A tremendous amount of force and violence. To is youhis points see these various experiences in different stories that have to be recovered in some way. I thought she said it beautifully about why these and deserve our attention. Within that, you can understand and appreciate why men and women during the war and in the immediate aftermath why it was thissy for them to make sacred. Dismiss that out of hand as a historian is problematic. I think it is also problematic even today. Sometimes do that with a lost cause. We have engaged in a range of visitors who have had these views. That this quickly on understanding was important. To see that a frontal attack was not going to work with them. Is that going to work you had ancestors of the confederate side area. I am not. You just might get conversation. I think his book on the confederate battle is excellent on dealing with this issue. It is a very good book. We have answered this question with the first doctor and we will set. Doctrine we
All right. Good evening. Im peter carmichael. I am a professor of history at Gettysburg College and also the director of the civil war institute. Its my pleasure this evening to be moderator and panelist for this session on the anatomy of a lost cause. Joining me, to my immediate right is keith bohannon. Keith is an assistant professor of history at west georgia university. Keith has very long experience in the historical profession. He started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a volunteer at kennesaw National Military park when he was a teenager. A teenager. And during that time, he also did Extensive Research in georgia archives. There simply is not another person who knows more about georgia during the civil war than keith bohannon. He finished his ph. D. At penn state, started under Gary Gallagher, who then moved on to the university of West Virginia and then mark nealy was keiths adviser. To the right of keith is katy meier. Daty is an assistant professor. She just received
Daughters of the confederacy in the early 20th century. This is when the National Reunification comes about. The lost cause has been sort of submerged in that. The daughters are Holding Contests about writing about the glories of the old south and r. E. Lee and at the same time theyre spewing their racial hatred, and they are supporting behind u. S. Militarism abroad. So you see all those what you would think are contradictory elements. They are able to come together. And again, talk to you about the evolution of the lost cause. Heritage is not hate is something you didnt hear in the 1920s. It is something you heard in the last 20, 30 years. I tried looking at it this afternoon and couldnt find the origin of the term, but i know its very, very recent. And to remind you again, here again the lost cause from the beginning from the ladies memorial associations in 1866 and 1867 saying were not political, were not political. Of course theyre political. Heritage, not hate . Thats deeply poli
University. Keith has long experience in the historical profession. He started off as a seasonal historian, actually as a volunteer at kennesaw National Military park when he was a teenager. A teenager. And during that time, he also did Extensive Research in georgia archives. There simply is not another person who knows more about georgia during the civil war than keith bohannon. He finished his ph. D. At penn state, started under Gary Gallagher, who then moved on to the university of West Virginia and then mark nealy was keiths adviser. To the right of keith is katy meier. She is an assistant professor she just received her promotion excuse me, i just said assistant, i meant to say associate professor at virginia commonwealth university. Katy is a graduate or i should say a student of Gary Gallagher at the university of virginia, where she completed her dissertation, became a book called natures civil war and its published by university of North Carolina press. If any of you have any