You would be surprised at how much the civil war still affects our lives. Roe v Wade was a consequence of the civil war. Gay marriage was another. Banning prayer in Schools was another. Anchor babies is another.
All these things were consequences of the civil war.
Although it should not be the 14th Amendment has become a great evil thanks to the evil actions of federal judges
If you look at the Debates on the amendment in congress the meaning of the words in the amendment are clear.
However judges did not take long at all to pervert the 14th for their own purposes.
United States v. Wong Kim Ark was decided in 1898 giving birthright citizenship in-spite of the fact that it was specifically excluded during the debates on the amendment.
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted on July 9, 1868. So it only took 30 years for the courts to forget what the amendment was intended to do and pervert if to their own uses and they have been doing it ever since.