. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . [2SJ. COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO THE BETE NOIR OF THESECRET SERVICE At tin headquarters of the NewYork Herald in the field, August,18G3, sit some of the men whohad just conveyed to the breath-less nation the tidings of thegreat battle as it surged to andfro for three days on the field ofGettysburg. No Union generalcould object to dissemination ofsuch news as this; but wide pro-test was made against the corre-spondents activity at othertimes, their shrewd guesses
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . [2SJ. COPYRIGHT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO THE BETE NOIR OF THESECRET SERVICE At tin headquarters of the NewYork Herald in the field, August,18G3, sit some of the men whohad just conveyed to the breath-less nation the tidings of thegreat battle as it surged to andfro for three days on the field ofGettysburg. No Union generalcould object to dissemination ofsuch news as this; but wide pro-test was made against the corre-spondents activity at othertimes, their shrewd guesses at thearmies future movements, thatkept the Southern Cabinet so re-markably well-informed of every-thing going on within the Unionlines, and not infrequently pre-pared the Confederate generalsfor the next move. Of course,wrote General Sherman to hiswife, in a letter from camp infront of Yicksburg, dated April10, 18ti;5, the newspaper corre-spondents, encouraged by thepolitical generals, and evenPresident Lincoln, having fullswing in this and all camps, re-port all news, secret and other-wise . . All persons who donthave to f
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