NIU LLI: The Lost, Lost Cause
Many southerners have written histories of the U.S. Civil War. The results of their works were generally celebrations of the sacrifices by the soldiers in grey, with a particular emphasis on certain leaders. Shelby Foote, for instance, wrote three histories of the Civil War, one of which celebrated Nathan Bedford Forest, the first leader of the Ku Klux Klan. Douglas Southall Freman wrote a four-volume work of praise for Robert E. Lee. There are many other examples. <br/><br/>We will then turn to the histories written by northerners in the 1960s and later. We will discuss the differ...
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