[FLT-bird]

So whether or not its treason depends entirely upon the outcome on the battlefield - not mere legality huh?

As I’ve said several times, yours is a might makes right argument. As such, it is invalid.

[Bull Snipe]

So whether or not its treason depends entirely upon the outcome on the battlefield.

Yes.

Union might destroyed the Confederacy. That fact is not invalid.

[DoodleDawg]

As I’ve said several times, yours is a might makes right argument.

Was the American Revolution a 'might makes right' argument? Or was it, as with the Civil War, a matter of the winning side wanting it more? That the victors found their cause worth fighting for more than the losers did?