CSPAN3 The Civil War April 18, 2015
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 t...