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Robert E. Lee and me a Southerner's reckoning with the myth of the lost cause

"In a forceful but humane narrative, former soldier and head of the West Point history department Ty Seidule's Robert E. Lee and Me challenges the myths and lies of the Confederate legacy-and explores why some of this country's oldest wounds have never healed. Ty Seidule grew up revering Robert E. L...

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Main Author: Seidule, Ty (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lee, Robert E. > (Robert Edward), > 1807-1870 > Influence.
Seidule, Ty.
Racism > History > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Whites > Race identity > Study and teaching > Social aspects > United States.
Historians > United States > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
United States > History > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
United States > Race relations > Study and teaching > Social aspects.
Southern States > Biography.
Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:
  • My childhood : raised on a White Southern myth
  • My hometown : a hidden history of slavery, Jim Crow, and integration
  • My adopted hometowns : a hidden history as "Lynchtown"
  • My college : the shrine of the lost cause
  • My military career : glorifying Confederates in the U.S. Army
  • My academic career : glorifying Robert E. Lee at West Point
  • My verdict : Robert E. Lee committed treason to preserve slavery
  • Epilogue: A Southern soldier confronts the lost cause in the shrine of the South.

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