Were Confederate soldiers terrorists?

If one reads much,  it is not infrequent to encounter ill-reasoned idiocy, but I must admit that this piece takes the cake.  To liken Confederate soldiers to Muslim terrorists is incomprehensible.  I might expect something like this from the National Enquirer perhaps, but CNN?  Do they have an editorial board over there?

If you can find a less cogent, less well reasoned piece by any major network or news organization, please let me know.  Aside from a complete lack of historical perspective regarding the civil war, the analogies this man uses hold about as much water as a sieve.

Were Confederate soldiers terrorists? – CNN.com.