to use to justify its grab for state and municipal power.