The myth of the lost cause and Civil War history / Gary W. Gallagher and Alan T. Nolan, editors.

Other author Gallagher, Gary W.
Other author Nolan, Alan T.
Format Book
Publication InfoBloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2000.
Descriptionv, 231 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Confederate States of America--Historiography.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Historiography.
Confederate States of America--History.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865.

Contents The anatomy of the myth / Alan T. Nolan -- Jubal A. Early, the lost cause, and Civil War history: a persistent legacy / Gary W. Gallagher -- "Is our love for Wade Hampton foolishness?": South Carolina and the lost cause / Charles J. Holden -- "These few gray-haired, battle-scarred veterans": Confederate Army reunions in Georgia, 1885-95 / Keith S. Bohannon -- New South visionaries: Virginia's last generation of slaveholders, the gospel of progress, and the lost cause / Peter S. Carmichael -- James Longstreet and the lost cause / Jeffry D. Wert -- Continuous hammering and mere attrition: lost cause critics and the military reputation of Ulysses S. Grant / Brooks D. Simpson -- "Let the people see the old life as it was": LaSalle Corbell Pickett and the myth of the lost cause / Lesley J. Gordon -- The immortal Confederacy: another look at lost cause religion / Lloyd A. Hunter.
Local noteLittle-326237--305131020014K
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 00036978
ISBN0253338220 (cl : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks E487 .M97 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold