"Truth is mighty & will eventually prevail": Political Correctness, Neo-Confederates, and Robert E. Lee
An article from Southern Cultures 17:3, The Memory Issue
By Peter S. Carmichael
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Political Correctness, Neo-Confederates, and Robert E. Lee
by Peter S. Carmichael
Why do we argue—and argue—so much about Robert E. Lee?
“While northerners might appear comparatively apathetic about the memory of the Union cause, white southerners have been tenacious in searching for moral clarity in the past.”
About the Author
Peter S. Carmichael is the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of History and the Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. He is the author and editor of four books, including The Last Generation: Young Virginians in Peace, War, and Reunion, and is currently finishing a cultural history of the common Civil War soldier and a study of Confederate slaves titled The War for the Common Soldier, forthcoming from UNC Press.
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