Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the Confederate Loss Was Not Inevitable

For more than a century, many writers and historians believed that failure of the Confederates during the Civil War was inevitable, they were only fighting the overwhelming power of invasion. This idea picks up weapons against obviously superior enemies to defend their country's rights, their families and homes, their country's rights, their families and homes, in the south It shows a gentleman. Winning the game This is a romantic concept of a forgotten romantic era, where gentlemen were brutally conquered to force their economic tyranny to be imposed on southern gentlemen.

After 1895, more than 90% of the southern monuments were built, most of which took place during the first 20 years of the 20th century. By that time the myth of "the cause of loss" explained the cause of the Confederates with a positive, heroic vision, and it was firmly established in the national consciousness. It is no coincidence that the Supreme Court supported the apartheid law in 1896 by Williams v. Mississippi State's 1896 press to v. Ferguson's judgment and deprivation of prosecution. The modern man I was convinced was hardly aware of what the Allied soldiers meant for the prosperity of the Anglo - Saxon race in the four years after the end of the war. The Anglo-Saxon race in the south - When the state of the south is today "on the railroad", the purest varieties of Anglo-Saxon appear in 13 southern countries - praise God

In explaining the cause of the loss, historians used the terms "myth", "cult", "folk religion", "union tradition" and "celebration" to explain the phenomenon in the south. Many of these terms are used interchangeably, but they all refer to the southern conservative movement after the war, which is immersed in the complicated efforts to create the former southern agricultural tradition and "New South" It points. For the godly people who believe in "reasons for loss", the term "Shin-so" is self-describing and suggests that there are some problems in the values ​​and traditions before the war. For individuals who are committed to the concept of "reasons for loss", Old South has a racial relationship (blacks should respect white people under slavery) and the role of gender (women are their fathers, We should respect brothers and husbands) Interact with classes (poor white people should obey wealthy white people)