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The experience of editors in occupied cities varied greatly from one community to the next. But, in general, martial law meant a net loss for the southern press during the Civil War. Journalists there adapted as best they could, usually through a combination of commercial opportunism and political restraint.
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Debra Reddin van Tuyll, The Confederate Press in the Crucible of the American Civil War ( New York: Peter Lang Publishers, 2013 ), 300;
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van Tuyll, D.R., Dupont, N.M., Hayden, J.R. (2015). Conclusion. In: Journalism in the Fallen Confederacy. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137513311_6
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