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The Lost Cause of the Confederacy (or simply the Lost Cause) is an American pseudohistorical [1] [2] and historical negationist myth [3] [4] [5] that argues the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery.
The “Lost Cause” was a political project waged by white Southerners after the Civil War to venerate Confederate generals and the bravery of ... the myth tries to convince Americans, wasn't ...
The myth of the Lost Cause hasn’t been defeated. It became such a pervasive ideology and intertwined with a sense of identity, that it essentially became a civic religion.
Edward Alfred Pollard (February 27, 1832 – December 17, 1872) was an American author, journalist, and Confederate sympathizer during the American Civil War who wrote several books on the causes and events of the war, notably The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates (1866) and The Lost Cause Regained (1868), [1] wherein Pollard originated the long-standing pseudo ...
The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won (2015) ISBN 1621574547. The 10 Biggest Civil War Blunders (2017) ISBN 978-1621576648 . References
The "Lost Cause" is the name which is commonly given to a movement that seeks to reconcile the existence of the traditional society of the Southern United States with the defeat of the Confederate States of America at the end of the American Civil War of 1861–1865. [7]
Writing in the Journal of American History, Woodworth derided the 2003 Civil War film Gods and Generals, based on Jeff Shaara's 1998 novel of the same name, as a modern-day telling of Lost Cause mythology. [4] Woodworth called the movie "the most pro-Confederate film since Birth of a Nation, a veritable celluloid celebration of slavery and ...
Robert E. Lee Day is a state holiday in parts of the Southern US, commemorating the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. [1] It is rooted in the rise of the Lost Cause myth prevalent throughout the Southern United States, as Lee was a central figure in Lost Cause mythology due to his social status, military exploits, and personality.