These ideas spread and grew into the “Lost Cause” movement, a romantic vision of the South that would eventually gain exposure from the popularity of such films as Birth of a Nation and Gone with the Wind. In the wake of Reconstruction a growing number of southerners began to argue that protecting slavery had not been the real cause of the war, and some even claimed that slavery was in fact a just institution. Grant and joined the Republican Party, but firmly stated, “I am not ashamed of having fought on the side of slavery – a soldier fights for his country – right or wrong – he is not responsible for the political merits of the course he fights in. After the war, Mosby befriended General Ulysses S. Yet he fought to defend the Confederacy, as he felt his patriotic duty to his nation outweighed all other factors. Mosby despised slavery and believed the South had seceded to protect it. Mosby, the renowned Confederate partisan leader, dealt with this moral dilemma years after the Civil War ended. How can a soldier be proud of the country he defends while at the same time opposed to the cause he is fighting for? John S.
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