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The Power of the Press: Defining Disloyalty at Old Capitol Prison

The Power of the Press: Defining Disloyalty at Old Capitol Prison <p>Abstract:</p><p>Wartime newspapers played a critical role in highlighting opposition on the Northern home front by publicizing the position of antiwar Democrats, headlining the Copperhead press’s opposition to the Lincoln administration, and exposing the disloyal acts of everyday civilians. Scholars have focused on the disloyal behavior of people who identified with the former two entities but have paid virtually no attention to how the popular press helped Americans understand loyal and disloyal behavior on an individual level during wartime. The press performed a “watchdog” function as journalists paid particular attention to men who took advantage of military mobilization to defraud the US government. Ultimately, newspaper coverage of Old Capitol Prison and of the transgressions that its prisoners committed reveals that the popular press shaped notions of treason and disloyalty, and molded how Americans interpreted civil liberties during wartime.</p> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of the Civil War Era University of North Carolina Press

The Power of the Press: Defining Disloyalty at Old Capitol Prison

Zombek, Angela
The Journal of the Civil War Era , Volume 10 (3) – Aug 28, 2020
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<p>Abstract:</p><p>Wartime newspapers played a critical role in highlighting opposition on the Northern home front by publicizing the position of antiwar Democrats, headlining the Copperhead press’s opposition to the Lincoln administration, and exposing the disloyal acts of everyday civilians. Scholars have focused on the disloyal behavior of people who identified with the former two entities but have paid virtually no attention to how the popular press helped Americans understand loyal and disloyal behavior on an individual level during wartime. The press performed a “watchdog” function as journalists paid particular attention to men who took advantage of military mobilization to defraud the US government. Ultimately, newspaper coverage of Old Capitol Prison and of the transgressions that its prisoners committed reveals that the popular press shaped notions of treason and disloyalty, and molded how Americans interpreted civil liberties during wartime.</p>

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The Journal of the Civil War Era – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Aug 28, 2020

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