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Details on the "Nashville Daily Union"...
Details on the "Nashville Daily Union"...
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February 28, 1862
Nashville Daily Union... born of the Civil War
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Many Tennessee newspapers suspended publication after the fall of Fort Donelson in February 1862. The "Nashville Daily Union", however, was one of the few that were established during-- and that survived--the war. An anonymous group, An Association of Printers, launched the paper from the offices of the "Daily Nashville Patriot" on April 10, 1862. Two months later, on June 19, the newspaper changed its name to the "Nashville Daily Union"
The newspaper was edited by S.C. Mercer. Mercer had been recommended to Governor Andrew Johnson as an editor of a Unionist newspaper. After little more than a week, Johnson, pleased with Mercer's publication, wrote to William H. Seward, Secretary of State, requesting government patronage for the paper: "The Nashville Union, a decidedly loyal newspaper, and zealous in its labors for the restoration of the Union, has been established here within the past ten days...A sound union paper at this point cannot fail to exert great influence for good in Tennessee and indeed states south of us." The request was granted, and by September 1863, the Federal government had provided more than $800 to the newspaper for the printing of official notices and advertisements.
Like many newspapers during the Civil War, the Nashville Daily Union made use of the technological advances in telegraphic communications. Its "By Telegraph" column provided on-the-spot news sent by wire; "Midnight Dispatches" reported the latest from the front lines, including losses and injuries from the battlefields and military maneuvers.
Category: Yankee
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