063 - Then And Now: The Lost Cause

<p></p> <p>About this episode: </p> <p>It was January 1872. In Lexington, Virginia and on the campus of recently re-named Washington and Lee College, former Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Anderson Early was on a mission: a mission to venerate Robert E. Lee, and to give Southerners a positive spin on their defeat - not only to address the recent past, but to arm them and their descendants with, as he and his disciples put it, a “correct” narrative of the war. This is the story of an ideology that simmers even to this day. This is the story of the creation and foundations of the Lost Cause.  </p> <p>                        </p> <p>----more----</p> <p>Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:</p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Cleburne'>Patrick Cleburne</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubal_Early'>Jubal Anderson Early</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Longstreet'>James Longstreet</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sidney_Johnston'>Albert Sidney Johnston</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Sheridan'>Philip Sheridan</a></p> <p><a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Douglass'>Frederick Douglass</a></p> <p> </p> <p>For Further Reading:</p> <p></p> <p><a href='https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Lost-Cause-Civil-History/dp/0253222664'>The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History by Gary W. Gallagher and Alan T. Nolan</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Get The Guide:</p> <p>Want to learn more about the Civil War? A great place to start is Fred's guide, <a href='https://www.amazon.com/dp/0761113983/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_dp_.CbSAbD23Y2X1'>The Civil War: A History of the War between the States</a> from Workman Publishing. The guide is in its 9th printing.</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://www.youtube.com/@ThreadsfromtheNationalTapestry?sub_confirmation=1'>Subscribe to the Threads from the National Tapestry YouTube Channel here</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Thank you to our sponsor, The Badge Maker - proudly carrying affordable Civil War Corp