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title: "What was the main idea/purpose/overall meaning of Henry Steele Commager's **How the Lost Cause was Lost**? In the end, how was it actually lost?"  
description: "What was the main idea/purpose/overall meaning of Henry Steele Commager's **How the Lost Cause was Lost**? In the end, how was it actually lost?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-05-30  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43357/what-was-the-main-idea-purpose-overall-meaning-of-henry-steele-commager-s-how-the-lost-cause-was-lost-in-the-end-how-was-it-actually-lost  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What was the main idea/purpose/overall meaning of Henry Steele Commager's **How the Lost Cause was Lost**? In the end, how was it actually lost?

What was the main idea/[purpose](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51345/what-was-the-purpose-of-grandfather-clauses)/overall meaning of Henry Steele Commager's **How the [Lost Cause](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/37575/is-a-healthier-school-lunch-program-a-lost-cause) was Lost**? In the end, how was it actually lost?\
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