The South Through British Eyes: Journalism of Thomas Butler Gunn at the Dawn of the Confederacy

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Abstract

This paper examines the undercover means used by British correspondent Thomas Butler Gunn of the New York Evening Post to gain access to Charleston just after South Carolina seceded from the United States in December 1860. Methods of reporting and the role of his work as intelligence for the U.S. federal government are discussed.

Author

• Michael Fuhlhage, Wayne State U