▁war . ▁In ▁January , ▁Pol l ard ▁was ▁sent ▁toward ▁Richmond , ▁Virginia ▁in ▁a ▁planned ▁exchange ▁for ▁Albert ▁D . ▁Richard son ▁( 1 8 3 3 – 1 8 6 9 ), ▁a ▁well - known ▁correspond ent ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Trib une , ▁but ▁Richard son ▁had ▁escaped ▁before ▁Pol l ard ' s ▁arrival . ▁ ▁Pol l ard ▁wrote ▁several ▁books . ▁In ▁ 1 8 5 9 , ▁he ▁advoc ated ▁re open ing ▁the ▁slave ▁trade ▁in ▁Black ▁Diam onds ▁G ather ed ▁in ▁the ▁Dar key ▁Hom es ▁of ▁the ▁South . ▁He ▁also ▁rejected ▁ideas ▁that ▁sla very ▁improved ▁the ▁slaves ▁and ▁that ▁sla very ▁should ▁gradually ▁fade ▁away . ▁Un like ▁his ▁most ▁prominent ▁un cles , ▁William ▁C . ▁and ▁Alexander ▁R ives , ▁Pol l ard ▁strongly ▁fav ored ▁se cess ion ▁and ▁during ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁continued ▁to ▁write ▁about ▁slave ▁society ▁and ▁Union ▁dep red ations . ▁After ▁Union ▁forces ▁occupied ▁Richmond ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 5 , ▁Pol l ard ▁was ▁arrested ▁for ▁continu ing ▁to ▁publish ▁pro - Conf eder ate ▁and ▁pro - s la very ▁writ ings , ▁and ▁he ▁de cri ed ▁em an cip ation ▁as ▁the ▁North ' s ▁ult imate ▁war ▁crime . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 6 , ▁Pol l ard ▁published ▁his ▁most ▁famous ▁work , ▁The ▁Lost ▁C ause : ▁A ▁New ▁Southern ▁History ▁of ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁Confeder ates . ▁