that is why it's important to underwhen we talk about the confederacy, we talk about a group wantingnd one thing, the right to scope slaves and taking them further west. we get all sort of involvement in tradition and history. that's what the war was about. the vice president of the confederacy, a man named alexander stephenson said slavery was the cornerstone of the confederacy. without understanding the fundamental idea the flag was not an important symbol until into the middle of the 20th century when segregation was defended in the aftermath of the brown decision when georgia adopt the flag we have to understand the history, and not get too bogged down in feel-good legends that many may have grown up believing. >> a cornerstone the lost cause idea of civil war, was the war was not fought over slavery, but over state's rights. >> that is nonsense we have to get rid of the idea. the easiest way to do that. historians like to look at primary documents, and the document of succession in south carolina or georgia, in texas, it was explicit that they fought over slavery what they saw a