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Do you agree with Evans' assertion that southerners were forced to "divorce" themselves from the Confederate cause while still embracing the Confederate dead? Or would you take Blight's approach and argue that the image of the "noble dead" served as an outlet for the frustrations stemming from defeat? DRadtke | Do you agree with Evans' assertion that southerners were forced to "divorce" themselves from the Confederate cause while still embracing the Confederate dead? Or would you take Blight's approach and argue that the image of the "noble dead" served as an outlet for the frustrations stemming from defeat? DRadtke | ||
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| + | Drew, I think I have to take Blight's side on this one. I really find it hard to believe that groups like the Klan would start up if people were able to accept that the Confederate cause was one of the past. I think we are still seeing people refusing to accept that fact, and the idea of the "noble dead" is very much alive and well. --Cash | ||
Do we see similar issues regarding the Fredericksburg City Cemetery arising shortly after the war? Was the expansion of the cemetery to include Confederate dead also an effort to "guarantee that their version of the story would outlast them and even their own families"? DRadtke | Do we see similar issues regarding the Fredericksburg City Cemetery arising shortly after the war? Was the expansion of the cemetery to include Confederate dead also an effort to "guarantee that their version of the story would outlast them and even their own families"? DRadtke | ||
