Artifact
General Orders Banning Journalist, 1863
Handwritten by a Union officer, this military order bans La Crosse (Wis.) Democrat reporter M.M. Pomeroy from the field of battle because he published articles with "disloyal sentiments … filled with remarks calculated to discourage and demoralize the army."
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Artifact Date
1863
Topic(s)
- Civil War
- Journalism
- National Security
- War
