Response to confederates in the attic

I thought this was an interesting chapter of this book. I think it depicted both views of the confederacy, but mainly the white views. This book depicted an analysis of the confederate wars and the confederacy, and how it effects peoples lives in the present day. It seemed to be that the south was the only region holding on to this war. They mentioned in the book that this is true, because the south feels as if they lost so many people, and the deaths remained unknown, so they search and search for their dead ancestors as away to restore the whole in their hearts. Some of them feel as though they are still soldiers on the battlefield, and that Southern people are born fighters. The people in this book live their lives for the confederacy and their history. I believe that it is great to understand your history, for a man that does not know his history can not possibly predict his future, but I also believe in learning from your history to have a better future. not reveling in the past, and doing nothing towards your future. That causes you to become stagnant and I believe that that is where a lot of people in this book are right now. I love the south, but I dont think I want the people in this book representing who I am as a person, when in all actuallity they did not believe my ancestors were people in the first place.