Civil War Journalism

Only as the United States of America faced the prospect of permanent disunion during the Civil War did new technologies make total union of the nation possible. With new inventions and applications in communications, printing, and transportation spreading throughout the country, journalism took off and the "news" as we know it today began to form. Each newspaper office, each correspondent, sought to outdo the others in bringing current events to its hungry public. North and South, the nation banded together in its search for, and consumption of, information.

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items are from between 25 Oct 2007 & 26 Oct 2007.