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Edward Alfred Pollard

American journalist, historian and political writer · United States · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1832 to 1872 · aged 40

Edward Alfred Pollard was an American author, journalist, and Confederate sympathizer during the American Civil War who wrote several books on the causes and events of the war, notably The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates (1866) and The Lost Cause Regained (1868), wherein Pollard...

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Edward Alfred Pollard was an American author, journalist, and Confederate sympathizer during the American Civil War who wrote several books on the causes and events of the war, notably The Lost Cause: A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates (1866) and The Lost Cause Regained (1868), wherein Pollard originated the long-standing pseudo-historical ideology of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1832 to 1872 · aged 40