Edward Pollard

One of the most important works written about the Civil War came from someone who didn't fight in the war itself. In 1867, Edward Pollard, an editor for a Richmond newspaper, published The Lost Cause, championing his voluminous book as a "New Southern history" of the war. Pollard's work poignantly reflected the sentiments of unrepentant rebels clinging to their ideology. Pollard explicitly explained the motivation behind what he termed the "Lost Cause." Although the South had lost the Civil War, he argued that the South could still wage and win the "war of ideas." Conceding that the South's loss meant "restoration of the union and the excision of slavery," Pollard was still defiant, writing that "the war did not decide Negro equality." To say Pollard's work was influential would be an understatement. Pollard's "Lost Cause" quickly found its way into Southern writing, most notably in the Southern Historical Society. Described by historian David Blight as "the vehicle for presenting the Confederate version of the war to the world," Civil War historiography originated with Pollard's work and the papers published by the Society. Written mostly by unreconstructed veterans aiming to relate and rewrite the history of the Civil War, the Society's papers became the most important driving force for Southern revisionism, dedicated to making their vision of Civil War history the dominant one. The Society would prove to be extremely successful at this, and the Lost Cause interpretation of the Civil War, named after Pollard's work, is still one of the most influential today.

The Lost Cause: a New Southern History of the War of the Confederates

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Jeannine Santiago

Raymond Horwitz

The first in Black Belt's "Ultimate Guide" series, striking techniques from various martial arts are explored and examined in articles that appeared in Black Belt magazine between 1990 and 2005.

The Ultimate Guide to Striking

Title: Life of Jefferson Davis With a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy, Gathered "behind the Scenes in Richmond." Containing Curous and Extraordinary Information of the Principal Southern Characters in the Late War, in Connection With President Davis, and in Relation to the Various Intrigues of His Administration Publisher: Philadelphia, Chicago [etc] National Pub. Co Publication date: 1869 Subjects: Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Confederate States of America -- History Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

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