The “Lost Cause” view of the Civil War was thought up AFTER the war was lost and over. It began to spread along with the KKK and its nasty roots.
I salute the soldiers who fought for their homes and their states. Those who were not the elite slave holders of the Confederacy who stated even in the founding documents that the CSA and the war were about slavery and nothing more.
Do not kid yourself, the idea that this was about ‘state’s rights’ came long after the fighting was over.
Remember too that Lincoln when told of the surrender at Appomattax ordered the Marine band to strike up Dixie.
“With malice toward none, with charity for all.....”
Actually the idea of linking states rights to slavery started with James Madison during Washington’s first term as President.
Quakers had delivered an anti-slavery petition to Congress, again.
The tone of the anti-South attacks of Lincoln’s alleged admirers on everything Confederate(especially Confederate grave sites by these petty little minds)sure sound like malice to me.
Many of those soldiers were also drafted into service.