Was the Confederacy doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union? Did its forces fight heroically against all odds for the cause of states’ rights? In reality, these suggestions are an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of Southerners to rationalize the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, skillful propagandists have been so successful in promoting this romanticized view that the Lost Cause has assumed a life of its own. Misrepresenting the war’s true origins and its actual course, the myth of the Lost Cause distorts our national memory. In The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History, nine historians describe and analyze the Lost Cause, identifying ways in which it falsifies history―creating a volume that makes a significant contribution to Civil War historiography.

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History

History

Gallagher, Gary W.

Nolan, Alan T.

Americas

Indiana University Press

The Iron Brigade: A Military History

"I am immensely impressed... this particular Brigade needed a book of its own and now it has one which is definitely first-rate.... A fine book." ―Bruce Catton
"One of the ‘100 best books ever written on the Civil War.’" ―Civil War Times Illustrated
"... remains one of the best unit histories of the Union Army during the Civil War." ―Southern Historian
"... The Iron Brigade is the title for anyone desiring complete information on this military unit..." ―Spring Creek Packet, Chuck Hamsa 
This is the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army, the only all-Western brigade in the Eastern armies of the Union―made up of troops from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

The Iron Brigade: A Military History (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War)

Of all the heroes produced by the Civil War, Robert E. Lee is the most revered and perhaps the most misunderstood. Lee is widely portrayed as an ardent antisecessionist who left the United States Army only because he would not draw his sword against his native Virginia, a Southern aristocrat who opposed slavery, and a brilliant military leader whose exploits sustained the Confederate cause. Alan Nolan explodes these and other assumptions about Lee and the war through a rigorous reexamination of familiar and long-available historical sources, including Lee's personal and official correspondence and the large body of writings about Lee. Looking at this evidence in a critical way, Nolan concludes that there is little truth to the dogmas traditionally set forth about Lee and the war.

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History (Civil War America)

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

The University of North Carolina Press

Of all the heroes produced by the Civil War, Robert E. Lee is the most revered and perhaps the most misunderstood. Lee is widely portrayed as an ardent antisecessionist who left the United States Army only because he would not draw his sword against his native Virginia, a Southern aristocrat who opposed slavery, and a brilliant military leader whose exploits sustained the Confederate cause. Alan Nolan explodes these and other assumptions about Lee and the war through a rigorous reexamination of familiar and long-available historical sources, including Lee's personal and official correspondence and the large body of writings about Lee. Looking at this evidence in a critical way, Nolan concludes that there is little truth to the dogmas traditionally set forth about Lee and the war.

"I am immensely impressed... this particular Brigade needed a book of its own and now it has one which is definitely first-rate.... A fine book." ―Bruce Catton"One of the ‘100 best books ever written on the Civil War.’" ―Civil War Times Illustrated"... remains one of the best unit histories of the Union Army during the Civil War." ―Southern Historian"... The Iron Brigade is the title for anyone desiring complete information on this military unit..." ―Spring Creek Packet, Chuck Hamsa This is the story of the most famous unit in the Union Army, the only all-Western brigade in the Eastern armies of the Union―made up of troops from Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan.

The Iron Brigade: A military history

State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Historical Society of Michigan / Hardscrabble Books

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The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History

The Iron Brigade: A Military History (Great Lakes Connections: The Civil War)

The Iron Brigade: A Military History

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History (Civil War America)

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History (Civil War America)

Lee Considered: General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History (Civil War America)

The Iron Brigade: A military history

The Iron Brigade: A Military History