Civil War Media

A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved – I do not expect the house to fall – but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward, till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new – North as well as South.

A survey of the media coverage during the Civil War reveals a media divided, much as Lincoln represented the Union. Correspondents, North, South, and International alike, covered the events and battles that transpired during th

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is way to the Express office, the Richmond correspondent of the Columbus (GA) Times heard from a Confederate congressman that a great battle had taken place at Manassas that morning, but that no details had yet been received. Later that evening crowds besieged the newspaper and telegraph office clamoring for news about the great battle the congressman had heard about….There was still a vast crowd around the hotel the next morning. Their enthusiasm was mingled with grief; however, a correspondent of the Peterson Express saw an affianced young lady whose betrothed had been at the front lose control of herself and, breaking away from her escort, race to the Richmond telegraph office…her frantic appeals to the telegraph operator for information about the names of the killed and wounded brought tears to the eyes of spectators. (Andrews, 1970: 86) The Richmond Dispatch reported on the “great victory” the next day, with inaccurate statistics regarding a number of points, like the number of men engaged in the battle and major errors regarding the numbers of killed. These obstacles faced by the press were often similar to the ones faced by International journalists-especially when it comes to transportation and speed of information
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