[MMusson]

Why do you care what the NYT posted 150 years ago? It was BS propaganda then and it’s BS propaganda now.

Move on.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

160.

[BroJoeK]

"It was BS propaganda then and it’s BS propaganda now.
Move on."

In fact, the NYTimes did take pains to reprint, word for word, BS propaganda -- from Confederate newspapers.
So you can get both sides, even here.

For more detailed reports from contemporaries on both sides, and later scholars, check out Homer's weekly Harper's posts.

As for why do we study history at all, do you really need that explained to you?

[rxh4n1]

Why do you care? You must be one of those that get on TV threads and say they don’t watch TV. For me, this is history as it happened, and before you bitch at me, I’ve posted here before about fake news from the NYT even then.