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

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, Feder...

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