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This book, published in 1866, was written by Richmond newspaper editor Edward Pollard to justify the Confederate war effort. It was part of a deliberate movement to rewrite history, promoting the myth of the Lost Cause.
As early as 1866, Richmond newspaper editor Edward Pollard published a book justifying the Confederate war effort entitled The Lost Cause, A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates.
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This book, published in 1866, was written by Richmond newspaper editor Edward Pollard to justify the Confederate war effort. It was part of a deliberate movement to rewrite history, promoting the myth of the Lost Cause.
As early as 1866, Richmond newspaper editor Edward Pollard published a book justifying the Confederate war effort entitled The Lost Cause, A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates.
The book's title struck a chord, and the myth of the Lost Cause took hold.