William Tappan Thompson (1812-1882) The Daily morning news. [Vol. 12, no. 178 (July 31, 1861)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05959.05.02 Author/Creator: William Tappan Thompson (1812-1882) Place Written: Savannah, Georgia Type: Newspaper Date: 31 July 1861 Pagination: 4 p. ; 62.5 x 45 cm. Order a Copy
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In 1850 Thompson became the founding editor of the Savannah Daily Morning News. Except for a short period during the Civil War, he edited this newspaper until his death. When the Civil War erupted, he vigorously championed the Southern cause until he was forced to leave Savannah as General Sherman's army approached. For a while after the war, the Daily Morning News was owned and edited by a Northern journalist under whom Thompson worked. Thompson traveled to Europe in 1867 to collect material for a new book, "Major Jones in Europe," but he never finished the manuscript. In 1868 he resumed the editorial chair of the newspaper, now known as the Savannah Morning News, and became a leading spokesman for the South during the postwar years.
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