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Because The Confederacy had already drafted a constitution and become it's own government. Technically it wasn't a civil war. It was a conquest of the confederacy by the Union.

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A civil war by definition is: a war between groups within the same nation or state or, less commonly, between two countries created from a former united nation or state. The objective of one group, country or region may be to achieve independence from the former united nation or state or to take control over the united nation, or to change government policies.

11 slave states seceded temporarily from the United States of America, otherwise known as "The Union". The 11 slave states wanted to be independent from the Union or the United States of America, and hence, the secession was the first step in achieving independence. The main reason for the secession was the prospect of the future of abolishing slavery, nation wide.

The American civil war was a real civil war in every sense. Defined, as 11 slave states, which seceded from the United States, for the purpose of establishing an independent nation, or the Confederate States of America or "The Confederacy".

The secession of the Confederate States of America, was not successful. The success or failure of the Confederate States of America, seceding from the Union or United States of America, does not define the term civil war, the attempt of seceding by the Confederate States of America, resulted in a war, which is properly defined a civil war.

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