The Myth of the Lost Cause
After a long lived battle ending in the defeat of the Confederacy on April 9, 1865, many poor and hopeless individuals were left stranded only to remember a superior civilization brought down by greedy and selfish Yankees. The “Lost Cause” was the South’s way of spreading the word and ideas of slavery and the Civil War across the globe. People began to immortalize the ideas of the Lost Cause transforming the lives of both fallen and living soldiers across the Southern States. Organizations such as the United Daughters of the Confederacy Constitution or otherwise known as the UCD and the Sons’ of Confederate Veterans or also known as SCV did many things within cities across the South. Many of these things include: …show more content…
The Confederate veteran’s letter, Confederate Veteran magazine, 1910, which was written by an anonymous Georgian who served as a private in General Lee’s army in source four stated that the privates “did all the fighting” and all the men who “stood all the hardships” were “lying on the ground, and had been there all night… while the officers were being banqueted, wined, dined, and quartered in the very best hotels; but the privates (who fought the war) must shift for himself, stand around on the street, or sit on the curbstone.” This shows how the men of lower social ranking in the war were being treated not only after the war at a banquet, but also how they were being treated during their lives never to be seen as equal to one another and never to be seen the same as the man standing right next to them. This is also the case in source six written by Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, 1902. Who was born in slavery and fled with her uncle during the Civil War and served as a nurse for the Union Army. Where she petitions her local movie theater to stop immediate production of the film, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. “Claiming it was exaggerated (this is, the treatment of slaves), and would have a very bad effect on the children who might see the drama… seeing droves of negroes going to …show more content…
As there was little to no economic growth, many people struggled to make a living to support themselves and their families. This, alongside the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons’ of the Confederacy many people began to realize the drastic impact that the Civil War had done to the South and its people. While many men had fallen for what they believed in, the most important man of all was Abraham Lincoln. Who in turn never got to see what he and the United States as a whole had accomplished. All in all, there was no political change towards people associated with the Lost Cause and the reconstruction itself, nevertheless; while there were still many racial and social status issues, a once divided country became a unified nation once again and henceforth both mentally and
After a long lived battle ending in the defeat of the Confederacy on April 9, 1865, many poor and hopeless individuals were left stranded only to remember a superior civilization brought down by greedy and selfish Yankees. The “Lost Cause” was the South’s way of spreading the word and ideas of slavery and the Civil War across the globe. People began to immortalize the ideas of the Lost Cause transforming the lives of both fallen and living soldiers across the Southern States. Organizations such as the United Daughters of the Confederacy Constitution or otherwise known as the UCD and the Sons’ of Confederate Veterans or also known as SCV did many things within cities across the South. Many of these things include: …show more content…
The Confederate veteran’s letter, Confederate Veteran magazine, 1910, which was written by an anonymous Georgian who served as a private in General Lee’s army in source four stated that the privates “did all the fighting” and all the men who “stood all the hardships” were “lying on the ground, and had been there all night… while the officers were being banqueted, wined, dined, and quartered in the very best hotels; but the privates (who fought the war) must shift for himself, stand around on the street, or sit on the curbstone.” This shows how the men of lower social ranking in the war were being treated not only after the war at a banquet, but also how they were being treated during their lives never to be seen as equal to one another and never to be seen the same as the man standing right next to them. This is also the case in source six written by Susie King Taylor, Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, 1902. Who was born in slavery and fled with her uncle during the Civil War and served as a nurse for the Union Army. Where she petitions her local movie theater to stop immediate production of the film, Uncle Tom’s Cabin. “Claiming it was exaggerated (this is, the treatment of slaves), and would have a very bad effect on the children who might see the drama… seeing droves of negroes going to …show more content…
As there was little to no economic growth, many people struggled to make a living to support themselves and their families. This, alongside the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons’ of the Confederacy many people began to realize the drastic impact that the Civil War had done to the South and its people. While many men had fallen for what they believed in, the most important man of all was Abraham Lincoln. Who in turn never got to see what he and the United States as a whole had accomplished. All in all, there was no political change towards people associated with the Lost Cause and the reconstruction itself, nevertheless; while there were still many racial and social status issues, a once divided country became a unified nation once again and henceforth both mentally and