That there is no significant difference between the American war for Independence and the Confederate war for Independence.
Other than one tyrant was more willing to shed blood than the other.
Washington was a part time employee of the King, a few years militia service during the F/I war if I remember correctly. He was not educated on the Kings shilling at Eton.
Lee on the other hand received a free education at West Point and 40 years of employment in the Army of the United States courtesy of the Federal Government.