What Gary Gallagher has said about Lost Cause of the Confederacy
1 quote · 1 episode · Jul 28, 2026
Gary Gallagher, American historian of the Civil War, professor emeritus at the University of Virginia, has been quoted on Lost Cause of the Confederacy once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on July 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Gallagher argues the St. Andrew's Cross Confederate flag cannot be separated from its use by the Ku Klux Klan.
“The Confederate flag cannot be divorced from all the times that version of it, the St. Andrew's Cross version, every Ku Klux Klan group flew it”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee (Jul 28, 2026) · Listen from 3:33:00
Episodes
#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & LeeLex Fridman Podcast · Jul 28, 2026 · 3 h 53 min
Lex Fridman and historian Gary Gallagher discuss the American Civil War: slavery as its cause, Lincoln, Grant, Lee, key battles, the Lost Cause, and today's divisions.
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