...pro-Confederate than it ultimately is. My impression was of Burns trying to find a middle ground between Lost Cause mythology and demonization of the South where individual pride and valor could exist without lionizing the whole thing. [Then being dragged off it by Foote's avuncular charm.]

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The ending focusing on the ways soldiers of both sides came together after the war with a sense of fellowship I think betrays the focus on reconciliation and optimism of the late 80s/early 90s.

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To me, the biggest flaws are Shelby Foote's homoerotic fascination with Forrest, not really nailing Robert E Lee for the moral coward he was, and a preoccupation with the battles and gore of it all The kind of romantic lens of finding higher meaning in the war and those who fought it reads more...

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I've been avoiding Ken Burns' "The Civil War" in rewatching his films, and while it's certainly flawed in the ways it's been hammered for over the years, it's definitely not as bad or Lost Cause-y as it's sometimes portrayed I think it's just ultimately too reconciliatory, as Burns' works often are

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For sure. I dont mind at all!

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