Newspaper, Forney's War Press
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- Created Date
- 1863-09-12
- Description
Original newspaper, Forney's War Press, published Philadelphia, September 12, 1863. Woodcut on front page shows guerrillas attacking a cattle train. John W. Forney served as secretary of the US Senate during Pres. Lincoln's administration.; Forney's was a weekly publication dedicated to covering the Civil War. When the war ended, the newspaper returned to its prewar name, the Weekly Press. Forney sold the paper in the 1870s. It ceased publication about 1880.
- Partner
- Digital Library of Tennessee
- Contributing Institution
- Tennessee State Library and Archives
- Collection
- Looking Back: The Civil War in Tennessee
- Location
- Philadelphia (Pa.)
- Type
- text
- Rights
- No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Chicago citation style
- Newspaper, Forney's War Press. 1863-09-12. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15138coll6/id/7138. (Accessed December 8, 2023.)
- APA citation style
- (1863-09-12) Newspaper, Forney's War Press. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15138coll6/id/7138
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://cdm15138.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15138coll6/id/7138>.