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(1828-1872), edited the Richmond Examiner from 1861 to 1867. He ardently advocated the Confederate cause and severely criticised Jefferson Davis. From 1867 to 1869 he published "Southern Opinion." He wrote a " Southern History of the War," " The Lost Cause," " Lee and His Lieutenants," " The Lost Cause Regained " and " Life of Jefferson Davis with the Secret History of the Southern Confederacy."