The military arrived and that was the first sign of any discipline and control over the situation. Military is trained in discipline and to obey orders.. that’s what makes them stand out in a mixed up mess ... generals are not apt to join us, but the fighting men/women might ... if they could break away from the ‘obey’ aspect.
I personally think that in the unlikely scenario that we actually end up with a second shooting Civil War, the military will probably do about the same thing that it did the first time around, which is split roughly down the middle. Some units will go one way some the other. Some commanding generals who are very political will get arrested or shot by their subordinates who are not so political, but take their oath to defend the Constitution quite seriously.
Honestly, I think that every person should hope and pray that nothing of this sort ever occurs. Of course, merely hoping and praying doesn’t ever really do that much, we have to actually DO something, and letting our elected representatives in Congress know that we will simply not tolerate our votes being the Gated will go a long way. Getting rid of the ones who are allegedly on our side, but who are really with the statists, is the next thing that we need to do, starting with next year’s election.