List of war correspondents of the American Civil War explained

This is a list of war correspondents of the American Civil War and the outlets for which they typically reported. Overall there were about 600 different newspaper reporters covering the war.^[1]

• Peter W. Alexander, Savannah Republican^[2]
• A. Homer Byington, New York Tribune
• Thomas Morris Chester, Philadelphia Press^[3]
• Charles Carleton Coffin, Boston Journal^[4]
• William George, pen name "De Soto," The New York Times^[5]
• Felix Gregory de Fontaine, Charleston Courier
• Thomas W. Knox, New York Herald
• U.H. Painter, Philadelphia Inquirer
• Whitelaw Reid, pen name "Agate," Cincinnati Gazette
• William Howard Russell, London Times
• George W. Smalley, New York Tribune
• Stephe R. Smith, alias "S. R. Smith" Cincinnati Enquirer^[6]
• Benjamin C. Truman, Philadelphia Press and New York Times^[7]
• Samuel Wilkeson Jr., The New York Times

See also

• Photographers of the American Civil War
• Alfred Waud, war artist
• Theodore R. Davis, war artist

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Pen & the Sword: A Brief History of War Correspondents . 2023-07-05 . Warfare History Network . en-US.
2. Web site: Civil War Reporting and Reporters · News and the Civil War · The News Media and the Making of America, 1730-1865 . 2023-07-05 . americanantiquarian.org.
3. Web site: PBS Newshour Extra . 2023-07-05 . www.journalisminaction.org.
4. News: December 8, 1889 . Samuel Wilkeson Jr. . en-us . 1 . Buffalo Morning Express . July 4, 2023 . Newspapers.com.
5. Book: Smith, Myron J. Jr. . Joseph Brown and His Civil War Ironclads: The USS Chillicothe, Indianola and Tuscumbia . 2017-04-26 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-2680-2 . 209 . en.

6. August 7 1862

   Article from Aug 7, 1862 The Nashville Daily Union (Nashville, Tennessee)

7. News: 1916-07-30 . FAMOUS TIMES WRITER DIES IN CALIFORNIA; Major Ben C. Truman Served New York Times as Correspondent in Civil War and Was President Johnson's Secretary. . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-07-12 . 0362-4331.