Back قضية الكونفدرالية المفقودة Arabic Изгубената кауза на Конфедерацията Bulgarian Lost Cause of the Confederacy Breton Lost Cause Czech Konføderationens Fortabte Sag Danish The Lost Cause German Causa Perdida de la Confederación Spanish جنبش ازدسترفته مؤتلفه Persian Lost Cause Finnish Cause perdue des États confédérés d'Amérique French
The Lost Cause of the Confederacy, known simply as the Lost Cause or the Lost Cause Myth,[1] is an American pseudohistorical[2][3] and historical negationist myth[4][5][6] that argues the cause of the Confederate States during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery.[7][8] First articulated in 1866, it has continued to influence racism, gender roles, and religious attitudes in the Southern United States into the 21st century.[9][10]
The Lost Cause reached a high level of popularity at the turn of the 20th century, when proponents memorialized Confederate veterans who were dying off. It reached a high level of popularity again during the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s in reaction to growing public support for racial equality. Through actions such as building prominent Confederate monuments and writing history textbooks, Lost Cause organizations (including the United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans) sought to ensure that Southern whites would know what they called the "true" narrative of the Civil War and would therefore continue to support white supremacist policies such as Jim Crow laws.[9][11] White supremacy is a central feature of the Lost Cause narrative.[11]
- ^ Bonekemper, Edward H. (2015). The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won. Washington: Regnery Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 978-1-62157-473-6.
- ^ Duggan, Paul (November 28, 2018). "The Confederacy Was Built on Slavery. How Can So Many Southern Whites Think Otherwise?". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 16, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ^ "The Black and the Gray: An Interview with Tony Horwitz". Southern Cultures. 4 (1): 5–15. 1998. doi:10.1353/scu.1998.0065.
- ^ "American Battlefield Trust, October 30, 2020, updated March 25, 2021". October 30, 2020. Archived from the original on June 2, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ Ball, Molly (June 7–14, 2021). "Stonewalled". Time. p. 54.
- ^ Cox, Karen L. (January 14, 2021). "Five Myths About the Lost Cause". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ "Confederate Symbols Are Making Way for Better Things". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. February 27, 2021. p. A-2. Archived from the original on May 23, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2021.
- ^ Janney, Caroline E. (December 7, 2020). "The Lost Cause". Encyclopedia Virginia. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ a b Cox, Karen L. (2019). Dixie's Daughters: The United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Preservation of Confederate Culture. University Press of Florida. ISBN 9780813064130. OCLC 1258986793.
- ^ Wilson, Charles Reagan (2011). Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865–1920. University of Georgia Press.
- ^ a b David W. Blight (2001). Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory. Harvard University Press. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-674-00332-3. Archived from the original on June 10, 2016.