By the previous civil war timeline, we are expecting conflict around February but starting in January. That would mean the first skirmishes and standoffs would begin on the ascendancy of the next President.
Meaning, that neither side will accept to lose and that will spark off the civil war.
Well, lads, don't let them write that the civil war was about nigger rights. The last civil war, was heavily funded by the Jewish bankers then they cut off funding to the CSA, Russia backed the North because at the time France and England wanted a divided America.
It was a mixed basket but Russia essentially prevented France and England rescuing the CSA (ironic) and the defeat of Antietam, or CSA losses. So, what we're seeing is a rising tide of Right-side resentment with the Jews secretly and overtly funding the left-side.
I promise you, the "alt-right" as it's called is getting funding too. Remember also, Lincoln vastly, vastly expanded the powers of the Presidency during the Civil War, prior it was a statesman like position, after, it became a position that commanded the Government.
Also, CSA industry and population was not on their side. What was needed was heavy, heavy guerrilla warfare, in and out of Northern territory to destroy infrastructure, savagely kill, murder, rape and destroy stockpiles, as well as heavy defensive positioning to cause mass casualties to the North while Southern industry picked up.
So, if we parallel the coming Civil War with the last; we will have a lack of industry and will have to have very much self-made weaponry, like the Syrian rebels, however we will have better leadership, braver men and a much higher conscription rate. We will also have a strong, strong initial advantage which must be seized upon right away.
Lastly, our war will be one of attrition with disease being rampant and most men likely dying not on the battlefield but of supply lines being cut. Therefore, decentralized supply lines and particular attention must be provided to logistics of everything. Also, there will very likely be a no-fly zone and a blockade, and that means a lot of guerrilla warfare.
If you want to win, expect to do some horrific things.