02356nam 2200529 a 450 991078128970332120230331010158.00-19-987870-60-19-977210-X(CKB)2550000000031511(EBL)679472(OCoLC)711702541(SSID)ssj0000635850(PQKBManifestationID)12197708(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635850(PQKBWorkID)10652900(PQKB)10758707(MiAaPQ)EBC679472(Au-PeEL)EBL679472(CaPaEBR)ebr10454687(MiAaPQ)EBC7033917(Au-PeEL)EBL7033917(EXLCZ)99255000000003151119860605d1987 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrGhosts of the confederacy[electronic resource] defeat, the lost cause, and the emergence of the New South, 1865 to 1913 /Gaines M. FosterNew York Oxford University Press19871 online resource (317 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-505420-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. 1. Coming to terms with defeat, 1865 to 1885 -- pt. 2. Celebrating the Confederacy, 1883 to 1907 -- pt. 3. The waning power of the Confederate tradition, 1898 to 1913.After Lee and Grant met at Appomattox 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 southernSouthern StatesHistory1865-1951975/.041Foster Gaines M1170779MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781289703321Ghosts of the confederacy3713161UNINA