Mississippi and the Lost Cause

In the aftermath of the Civil War, White Southerners rewrote history in an attempt to vindicate their violent rebellion against the United States. They developed and promoted an ideology known as the Lost Cause. 

URL
https://www.mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov/issue/mississippi-and-lost-cause
Author
Michael J. Goleman
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Courthouse at Raymond