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“Sic Semper Tyrannis”: The Alexandria Gazette under Union Occupation

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The Alexandria Gazette was one of the newspapers that refused to flee enemy occupation. Instead, it held its ground. The result was that the editors lost virtually everything they had before they war, suffered arson, arrest, and threats of exile. This chapter explains how newspapers tried to retain their Confederate sympathies while publishing under Union rule.

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  1. Georgia Regents University, USA

    Debra Reddin van Tuyll

  2. University of Mississippi, USA

    Nancy McKenzie Dupont

  3. University of Memphis, USA

    Joseph R. Hayden

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van Tuyll, D.R., Dupont, N.M., Hayden, J.R. (2015). “Sic Semper Tyrannis”: The Alexandria Gazette under Union Occupation. In: Journalism in the Fallen Confederacy. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137513311_2

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