Please forgive me, but the War for Southern Independence wasn't a "rebellion"...the Southern states had just as much of a God-given right to secede & form their own government in 1861 that our Founding Fathers did in 1776. The truths that were laid out so eloquently by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence are ETERNAL, & they still hold true today (as a matter of fact, I'd love for the "blue states" to secede...that would make life that much easier for those of us who live in the "red states"!).
I am from Maine and I agree with you.