The idea that the ideology of the Lost Cause does not embody the South’s commitment to white supremacy is in itself apart of that same ideology. The reality is that the ideology was used by the South to show that even though they had loss, they would still hold onto their traditional views and ideas which are race orientated. The Lost Cause is a very complex ideology that still plagues American history to this day. It threw a kind of fog over the events of the American Civil War. Even though there are a lot of facts that show and explain what happened in the Civil War, it is still surrounded by myths and legends. A lot of these myths and legends were created by the South in an attempt to salvage what ever pride and dignity they had left. Honor, a huge player in the Lost Cause …show more content…
Alan T. Nolan wrote about the Lost Cause in “The Anatomy of the Myth.” His purpose for writing it was to dismiss all of the claims made by the ideology of the Lost Cause. One such claim was that slavery was not the reason for the war. Nolan talked about how people who supported the Lost Cause were constantly saying that that Confederates just wanted to protect their rights, not slavery. To counter those claims, Nolan used prewar statements of leaders in the South. He wrote that Jefferson Davis had “threatened secession” if he believed that the North continued to threaten slavery. The idea that slavery was not the main reason for the war is a complete and utter lie. The South wanted people to believe that they were heroes and saints so the Lost Cause portrayed the image that slavery was not very important to the South. They did not want to look like the bad guy. What actually happened was that The white Southerners fought to protect their “right” to keep slaves. The Lost Cause was greatly influenced by white