[central_va]

"In the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis also suspended habeas corpus and imposed martial law.[23] This was in part to maintain order and spur industrial growth in the South to compensate for the economic loss inflicted by its secession."

to spur industrial growth? What? One sentence in a wiki? What BS. As far as freedom of the press in the South the Richmond papers certainly didn't mince words of consternation of the wars progress.

[BroJoeK]

central_va: "to spur industrial growth? What? One sentence in a wiki? What BS."

Here is more on the subject of martial law and habeas corpus in the Confederacy:

"Although historians would, for many years, claim that the Confederacy did not curtail rights in the fashion of the U.S. government, there were, in fact, many such instances.
Both the Virginia General Assembly and the Confederate Congress passed drafts and restricted property rights.
Travel also was restricted.

"The Confederate Congress declared martial law, prohibited the sale of alcohol, and suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
An entire Habeas Corpus Commission was established whose commissioners could arrest any Confederate citizen and question his or her loyalty.

"Although there were protests, mostly directed at the Confederate government, most Virginia citizens accepted these limits on their freedoms as the price of military victory."