Lost Cause of the Confederacy
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The Lost Cause of the Confederacy is an American pseudohistorical and historical negationist myth that portrays the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War as heroic, just, and not centered on slavery. First articulated in 1866, this revisionist narrative has significantly influenced racism, gender roles, and religious attitudes in the Southern United States.
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The Lost Cause was the Confederate interpretation and memory of the Civil War.
“The Lost Cause is the Confederate memory stream of the war.”
Open the episode · #499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & LeeListen at 3:30:33
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