The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War - 9781621908586

University of Tennessee Press

The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil WarAuthor(s): Stephen Davis, Bill Hendrick\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Tennessee Press, United States\nImprint: University of Tennessee Press\nISBN-13: 9781621908586, 978-1621908586\nSynopsis\nConfederate newspapers were beset by troubles: paper shortages, high ink prices, printers striking for higher pay, faulty telegraphic news service, and subscription prices insufficient to support their operations. But they also had the potential to be politically powerful, and their reporting of informationaccurate or biasedshaped perceptions of the Civil War and its trajectory. The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War investigates how Atlantas most important newspaper reported the Civil War in its news articles, editorial columns, and related items in its issues from April 1861 to April 1865. The authors show how The Intelligencer narrated the wars important events based on the news it received, at what points the pa.