y ers ▁Category : May ors ▁of ▁places ▁in ▁New ▁Ham pshire ▁Category : New ▁Ham pshire ▁Republic ans ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Minnesota ▁Law ▁School ▁al umn i ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Brow ns ▁Valley , ▁Minnesota ▁Category : 2 0 th - century ▁American ▁polit icians <0x0A> </s> ▁Edward ▁Alfred ▁Pol l ard ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 8 3 2 Dec ember ▁ 1 7 , ▁ 1 8 7 2 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁author ▁active ▁as ▁a ▁journalist ▁in ▁Virginia . ▁Pol l ard ▁was ▁a ▁Confeder ate ▁sympath izer ▁during ▁the ▁American ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁wrote ▁several ▁books ▁on ▁the ▁causes ▁and ▁events ▁of ▁the ▁conflict . ▁ ▁Pol l ard ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁author ing ▁The ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁followed ▁up ▁by ▁The ▁Lost ▁C ause ▁Reg ained ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 8 . ▁These ▁two ▁works , ▁both ▁written ▁after ▁the ▁war , ▁gave ▁two ▁different ▁descri ptions ▁of ▁the ▁causes ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁the ▁nature ▁of ▁southern ▁society . ▁The ▁earlier ▁work ▁saw ▁the ▁war ▁as ▁being ▁between ▁two ▁oppos ing ▁ways ▁of ▁organ izing ▁society ▁and ▁saw ▁sla very ▁as ▁a ▁key ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁nob ility ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁and ▁a ▁key ▁basis ▁of ▁the ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁soci eties . ▁The ▁latter ▁work ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁primary ▁reason ▁for ▁Sec ession ▁was ▁not ▁sla very ▁but ▁the ▁pres ervation ▁of ▁state ▁so vere ig