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Summary:

"The Civil War Soldier and the Press examines how the press powerfully shaped the nation's understanding and memory of the common soldier, setting the stage for today's continuing debates about the Civil War and its legacy. Both scholarly and approachable, this book is an enriching resource for undergraduate and graduate courses in Civil War history, American History, journalism, and mass communication history"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Seeking the Soldier in the Civil War Press / Katrina J. Quinn
• Introducing the Civil War Soldier
• Covering "Our Boys": Introducing the Heroic Soldier in the Civil War Press, 1861-1862 / Katrina J. Quinn
• Picturing Union Soldiers of the Civil War in the Illustrated Press / William E. Huntzicker
• "Army letters of general interest will always find a place in our columns": Soldiers' Letters to Ohio Newspapers during the Civil War / Stephen E. Towne
• Soldiers on the Home Front: The Press Reports the Changing Roles of Women During the Civil War / Jennifer E. Moore
• Civil War Conscription in the Pages of Federal and Confederate Newspapers in 1863 / Thomas C. Terry and Donald L. Shaw
• Reporting the Soldier at War
• Die Deutsche Sicht: How Germans Viewed Themselves through the Press during the American Civil War / Anthony J. Cade II
• The Irish American Union Soldier in the Press and Popular Memory / Craig A. Warren
• "He Has Earned the Right of Citizenship": Portraits of the African American Soldier in the Civil War Press / Valerie Kasper
• Duty, Honor, Manhood, and Nationalism: Portrayals of Texas's Civil War Soldiers / Mary M. Cronin
• Mexican American Combatants in the Civil War Press / Michael Fuhlhage
• The Popular Press and the Personal Experiences of Civil War Prisoners / Angela M. Zombek
• Commemorating and Remembering the Civil War Soldier
• "Sacrificed Upon the Altar of His Country": Soldiers' Obituaries During the Civil War / James M. Scythes
• "The Spectacle is a Sad One": The Disabled Civil War Soldier in the Nineteenth-Century American Press / Ieva Padgett
• The Century Magazine and Memory of the American Civil War / Crompton B. Burton
• Nineteenth-Century Press Coverage of Memorials to the Common Civil War Soldier / Debra Reddin van Tuyll.

Contributors:

Quinn, Katrina J. , editor

Sachsman, David B. , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Civil War soldier and the press (New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 — ISBN 9781032397658; LCCN 2022055625)

Subjects:

Soldiers — History — 19th century — Press coverage — United States

Soldiers — History — Press coverage — Confederate States of America

Press and politics — United States — History — 19th century

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Press coverage

United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Social aspects

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

E609 .C58 2023eb

ISBNs:

9781003351283 (ebook)
100335128X
9781032397658 (hardback) [Invalid]
9781032387680 (paperback) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2022055626

OCLC Numbers:

1359048923

Other Control Numbers:

EBC7220110 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp19656237