The Former Confederate States’ and the Trauma of Losing The Civil War

William Saint Val
TimeLine
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4 min readNov 22, 2023

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In the aftermath of the American Civil War, a deep psychological response took hold of a defeated people, a legacy that is still being perpetrated today.

The lost cause: An ideological fallacy used to heal the wounds of the Confederate’s defeat.

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William Saint Val
TimeLine

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