Research Catalog

Title

Major General A. E. Burnside and the first amendment : a case study of Civil War freedom of expression.

Author

Tenney, Craig Davidson, 1925-

Publication

1977.

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Description

xiii, 270 leaves.

Summary

"Most serious first amendment study goes back only to twentieth century cases, ignoring these much earlier, and in some ways equally important, instances of mid-nineteenth century grappling with the first amendment. This work attempts to rectify these oversights. It is a case study of the suppression of the Chicago Times in June of 1863 -- only one of several cases of newspaper suppression during the Civil War"--Page iii.

Subject

• Burnside, Ambrose Everett, 1824-1881
• Storey, Wilbur F., 1819-1884
• Vallandigham, Clement L. 1820-1871
• Copperhead movement
• American newspapers > Northwest, Old > History
• Freedom of the press > United States > History
• Northwest, Old > History > Civil War, 1861-1865

Note

• Vita.
• Photocopy of typescript.

Thesis (note)

• Thesis--Indiana University.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: leaves 261-270.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Sect. 1. Political and social settings. Historical background -- The rise of Copperheadism and resulting first amendment problems -- sect. 2. The principals : Burnside and Storey. Wilbur F. Storey and the road to suppression -- Burnside through Fredericksburg -- Burnside in the Department of the Ohio, March-April 1863 -- sect. 3. The Vallandigham case. The Vallandigham arrest and trial -- The aftermath of Vallandigham, May, 1863 -- sect. 4. The case of the Chicago Times. An order rescinded -- Publication resumed and the aftermath.

OCLC

6632401

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library