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Author Coopersmith, Andrew Seth.

Title Fighting words : an illustrated history of newspaper accounts of the Civil War / Andrew S. Coopersmith.

Publication Info. New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2004.

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 South Windsor Public Library - Oversize Shelving  F070.4499 COOPERSMITH    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.71 C778F    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 325 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Contents Introduction: This Is a War of Opinion -- Why They Fought -- First Shots -- Freedoms Worth Fighting For -- Slavery Alone Is the Cause of All the Trouble -- Confronting the Enemy -- War and Rumors of War: Manassas, 1861 -- Occupied and Dishonored: New Orleans, 1862 -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Emancipation in Northern Eyes -- Emancipation in Southern Eyes -- Blacks in Union Blue -- Points of Crisis -- If We Are Subjugated We Will Do It Ourselves -- We Are Now in the Great Crisis of the War -- A Perfect Reign of Terror -- The Confederacy Undone -- Smashing Things to the Sea, and Onward -- We Must Employ Slavery If We Expect to Perpetuate Slavery -- Endings and Beginnings -- In the Loss of Lee, They Lose Everything -- The Greatest Crime of Modern Times -- From War to Peace.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Press coverage.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Journalists.
Press and politics -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Journalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
American newspapers -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.
ISBN 1565847962
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