Ghosts of the confederacy defeat, the lost cause, and the emergence of the new south 1865-1913 - Foster, Gaines M. (Oxford University Press, 1987)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-298) and index
Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: COMING TO TERMS WITH DEFEAT, 1865 TO 1885; PART TWO: CELEBRATING THE CONFEDERACY, 1883 TO 1907; PART THREE: THE WANING POWER OF THE CONFEDERATE TRADITION, 1898 TO 1913; Conclusion; Frequently Used Abbreviations; Notes; APPENDIX 1 Confederate Monuments Erected in the South, 1865-1912; APPENDIX 2 Occupational Structure of Selected Groups of Veterans; APPENDIX 3 Occupational Structure of Selected Groups of Sons of Confederate Veterans; Selected Bibliography; Index
After Lee and Grant met at Appomatox Court House in 1865 to sign the document ending the long and bloody Civil War, the South at last had to face defeat as the dream of a Confederate nation melted into the Lost Cause. Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals such as memorial day observances, monument unveilings, and veterans' reunions, Ghosts of the Confederacy probes into how white southerners adjusted to and interpreted their defeat and explores the cultural implications of a central event in American history. Foster argues that, contrary to souther