I disagree with the year. It is more like 1861 than 1788. Brother against brother. State against state.
I agree. But I believe the states will have factions within them that will make it all even more deadly. The huge cities (LA, NY, etc.) will not be able to feed their populations and it will move into the suburbs and countryside. And that is when they will realize they are not prepared. Country folk are armed and more likely to kill for a cause they truly believe in.
Many on both sides will perish. But I have faith that the Alt Left will lose.
Brother against brother...yes. State against state....no.
The idea of states banding together to fight or defend DC are ante-bellum.
Should TSHTF, think Africa, the Balkans, Russia in 1917. The front line will NOT be a state boundary, but your front gate, your driveway, your front door.