Towards the end of the Civil War, the term ‘Lost Cause’ began. Coined by historian Edward Pollard in 1886, his book titled The Lost Cause, provided a chronicle of the South as a way to understand Confederate defeat militarily and the loss the Southern “way of life.” This way of life is characterized by a cotton based economy and traditional, conservative values. It was a movement to maintain the ‘Old South’. The term ‘New South’ was hated in the South because of the connotation …show more content…
In Colors & Blood, Bonner discusses the important symbols that led to a sense of national identity in the Confederacy. Rubin’s book A Shattered Nation, she talks about the use of periodicals and other writings as very important to the Lost Cause. The historians help us understand the important of symbols and personal accounts to our comprehension of the development of Confederate nationalism across the South. When put in conversation, the books give a full picture into self-identity. My paper will