South Reports the Civil War / / J. Cutlery Andrews.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Andrews, J. Cutlery,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1970
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1278
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (640 p.)

For the newspaper profession the problems confronted in reporting the Civil War were as catalytic as the war itself was for American society. Many of the problems encountered in reporting later wars were present in the Civil War, but they were new problems then: communications, transportation, Federal confiscation of printing presses, censorship, military personalities, and, after mid-1863, how to tell a proud people that it was losing the war. Professor Andrews, author of The North Reports the Civil War (1955), now turns his attention to the South. He shows that Southern war reporting at its best was comparable in quality to that of the leading Northern war correspondents, that the reporting of news by the Southern press was an essential ingredient not simply of journalism but also of the Confederate propaganda effort, and that the South's newsmen contributed to the revolution of a profession, an industry, and a form of human communication.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Map -- 1. Civil War in the Making -- 2. A Bird's Eye View of Wartime Jovirnalism in the South -- 3. "A Great Battle Has Been Fought . . . and Won" -- 4. Great Expectations and Minor Accomplishments -- 5. Alexander Exposes a "Lost Opportunity" -- 6. Editor Daniel Sows Dissension among Lee's Lieutenants -- 7. "There Is a Smell of Death in the Air" -- 8. Editor Forsyth Reports from Kentucky -- 9. Misleading Dispatches and Misspent Opportunities -- 10. "Is Gettysburg Another Antietam?" -- 11. Bragg's Final Reckoning with the Press -- 12. "The War Absorbs All Other Topics" -- 13. "Rover" Reports the Fall of Atlanta -- 14. Fewer Journals, Fainter Voices -- 15. Final Edition -- Appendix I. Who Was "Shadow?" -- Appendix II. Southern Reporters -- Bibliography -- Index