Top American Military Official: Confederates Committed ‘Treason’

Gen. Mark Milley supports review of Army bases named after Confederates

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 9, 2020. Michael Reynolds/Pool via AP

America’s top military official said Thursday that Confederate soldiers committed treason by trying to defeat the Union.

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley told members of Congress that the Civil War “was an act of rebellion.”