"The Lost Cause" - How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history (Xpost from Vid forum)

[Lucinda]

Interesting video recently from VOX that talks about the concerted effort made by The United Daughters of the Confederacy, to manage how the Civil War was taught, and remembered in the South.

According to the video, the group was responsible for the existence of many of the Civil War "hero" statues that went up all over the South, as well as the way textbooks in the former confederacy described the war. It goes a long way in explaining why we see so many people today posting that the war was not about slavery at all...they have been taught that for generations now.

(Hopefully my description makes sense...I'm having a little pain medication problem right now)

[rzemanfl]

1. The painting, however, is quite remarkable and memorable to see in person-

http://thejohnsoncollection.org/henry-mosler-the-lost-cause/

be sure to view full screen.

[Ron Green]

2. The UDCs efforts on the ground were supported by the United States Senate:

“The only place where the South won the Civil War.”