Why are Civil War battlefields such popular destinations in the South, if the South lost?

It has always puzzled me why Tennesseans are so proud of Lookout Mountain, when they lost the battle of Chattanooga.


With that in mind, why would any of these destinations be so popular if they lost the war?|||All soldiers should not be forgotten, and should be thanked for giving their all. What better place to do this other than where the war was actually fought?


I think the South is proud because they fought a valiant battle. Somehow I feel there really is no winner in a civil war.|||Southerners in general can be proud of their ancestors who fought in the Civil War. For many of the rank and file it was about being able to set their own rules and defend their homes from what they saw as Northern aggression. That bravery and courage is something that should be celebrated. That said, the bravery of the Northern soldiers and of the African-Americans who fought for the North and those who fought against slavery and escaped from slavery should also be celebrated.





Not only that, since the Civil War was perhaps the largest watershed in American history for the first 160 years of the US, many amateur historians are captivated by it. The location of battles makes no difference and tourists have an will flock to those sites.|||the south does take its history seriously and such so therefore even with it being a losin civilwar