Monday, May 20, 2019

The Corwin Constitutional Amendment: Contradicting the Union Myth of a Holy Cause

The Great Seal of the Confederate States of America

Ludwell H. Johnson used the descriptive comparison, The American Iliad, in the subtitle of his comprehensive book on the American Civil War: North against South. The Iliad analogy is very appropriate. The War was a traumatic, bloody, and nation changing event.  The enormous casualties and destruction alone would sear its battles, personalities, and tales of heroism into American memory. But what most Americans know about the causes of the Civil War is a pious myth.

Unfortunately, far too many Americans seem to prefer whitewashed myth to truth.

2 comments:

  1. Thanks!

    I always enjoy the look on the faces of the lincoln lovers when I inform them of the Corwin Amendment. Priceless.

    It's nearly as much fun as asking them to point out the 'sin' of slavery in the Bible.

    Y'all have a nice day.

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