And that is exactly what Lincoln did. Why? Because a lot of the newspapers were reporting what the federal forces were going to do and how they were going to do it.
Grant had one of them caught within his circle who had stated he wanted to write history-at least that was the mans claim, that he was a historian and Grant let him tag along. They caught him skulking behind a stump at a meeting of Grant and his staff one night.
Burnside had issued orders to execute the creep and Grant overturned the order and let the creep go.
The journalists, a lot of them, were actually spies for the southerners. Hence Lincolns orders.
The journalists, a lot of them, were actually spies for the southerners. Hence Lincolns orders.
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MSM have always been traitors
Nice piece of history there, interesting!