MIKE RICHMAN
Journalist, Author, Biographer, Editor

Civil War Marked a New Era in America Journalism

Civil War correspondents were on the front lines of reporting on the conflict from 1861 to 1865.
Civil War correspondents were on the front lines of reporting on the conflict from 1861 to 1865.

In this article, Mike Richman looks at how the Civil War signaled a new era in American journalism especially with use of the telegraph, which was used to relay information that appeared on the front pages faster than ever. More than 600 reporters reported on a war that divided the nation, more than half of them from the Union states.

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