David W. Blight

Because over time, in culture and in schooling and in politics and in rituals from the 1870s and 80s, well on into the 20th century and still surviving in a textbook you were learning from in the 1990s, I am sorry to hear, was this idea that the United States divided, terribly divided, had this all-out horrific war. But it had to put itself back together again. It had to reunite.

Because over time, in culture and in schooling and in politics and in rituals from the 1870s and 80s, well on into the 20th century and still surviving in a textbook you were learning from in the 1990s, I am sorry to hear, was this idea that the United States divided, terribly divided, had this all-out horrific war. But it had to put itself back together again. It had to reunite.

It had to have reunion. And how do you have reunion? How do you put back together something so horrifically divided? You're going to have to find mutuality. You're going to have to find some kind of unified narrative. Well, one of the unified narratives they did develop in the 19th century, and there's reality to this, is that you unify around the valor of soldiers.

It had to have reunion. And how do you have reunion? How do you put back together something so horrifically divided? You're going to have to find mutuality. You're going to have to find some kind of unified narrative. Well, one of the unified narratives they did develop in the 19th century, and there's reality to this, is that you unify around the valor of soldiers.

It had to have reunion. And how do you have reunion? How do you put back together something so horrifically divided? You're going to have to find mutuality. You're going to have to find some kind of unified narrative. Well, one of the unified narratives they did develop in the 19th century, and there's reality to this, is that you unify around the valor of soldiers.

But if we admire valor without ever looking at the cause for which they fought, it's, of course, limited. Now, the typical and powerful belief in the national reunion

But if we admire valor without ever looking at the cause for which they fought, it's, of course, limited. Now, the typical and powerful belief in the national reunion

But if we admire valor without ever looking at the cause for which they fought, it's, of course, limited. Now, the typical and powerful belief in the national reunion

occurred in america by the late 19th early 20th century was that everybody in that war fought for the cause they believed in and if you fought for the cause you believed in with great valor you've you fought for the right everybody was equal in valor the causes had to be muted Put aside. Well, you know, and we all know that that's a part of human relations as well.

occurred in america by the late 19th early 20th century was that everybody in that war fought for the cause they believed in and if you fought for the cause you believed in with great valor you've you fought for the right everybody was equal in valor the causes had to be muted Put aside. Well, you know, and we all know that that's a part of human relations as well.

occurred in america by the late 19th early 20th century was that everybody in that war fought for the cause they believed in and if you fought for the cause you believed in with great valor you've you fought for the right everybody was equal in valor the causes had to be muted Put aside. Well, you know, and we all know that that's a part of human relations as well.

How do you keep a family together? Well, there's some things you don't talk about. But for nations and whole peoples and cultures, the dangers in this is that the stories you take on, the stories you develop that define the identity of who you are, the identity of your nation, the identity of your past and now your future, is gonna leave somebody out.

How do you keep a family together? Well, there's some things you don't talk about. But for nations and whole peoples and cultures, the dangers in this is that the stories you take on, the stories you develop that define the identity of who you are, the identity of your nation, the identity of your past and now your future, is gonna leave somebody out.

How do you keep a family together? Well, there's some things you don't talk about. But for nations and whole peoples and cultures, the dangers in this is that the stories you take on, the stories you develop that define the identity of who you are, the identity of your nation, the identity of your past and now your future, is gonna leave somebody out.

In fact, it may end up allowing you to reconcile on the backs of those who most suffered from the conflict you are trying to reconcile. Obviously, that meant in America, black Americans in the South or the North, it meant their civil and political rights, which were created and then, slowly but surely abandoned and then crushed in the Jim Crow system of the South.

In fact, it may end up allowing you to reconcile on the backs of those who most suffered from the conflict you are trying to reconcile. Obviously, that meant in America, black Americans in the South or the North, it meant their civil and political rights, which were created and then, slowly but surely abandoned and then crushed in the Jim Crow system of the South.

In fact, it may end up allowing you to reconcile on the backs of those who most suffered from the conflict you are trying to reconcile. Obviously, that meant in America, black Americans in the South or the North, it meant their civil and political rights, which were created and then, slowly but surely abandoned and then crushed in the Jim Crow system of the South.

Now, the point of all this is that that Confederate lost cause that said the South fought for noble ends, they fought for their homes, they fought for their sovereignty, they fought for their integrity, it eventually becomes, though, not a story of loss at all. It becomes by the 1890s and into the 20th century, a victory narrative. And this was an age now of a lot of sentimental literature.

Now, the point of all this is that that Confederate lost cause that said the South fought for noble ends, they fought for their homes, they fought for their sovereignty, they fought for their integrity, it eventually becomes, though, not a story of loss at all. It becomes by the 1890s and into the 20th century, a victory narrative. And this was an age now of a lot of sentimental literature.

Now, the point of all this is that that Confederate lost cause that said the South fought for noble ends, they fought for their homes, they fought for their sovereignty, they fought for their integrity, it eventually becomes, though, not a story of loss at all. It becomes by the 1890s and into the 20th century, a victory narrative. And this was an age now of a lot of sentimental literature.