Hardly. The generals of the Confederacy came closer to upholding the ideals of the U.S. Constitution than most of those following the Unionist dictator.
I would not presume to claim to know which most of the founding fathers would have joined alongside. But we do know which was raised by Revolutionary War hero *Lighthorse Harry* Lee.
Every constitution, then, and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years. If it be enforced longer, it is an act of force, and not of right.
--Thomas Jefferson
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Any people whatsoever have the right to abolish the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.
This is a most valuable, a most sacred right.'
--Abraham Lincoln; 1848
I've come to believe that Lincoln's rule was the start of a long path that led us to where we are today in terms of big government. Things are more like they are today than they've ever been before.