The topic of the second panning is the stream of memory of the war which is often termed the lost cause. We have there three his torians, john cost can i Caroline Janey and ed air. I want to start the panel to talk about what the lost cause interpretation of the war meant and what are the principal tenants of the lost cause explanation for the coming of the war and the conduct of the war. I think its important that we talk about the origin of the term. It harkens back to Sir Walter Scott and the revolution or the rebellion of 1745. Its also important for people to realize while we today tend to think of it as a term it did originate during the war and used shortly after the war. It was a term that we used widely by former confederates in the generation after the war. It was in fact a magazine out of louisville kentucky. It said, defeated but not dishonored. It seems like a strange name to give something that youre in favor of. You know . Its sort of focusing on the lost part of it seem
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