they did in fact try to overthrow the united states government and they pretended to be a foreign army hostile to the united statesYou said it yourself "did not elect ".
You can dress up the confederacy pig all you want , they were traitors ! No getting around that .
You freaks are the same people who call Bo Bergdal a traitor for wandering off and getting caught by the Taliban . That's treason but what the confederates did was not!?? Playa please!
Bergdahl is a traitor and a deserter.
The Confederates didn't join a foreign army, hostile to The United States, nor did they have the desire to overthrow The United States government.