3 Quotes by Edward H. Bonekemper III

The Lost Cause tradition – as both a version of history and as a racial ideology – is still certainly very much alive in neo-Confederate organizations, on numerous Web sites, among white supremacist groups, in staunch advocates of the Confederate battle flag, and even among some mainstream American politicians.

Lee both articulated and embodied. He was the sacrificial lamb, the Confederate Christ on the cross at Appomattox who then was resurrected by others in the spirit and the body politic. Before he died, he also became the soft-spoken but implacable foe of submission and conciliation.

Grant needed a win, went for it, and got it. Lee needed a tie, went for the win, and lost.