The Atlanta Daily Intelligencer Covers the Civil War

Confederate 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 information—accurate or biased—shaped perceptions of the Civil War and its trajectory. The  Atlanta Daily Intelligencer  Covers the Civil War  investigates how Atlanta’s most important new