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“The Lost Cause” As Part of Early Confederate Iconography & Counter-Iconography

In 2023, the Department of Defense removed the Confederate monument from Arlington National Cemetery. Inscribed on the monument are the words “Vitrix causa diis placuit…

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Refuting the Lost Cause Argument of Alexander Stephens: What About the Slavery?

Alexander Stephens was the Confederate Vice President who said that slavery was the “Cornerstone” of the Confederacy. After the Confederacy was defeated and slavery was…

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War of Northern Aggression, Civil War, War Between the States…The Eternal Argument (or was it?)

One of the most tiresome aspects of writing about the Civil War and Reconstruction period is encountering people who insist that the “real name” of…

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The Defenders of Confederate Symbology OnLine and the Current Moment

I like to visit the different Civil War blogs and participate in the Civil War social mediashpere, but I often feel like a tourist. While…

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