The Myth of the Lost Cause: Why the South Fought the Civil War and Why the North Won

by Edward H. Bonekemper III

Book Overview

History isn't always written by the winners...

Twenty-first-century controversies over Confederate monuments attest to the enduring significance of our nineteenth-century Civil War. As Lincoln knew, the meaning of America itself depends on how we understand that fratricidal struggle.

As soon as the Army of Northern Virginia laid down its arms at Appomattox, a group of Confederate officers took up their pens to refight the war...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 168451360X
• ISBN13: 9781684513604
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Regnery History
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"