The Civil War officially ended on Aug. 20, ... The passage in 1854 of the Kansas-Nebraska Act by Congress which essentially opened up all new territories to become slave states, ...

But the hard truth is that a civil war is not on the horizon—it’s already here. In fact, the original Civil War never ended, and its ideological—and in many cases, genealogical—heirs ...

The CSS "Shenandoah" only learned of the Confederacy's defeat in the summer of 1865. That June, the cruiser's crew sank 24 ...