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Press Censorship and Painter's Civil War News Secrets
Veteran censor Ham Young recalls wartime press controls in the Philippines and South Africa, noting brutal scrutiny during the Civil War. Painter of the Philadelphia Inquirer reveals how reporters evaded censors, including a famous interview with Secretary of War Stanton, illustrating press freedoms and risks in 1862.
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Ham Young
Western Union
National
War Department
A. H. Painter
Philadelphia Inquirer
Telegraph
Painter
Antietam
Gen. Sanborn
Stanton
the Inquirer
Secretary of War