List of war correspondents of the American Civil War
This is a list of war correspondents of the American Civil War and the outlets for which they typically reported. Overall there were about 600 different newspaper reporters covering the war.[1]
- Peter W. Alexander, Savannah Republican[2]
- A. Homer Byington, New York Tribune[2]
- Thomas Morris Chester, Philadelphia Press[3]
- Charles Carleton Coffin, Boston Journal[4]
- William George, pen name "De Soto," The New York Times[5]
- Felix Gregory de Fontaine, Charleston Courier[2]
- Thomas W. Knox, New York Herald[1]
- U.H. Painter, Philadelphia Inquirer[4]
- Whitelaw Reid, pen name "Agate," Cincinnati Gazette[4]
- William Howard Russell, London Times[1]
- George W. Smalley, New York Tribune[2]
- Benjamin C. Truman, Philadelphia Press and New York Times[6]
- Samuel Wilkeson Jr., The New York Times[4]
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See also[edit]
- Photographers of the American Civil War
- Alfred Waud, war artist
- Theodore R. Davis, war artist
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "The Pen & the Sword: A Brief History of War Correspondents". Warfare History Network. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ a b c d "Civil War Reporting and Reporters · News and the Civil War · The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1865". americanantiquarian.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ "PBS Newshour Extra". www.journalisminaction.org. Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ^ a b c d "Samuel Wilkeson Jr". Buffalo Morning Express. December 8, 1889. p. 1. Retrieved July 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Myron J. Jr. (2017-04-26). Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads: The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia. McFarland. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-4766-2680-2.
- ^ "FAMOUS TIMES WRITER DIES IN CALIFORNIA; Major Ben C. Truman Served New York Times as Correspondent in Civil War and Was President Johnson's Secretary". The New York Times. 1916-07-30. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-07-12.