- Section
- Stuff I Looked Up
- Type
- Explanation
- Date
- May 6, 2023
- Words
- 1012
“This is a view of history that attempts to paint the Confederacy and its role in the American Civil War in the best possible light. It emerged sometime after the war, when southerners were trying to recover from the damage of the war and rationalize why it was fought. The ‘lost cause’ means that…”