Essay On Lost Cause

After the Civil War and Reconstruction ceased, the South's Lost Cause was introduced to the southern United States by ex-confederates. A very politically influenced movement, the Lost Cause, while building a legacy for the controversial Redemption, was subject to backlash for it's false interpretations of what slavery was like as well as how the Civil War went down. Even with all of its misinterpretations and falsities, however, the Lost Cause influenced the memories of many on the Civil War, Redemption, and slavery for generations to come.
The lost cause was spurred by ex confederates as a way to get back at the union and to prove that the confederate spirit was not lost, even though the civil war had ended years ago. As seen from articles
For example, a letter was sent in the the Confederate Veteran Magazine by an anonymous veteran of the civil war, addressing the fact that, while the confederate officers were being fed fancy dinners and riding around in carriages, being praised for their actions, the people who actually fought in the war were not getting credit at all. This was a problem with the Lost Cause; it only benefited the very few, not the masses who served in the war. Most ex-slaves were also disgusted with the lost cause. Its recollections and teachings of slavery did nothing to capture or tell the truth of the reality of slavery. Southerners hypocritical actions limited the amount of followers and supporters they gained behind the Lost Cause. Nevertheless, it’s teachings influenced a great number of people, follower or not, on the concept of slavery, the Civil War and its happenings, and Reconstruction. The falsities and white lies that were told regarding these three things challenged the growth of support for the Lost Cause. The Lost Cause was an outlet more many southerners to show their unshakable confederate pride and in the process of the movement, political