Originally Posted By: 2-piper
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: a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country


I took the liberty of quoting the definition from your link. One can readily see it proves my point. In the case of the /american /revolution the /war was fought After the colonies had declared their independence from GB. The So-called American Civil /War was fought After the South had declared itself independent from the US.
Getting past my bedtime, will address the rest tomorrow.

Warfare between England/ English troops and American colonists began in 1774, picked up steam through 1775, and by 1776 was so far and broadly under way that only declaring independence made sense.

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