The Rival Administrations: Richmond and Washington in December, 1863

by Edward A. Pollard

Excerpt from The Rival Administrations

Of the'wa'r has arranged fonthe printing of his Third Volume 'in'engl-and, and is uncertain of th'e'time of. Its appearance in the South. The following pages constitute a single chapter of the nu~ published manuscript of this volume These pages, thus discon~ nected, are not intended to advertisqa forthcoming work, or to be violently imposed 11pm the public attention; but the author': Chas supposed that they contained certain grave considerations, which have a present and immediate interest for the Southern public, apart from their general relations to the history of. The war....

44 pages, Hardcover

First published February 21, 2012

About the author

Edward Alfred Pollard (1832–1872) 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.

During the American Civil War, he was one of the principal editors of the pro-Confederate but critical of Jefferson Davis newspaper Richmond Examiner.

In 1864, he sailed for England, but the vessel on which he sailed was captured as a blockade runner, and he was confined in Boston Harbor from 29 May until 12 August, when he was paroled.

NB Do not confuse with the Rev. Edward Bagby Pollard (1864-1927)