Lost Cause Myth or Yankee Propaganda

 

Whether it’s the Civil War, War Between the States, the War for Southern Independence or Lincoln’s War, this extremely important period of American history continues to resonate powerfully over 150 years later. And with American Veterans monuments and artwork being censored and removed throughout the country, some might even say that Reconstruction and the fight over Jeffersonian ideals vs. Hamiltonianism never really ended. But whatever the case, the June/July 2018 issue ofMissouri Life, a glossy grocery store checkout magazine printed up for the masses, recently reinvigorated a debate in regards to one of the most successful and infamous Confederate military victories in the Trans-Mississippi Theatre in 1863.

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