I am sorry, Richard, like Steven Pfeiffer, I could also provide links about the CSA declarations of war and slavery.  Not going to that trouble.  We really do know this information after 150 years, and it is readily available.   We should not be re-hashing a war from 150 years ago.  I am glad so many commenters have no concern about the state of America that they believe we should focus on 150 years ago.  Wow.