Confederate "Heritage" Month 2023, April 2: History is about "sides" and taking sides

Some of the more sectarian trends of historical interpretation have pretty bad reputations when it comes to making stuff up, notably the Christian-nationalist variety. The neo-Confederate variety hasn’t been known to be particularly scrupulous in its accuracy. But the most respectable versions of Lost Cause history - that had far more influence even in academia than they ever should have had - were also notable for their deceptively selective and highly ideological presentations of the facts.

Substack: https://brucemillerca.substack.com/p/confederate-heritage-month-2023-april-717