True-my Dad never discussed it-never win. We took my son to the local museum in Kennesaw GA. He was about six...as we were leaving he talked about the South winning the war...we laughed and told him the truth...but if all you knew is what was presented at the museum...you would believe the South won.
Indeed.
That is because, for the most part, they won the peace. The lost cause myth started immediately with Jubal Early and the construction of the Marble Man. The victorious United States, eager to move on and forget and no friend of the freed slaves for the most part, sat back and let it happen.